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Wuxi Symphony Orchestra unveils first music season

Updated: Jun 26, 2023 gowuxi.com Print
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A press conference for the first music season of the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra is held in Wuxi on June 25. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]

The Wuxi Symphony Orchestra will kick off its first music season in September, according to Sun Peng, its chief conductor, who spoke at a press conference held in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, on June 25.

Running until April 2024, the music season will be themed on "water", whose ripples symbolize a brand new start and unlimited potential and indicate the further possibilities to be created by the orchestra, said Sun.

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Members of the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]

During the eight-month music season, the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra will present six concerts and 12 at a large scale.

The latter will include an opening concert, a concert about the songs in the TV drama A Dream of Red Mansions, and concerts themed on traditional Chinese culture.

Renowned players, composers, and conductors from home and abroad will be invited to perform with the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra during the music season.

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Members of the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra. [Photo/WeChat account: wuxishilvyouju]

At the press conference, the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra inked cooperation agreements with schools of folk music and the digital media arts of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. It also signed a cooperation agreement with Wuxi Grand Theater to build a teenager orchestra.

Co-founded by the Wuxi municipal government and the Wuxi Xinwu District, the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra was officially launched on June 18 and is recruiting top musicians globally.

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