Highlights of Harbin Summer Music Festival

Music drama “Love in Harbin”

Performance date: Aug 16 to Aug 17

Time: 19:00

Producer: Harbin Opera House

Performance site: Music hall of Harbin College

Music Drama “Love in Harbin” tells a beautiful transnational love story between China and Russia that happened in Harbin in the late 1890s, when Harbin served as a railway hub for trains passing through Siberia. This drama evokes some deep thoughts: courage can stop killing, love can cross borders, kindness can transcend the enemy, questions of race and country; and the glory of humanity enduring forever.

Rehearsal photo of music drama “Love in Harbin” [Photo/whzx.gov.cn]

Symphony “renwensong”

Performance date: Aug 19

Time: 19:00

Producer: Harbin Symphony Orchestra

Performance site: No 1 Qunli Avenue, Daoli district, Harbin

“Renwensong” is known as the “eastern Ode an die Freude ”. It was created by a prestigious Chinese composer Wang Ning in 2010. The symphony has seven chapters, trying to interpret Confucian humanistic thoughts through symphonic music in the new era.

Stage photo of symphony “renwensong” [Photo/whzx.gov.cn]