Venue: Concert Hall
Dates: October 11, 2018
About
Since 2015, the NCPA has presented new commissioned works at concerts with different themes every year. This year, the concert will focus on the theme “New Era, New Beijing”, introduce musical works about Beijing in the new era and sparkle cultural charms of the city.
Programme
Music: YIN Qing
Lyrics: CHEN Xiaoqi
My Beijing
Tenor: JIN Zhengjian
Music: YIN Qing
Lyrics: WANG Xiaoling
One Night in Beijing
Mezzo Soprano: YANG Yanting
Music: ZANG Yunfei
Lyrics: WANG Xiaoling
The New Beijing
Soprano: LI Mengjia
Tenor: WANG Kai
Music: YANG Fan
Lyrics: YIN Xiangtao
Fly with the Dream
Performer: LIU Songhu
Music: HAO Weiya
Lyrics: QIAO Fang
Beijing Waltz
Soprano: YAO Hong
Mezzo Soprano: DONG Fang
Music: CAI Dongzhen
Lyrics: QU Yuan
Ballad of Beijing
Soprano: LI Xintong
Music: ZHAO Jiping
Lyrics: LIAO Yong
The Invitation of Beijing
Soprano: ZHANG Ningjia
Tenor: WANG Kai
Music: ZHANG Qianyi
Lyrics: QU Yuan
Beijing
Performer: China NCPA Chorus
——Intermission——
Music: DU Mingxin
Piano and Orchestra Ode to Beijing
Pianist: YUAN Fang
Music: MENG Weidong
Lyrics: ZOU Jingzhi
Linglong Tower, from Symphony Chorus Beijing Chorus
Xihe Drum Opera Performer: ZHAO Ning
China NCPA Chorus
Music: TANG Jianping
Lyrics: ZOU Jingzhi
Bell and Drum Tower, from Symphony Chorus Beijing Chorus
Peking Opera Performer: LIU Mingzhe
Soprano: LI Xintong
China NCPA Chorus
Creative
CHEN Xiaoqi
Song Writer
YIN Qing
Composer
WANG Xiaoling
Song Writer
ZANG Yunfei
Composer
YIN Xiangtao
Song Writer
YANG Fan
Composer
QIAO Fang
Song Writer
HAO Weiya
Composer
QU Yuan
Song Writer, Poet
CAI Dongzhen
Composer
LIAO Yong
Composer
ZHAO Jiping
Composer
ZHANG Qianyi
Composer
DU Mingxin
Composer
ZOU Jingzhi
Libretto
MENG Weidong
Composer
TANG Jianping
Composer
Conductor
LÜ Jia
The Chinese conductor LÜ Jia's work has received great acclaim internationally. Born into a musical family in Shanghai, LÜ began studying piano and cello at a very young age. He later studied conducting at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, under the tutelage of esteemed conductor ZHENG Xiaoying. At the age of 24, LÜ entered the University of Arts in Berlin, where he continued his studies under Professor Hans-Martin Rabenstein and Robert Wolf. The following year, he was awarded both the First Prize and Jury’s Prize at the Antonio Pedeotti International Conducting Competition in Trento, Italy, and launched his career as a conductor.
Over the past decades, he has conducted over 2,000 orchestral concerts and opera performances in Europe and America, and became the first Asian conductor to serve as the artistic director of a major Italian opera house, as well as the first Chinese conductor to lead Chicago Symphony. He has worked with important productions at the Bayersiche Staatsoper in Munich, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and La Scala in Milan, as well as opera houses in Lausanne, Turin, Rome, Naples, Verona, Venice, Florence, Frankfurt and Stuggart. He has also worked with many renowned orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Munich Philharmonic, Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Lyon National Orchestra in France, Finnish Radio Symphony, Hamburg Radio Symphony, Bamberg Symphoniker, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and many others across Europe, America and Australia.
In 2017, LÜ Jia has been appointed as Artistic Director of Music of NCPA, Music Director and Chief Conductor of China NCPA Orchestra. Before taking up his current posts in Beijing, LÜ served as Music Director at Verona Opera, Artistic Director at Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife, as well as Chief Conductor at Trieste Opera, Symphony Orchestra of Florence, Lazio Chamber Orchestra of Rome and Norrkopping Symphony Orchestra in Sweden. He is also the current Music Director of Macao Orchestra.
Artist
JIN Zhengjian
Tenor
YANG Yanting
Mezzo Soprano
LI Mengjia
Soprano
WANG Kai
Tenor
LIU Songhu
Baritone
YAO Hong
Soprano
DONG Fang
Mezzo Soprano
LI Xintong
Soprano
ZHANG Ningjia
Soprano
YUAN Fang
Pianist
ZHAO Ning
Xihe Drum Opera Performer
LIU Mingzhe
Peking Opera Performer
Presenter
China NCPA Orchestra
China NCPA Chorus