In 2010, the Summer Music Festival started under the initiative of Yu Long, and it has never been absent for 13 consecutive years.
However, there is no other year like this year, which is full of so many variables. The opening is still changing, and there are emergencies when the closing is approaching.
According to the method of "offline performance + online live broadcast", this year's summer music festival will be held in two parallel lines - 4 concerts are open to the audience at a 50% attendance rate; 36 performances and activities will meet the audience in the cloud.
The Summer Music Festival has also taken a different approach, opening up three music lines, using the afternoon education line, the evening performance line, and the late night radio line to accompany the audience to spend a beautiful day accompanied by music.
The Summer Music Festival also radiates to cities other than Shanghai for the first time, linking the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, and Harbin Symphony Orchestra to bring wonderful performances online.
Despite the difficulties, the mezzo-soprano singer Zhu Huiling, the soprano singer He Hui, and the violinist Li Weigang have a belief from beginning to end: they must come to the summer music festival.
In the live broadcast with no audience, Zhu Huiling sang Wagner's vocal set; He Hui's first music festival in Europe, from Italian opera to Wagner's opera; Li Weigang participated in the music festival as a soloist for the first time, and traveled to Beijing. Complete the concert recording.
This is also the first time in 13 years that Yu Long has been absent from the scene, and the post-80s, post-90s, and post-00s are the ones who have taken on the important role of conductor throughout the festival.
From Yu Long, Zhang Lu, born in the 1980s, and Sun Yifan, born in the 90s, took over the opening and closing baton respectively. They were ordered in danger and did not disappoint the audience. After 2000, Jinyu Mining teamed up with the Neoclassical Chamber Orchestra to bring a new special performance. They were bursting with energy and surprised the audience.
These young conductors herald the endless life of the music industry, linking the past and the future. As long as young people have the strength and can take up the recruits, the Summer Music Festival will boldly give them platforms and opportunities.

The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is backed by "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains"

What remains unchanged is the constant attention and love of music fans to the Summer Music Festival.
For Zhang Feier, a Shanghai music fan, the summer music festival is a daily routine, and she will definitely go to check in, enjoy the cool air and spend the summer every year. Hearing that the summer music festival has reopened to the audience, Mr. Duan, a music fan from Suzhou, came to Shanghai by train and was so excited that he wanted to cry. This is his sixth year chasing the festival across the city. More than 1,000 kilometers away, Beijing music critic Kou Yi is in the cloud and follows the summer music festival through online live broadcast.
Thirteen years ago, the Summer Music Festival issued its first note in the parking lot of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Along the way, it brought countless musical enjoyment and happy memories to Shanghai citizens and audiences across the country.
"Persistence can be great. Persistence is the best promise made by a music brand to the audience and the society." Yu Long said. This is the driving force behind the summer music festival, even after many twists and turns, and it is also the reason why the summer music festival has become an iconic cultural symbol of the city of Shanghai.