Suzhou Chinese Orchestra stages a concert at Jiangsu Center for the Performing Arts Oct 18 in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province. [Photo/WeChat account: snd-szgxqfb]
Suzhou Chinese Orchestra staged a concert at Jiangsu Center for the Performing Arts Oct 18 in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, as part of the Zijin Culture and Art Festival.
The orchestra performed five original pieces of music at the concert.
Misty Feng Bridge, Symphony of Sizhu, and Ganjiang Moxie Fantasia depict a serene and picturesque Suzhou town, and Ode to the Sun and Lotus praise intelligent and hard-working Chinese workers.
The Suzhou Chinese Orchestra, founded in December 2017, has been dedicated to promoting traditional Chinese culture by integrating Chinese folk music into its performances, and reinterpreting and expressing traditional Chinese music through symphonic music.
The orchestra plans to tour 13 cities in nine countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and Russia, at the beginning of next year.
Sponsored by the publicity department of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and the Jiangsu Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the first Zijin Culture and Art Festival, running from Sept 28 to Oct 27, aims to enrich local residents' cultural lives.
Suzhou Chinese Orchestra performs five original pieces of music at the concert held Oct 18 in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province. [Photo/WeChat account: snd-szgxqfb]
