As one of the largest public welfare and popular concert brands in China, Shanghai Oriental Citizens Concert is back after a long absence and embarked on a brand new musical journey.
On August 6th, the 16-year-old Oriental Citizens Concert will kick off at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. As of December, 11 concerts will follow the concept of "noble and affordable, and culture close to the people" and are ready to go.
For many years, conductor Cao Peng and his family have been committed to using music to open the ears of children with autism, and to use music to talk to the "children of the stars". In August of this summer, the 97-year-old Cao Peng will once again perform in the Oriental Citizens Concert. He will join hands with young conductors Huang Pengfei and Fan Qing, and the Shanghai Urban Youth Symphony Orchestra to present the "Notes from the Starry Sky" symphony concert.

Cao Peng

"Rhapsody" is a musical genre that originated in the West, and is also very popular with domestic musicians. Xian Xinghai once composed "Chinese Rhapsody", and Wang Jianmin also composed five Erhu Rhapsody... This autumn and October, the conductor, composer Cai Donghua, who is both a home and a drama director, will join forces with a number of folk music performers to stage the "Chinese Rhapsody" concert, which will make folk music go crazy.
Violin, piano, organ, clarinet... Oriental Citizen Music focused on the myriad styles of different musical instruments and planned several concerts.
In September, Austrian violinist Timo Melnick and pianist Patrick Lesina, who have lived in China for a long time, will bring a pure "Voice of Vienna" with a duet of violin and piano.
The "long" pipe organ in the theater is famous for its majestic momentum and beautiful sound. At the "Voltava River on the Pipe Organ" concert in September, Li Yihua will perform classic organ pieces from the Baroque, classical and romantic periods, as well as her organ versions of "Voltava River" and "Ode to the Red Flag". Show the sound of nature.

Li Yihua

The piano is known as the "king of musical instruments". At the beginning of 2020, when the new crown epidemic broke out, pianist Song Siheng lived at home through a life crisis, and then turned into a composer, turning all his thoughts into the "epidemic music diary". In October, Song Siheng's "Epidemic Music Diary" will meet the audience and look back on that unforgettable day.

Song Siheng

The clarinet is known as the "dramatic soprano" among woodwind instruments. In November, the German clarinetist Lang Yifeng will meet his friends in a romantic late autumn with the theme of "Encounter Bruch".
The masterpieces of different genres written by the music masters are often performed and new. Through different themes, the Oriental Citizens Concert will also lead the audience to listen to the master's classic works.
English composer Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" is a bright pearl in the history of opera. In November, chorus conductor Ying Hao will conduct the Shanghai Baroque Solo Solo Orchestra and the Shanghai Baige Chamber Choir to perform the play in the form of a concert version. Replicas of ancient instruments from the 17th century will be used on the scene to reproduce the original British Baroque music.
Mozart's "Four Horn Concerto", "Flute Concerto No. 1" and "Violin Concerto No. 4" are sunny and vibrant. At the "Meet Mozart" concert in December, young conductor Gao Jian will join forces with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Faculty and Student Chamber Orchestra. Emotional interpretation of these three works full of spring atmosphere, looking forward to the arrival of the new year.
Also in December, musicians and artists such as Jin Xiaoyi, Wang Xie, Wang Wendi, Guo Peiyao, and Wang Yuanyuan will appear in the autobiographical recital concert "Music Beethoven", together with 50 pictures authorized by Schott Music Press in Germany. The original beautiful illustrations are on the same stage, combining performances, picture books, and self-narration to interpret Beethoven's musical universe from multiple perspectives.
Inheritance is the best destination for art, and the Oriental Citizens Concert also witnesses the passing of fire from generation to generation.
The Manhattan International Music Festival Summer Camp has been held for six times in Shanghai, and concerts are held every year at Dongyi. In August, the "Manhattan Summer Camp" celebration concert led by American violinist Sister Wei and violin educator Chang Lin will return again, bringing together professors, musicians and piano children from major music colleges.
A piano is a symphony orchestra. In November, under the name of "Symphony on the Piano", Dr. Zhao Ling, a piano student in Germany, will play the piano with the students in eight-handed concerts, and will have a lot of fun.