What kind of sparks will the two collide with jazz music from the United States meet Chinese local music? From August 26 to 31, the 2022 Taihu Jazz Festival will be held at the Taihu Open-air Theater in the National Grand Theater in Tongzhou District, Beijing. During the 5-day music festival, 14 orchestras and nearly 100 jazz performers will show the audience the latest artistic style of world jazz to the audience through offline performances, online live broadcasts, famous teacher lectures and other rich forms, and present the brilliant and colorful Chinese jazz culture.
Jazz is a unique and charming art form in the history of Western music in the 20th century. It is characterized by improvisation, swinging rhythm, distinctive instrumental and vocal tone, and the strong personal style of the performer. Today, jazz has a large following around the world and has a high appeal among young audiences. In 2021, the National Grand Theater created a new performance brand "Taihu Jazz Festival", allowing free and leisurely jazz to be played in the sub-center of the city.
Live photos of the past Taihu Jazz Festival.
According to reports, this year's Taihu Jazz Festival continues to invite top jazz musicians at home and abroad to focus on original jazz works with Chinese national cultural characteristics, show the collision and integration of Eastern and Western jazz music cultures, create a jazz music feast of "more affinity, more infectious, and more appealing" for the audience, and play the leading role of the National Grand Theater Taihu Dance Art Center in Taihu Performing Arts Town.
According to the overall arrangement of the music festival, on August 26, the China-Europe Jazz Orchestra will perform folk songs from many countries such as China, Italy, Poland, and France, deeply combining national folk music with jazz; on August 27, the Jinfo Jazz Orchestra will perform "Silk Road" and "Western Region Rhapsody", bringing the Silk Road theme into the jazz field. Li Xiaochuan, Qin Sifeng Jazz Band and Luo Ning Quartet will present original jazz works with Chinese national cultural characteristics such as "Harvest" and "Oriental Sketch" to the audience; on August 28, the CMA Band of the Beijing Modern Conservatory of Music will perform popular melodies such as "Nanping Night Bell", "Colorful Clouds Chase the Moon", and "Night Comes Fragrance", giving the audience a jazz color.
"In this year's music festival, I will bring many works adapted from traditional Chinese repertoire, many of which are the first performances." Jazz trumpet performer Li Xiaochuan said, "Thanks to the National Grand Theater for providing such a platform that allows more musicians to perform original Chinese contemporary jazz music works. This is a very rare opportunity!"
"Jazz is not just a kind of music, it also represents a lifestyle, attitude towards life, and thinking method. It is formed through the communication and integration of different cultures, musical instruments, and people." Wang Hong, deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Musicians Association, said. In order to create a lifestyle experience that blends with jazz, this music festival is presented in the form of "offline performance + online live broadcast + casual experience + famous teacher lectures", hoping to bring an immersive jazz experience journey to the audience.
Live photos of the past Taihu Jazz Festival. The
performance venue specially planned a comprehensive music festival experience area, including immersive instrumental performance, food, cultural and creative, movies, records, markets and other colorful experience content. The performance on the evening of August 27 will be broadcast live simultaneously on multiple online platforms such as the National Grand Theater Classical Music Channel, allowing netizens to share the freedom, agility and romance of jazz. On August 29, the "Jazz Music Famous Teacher Lecture Hall" will be held, inviting industry experts and music enthusiasts to share and exchange topics such as the emergence, development of jazz and the appreciation of classic works.
2022 Taiwan Lake Jazz Festival music director Huang Yong said that online live broadcast is a bold attempt at this music festival. For expressive jazz scenes, the music and picture quality requirements for live broadcasts are very high. He previewed the live broadcast content of the day to the reporter: "The top jazz performers and the best jazz works in the entire music festival are arranged on this day. I believe that the audience on site and online can get a great harvest experience."
Author: Our reporter in Beijing Peng Dan
Picture: From the official account of the National Grand Theater
Editor: Jiang Shengxin
1Editor: Jiang Shengxin
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