THE WORLD IN AN AMBER / CHINA

Orchestra: Shaanxi Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra & Zhejiang Traditional Orchestra

Conductor: Mr. Zhang Lie

Solists: Fan Cong (Guanzi)

             Lv Tingting (Erhu)

Two very traditional and beautiful Chinese orchestras from the North and South of China will be presented.- Shaanxi Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra (North of China) and Zhejiang Traditional Orchestra (South of China).

The title of the concert program - “Silk Road & Fuchun Mountain Capriccio” contains the typical characters of the two regions: The famous Silk Road started in Shaanxi province in the old time and Fuchun Mountain is very famous for its beautiful landscape which is located in Zhejiang province. This program will show the audience the flairs of the Southern and Northern China.  

Zhejiang Traditional Orchestra - etablished in 1957 has gained reputation home and abroad under the lead of Zhejiang Song and Dance Theater for its distinctive music of Zhejiang area. Over years delication in sorting, studying and developing traditional music, numerous productions have been created to demonstrate the local flirtatious expressions of Zhejiang area. Orchestra has represented Zhejiang Province visiting scores of countries and regions such like the US, Germany, Finland, Japan and Malaysia, winning high attention of local cities and influential medias. Since 1980s, the orchestra has absorbed batches of excellent graduates from conservatories, making the group infinite vitality.

Shaanxi Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra -  founded in 1950, is one of the oldest and the most professional Chinese traditional orchestras in Western China. For over 60 years, the orchestra has witnessed the growth of a great number of famous traditional Chinese artists. Orchestra also has participated in many foreign cultural affairs since its establishment, representing Shannxi Province. It has won numerous first prizes in the major instrumental competitions in China. Due to its strong dedication to the development of Chinese traditional music, the orchestra nowadays possesses of a broad range of fine soloists that inspire the audience worldwide.

The Grand Chinese New Year Concert will celebrate the 20th Anniversary in 2017. It began with the concert in the Musikverein, Vienna in 1998 and now has been held worldwide at the Chinese New Year period to commemorate the Chinese New Year. The audience can experience the music culture of China with long history. The music is exotic and filled with very colourful sounds. The Asian traditional music is now welcomed as a resource for the contemporary music in Western music world. Also for the concert, the real Chinese traditional instruments will be played which are normally only used in China.  

Tickets are available at any „Biļešu paradīze“ booking-office in Latvia as well as online - www.bilesuparadize.lv

More information: http://www.chinamusic.eu/

Place: Great Hall

Organiser: Great Amber in collaboration with Wu Promotion

Tickets: 5 - 16 EUR