2024-09-29
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on the ever-flowing chang'an street, a building with blue-gray glass curtain walls stands at the intersection of north xinhua street. as night falls, bright lights illuminate this huge "music box", and the soaring music and warm cheers merge to compose an artistic symphony that belongs to the city and the times.
the beijing concert hall was put into use in 1986. it is my country's first modern performance venue designed and built specifically for playing music. it was also one of the music venues with the best acoustics in the capital in the early days of reform and opening up. over the past 38 years, chinese and foreign musicians have continued to interact and communicate on this stage. together, they have lifted up unforgettable artistic memories and left a testimony to the development and prosperity of beijing, the "important town" of classical music.
on the south side of west chang'an street, opposite fuyou street to the north, and overlooking tiananmen square to the east, the area where the beijing concert hall is located was the old central cinema decades ago.
in 1961, the renovated cinema was transformed into the beijing concert hall and was used by the former central orchestra (the predecessor of the china symphony orchestra). in order to adapt to the characteristics of concert performances, the concert hall was widened and the original stage of the theater was widened, and actor dressing rooms and lounges were added, as well as sound insulation equipment. in those years, the semi-enclosed zhongshan park concert hall had called the best theater in beijing, the reconstruction and opening of the concert hall is indeed a great event in beijing's cultural life.
in the 1970s, with the intensification of cultural exchanges at home and abroad, more and more foreign orchestras and conductors came to china to perform. in 1973, the philadelphia orchestra of the united states visited china and performed on the stage at the national culture palace, causing a sensation. in 1976, in 1979, seiji ozawa visited several times... li delun, conductor of the china symphony orchestra, gradually felt that the capital beijing should have a concert hall specially built for symphony.
li delun then reported to the then ministry of culture. building a professional concert hall is not a small expense, li delun knows very well. "it doesn't matter if you don't have money. we are not building a theater. a theater costs a lot because it requires stage equipment, but building a concert hall saves money." li delun reported this to huang zhen, then minister of culture. huang zhen asked, is one million enough? "that's enough." before li delun finished speaking, the people next to him waved their hands at him and whispered that one million would definitely not be enough, but li delun insisted: "that's enough!"
in this way, the beijing concert hall received its first start-up capital and was rebuilt on the original site in 1983. when the money ran out, uncle li applied again to the ministry of culture. from huang zhen to zhou weizhi, and then to zhu muzhi, during the construction of the concert hall, the minister of culture changed three terms, and he lobbied for three terms.
in january 1986, the beijing concert hall, which can accommodate 1,182 spectators, opened.try out. at this time, the beijing concert hall was a white rectangular building with a black marble base. the snow-white exterior wall was inlaid with purple and black metal slats that symbolized changes in music rhythm. it was elegant and dignified. the huge brown glass on the front of the foyer extended to the bottom. hearty and open. a series of modern architectural acoustic measures are adopted in the hall to achieve good sound quality, frequency, characteristics, moderate mixing time and uniform sound field distribution.
at the beginning of its opening, li delun conducted a series of concerts with the central orchestra. tian zhenlin always remembers everyone’s excitement. although there was no shortage of performance venues before, the beijing concert hall is “our own place. the concert hall has good sound effects. here the performance is solid and effective. ”
old music fans all remember that the central orchestra has a well-known and popular brand "weekly concerts". with the establishment of the beijing concert hall, "weekly concerts" have performances every week. famous conductors such as li delun and yan liangkun perform in person. the performance tickets are 10 yuan each and the audience is bustling. chen zhiyin, a well-known music critic and director of the music critics association of the chinese musicians association, admires the foresight of the older generation of musicians: "the popularization of elegant music may not have been effective at the time, but decades later, senior symphony audiences , were all influenced by the 'weekly concert' back then."
foreign musicians also frequently appear on the stage here, including world-renowned tenor domingo, violin masters perlman and menuhin, conductor seiji ozawa, and "ghost" pianist ivo pogg lerici... "it feels like the artists suddenly walked out of the record and turned into a living person and came to you with a bang. such an impact is unimaginable to the current audience." chen zhiyin said . she still remembers the shock and emotion that perlman's concert brought to her. the master had difficulty with his legs and feet, but he insisted on walking on the stage by himself. "this is the dignity of an artist. he will never let others support him on the stage. the sound of his piano was accompanied by , so beautiful and touching, i couldn’t stop crying.”
time flies, the melody never gets old, and the story of music connecting china and the world still continues here. in june 2024, the china symphony orchestra and the venezuelan juan jose landaeta symphony orchestra, led by conductors jing huan and christian vazquez, took the stage together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between china and venezuela. the chinese works "dance of the yao people", "dance of the golden snake" and "jasmine" are both moving and quiet, and are colorful, while the venezuelan works "margarita woman", "sensemaya" and "plain my heart" are full of rich and vibrant latin american style. the music of the two countries was interspersed, pushing the china-venezuela friendship night to new heights again and again.
over the past 38 years, beijing concert hall has had many "firsts" in its footprints: the first professional concert hall in mainland china to install a pipe organ, the first university student usher system, the first nationwide performance venue to launch a computerized ticketing system... in the last century in the 1990s, there were only a few hundred performances in beijing throughout the year, and the concert hall could perform more than 400 performances a year, making it a well-deserved performing arts highland.
after entering the 21st century, the beijing concert hall, which keeps pace with the times, was remodeled again. the north facade was transformed into a crystal clear glass shape. the number of audience seats was adjusted to 1,024. each soft chair was sound-absorbed and widened to 13 meters. the stage can accommodate a 100-person symphony orchestra and choir at the same time. at the end of 2004, the beijing concert hall reopened and a series of exciting new year concerts were performed one after another.
but in today's "performing city", theaters have sprung up all over the place, and landmark comprehensive performing arts venues such as the national center for the performing arts, tianqiao arts center, and beijing art center have been completed one after another. beijing's performing arts "territory" has been expanded again and again, and the beijing concert hall how to find positioning? "'beijing concert hall, beijing listens to music', we want to present the best music to the audience in the capital." said zhang yilin, general manager of beijing concert hall.
now, in addition to being the "home field" of the china symphony orchestra, the beijing concert hall's performance planning fully combines its own characteristics and advantages. for example, the "happy to see classical" series of performances relies on the excellent sound field of the concert hall and the close viewing distance of the audience to invite many famous artists have created the ultimate pure classical music experience. the famous violinist lu siqing, the highly sought-after amber quartet and other famous groups have all appeared on the stage; the "open the door to music" series of performances for young audiences started in 1994 and was officially named founded in 1998, it is still accompanying generations of children on the road to artistic enlightenment with its accessible attitude and preferential fares...
at a time when traditional culture is at its peak, the beijing concert hall is also on the trend.
in 2024, the beijing concert hall will integrate the resources of art troupes in beijing, make full use of performance schedules, and invite china opera and dance drama theater chinese orchestra, china coal mine art troupe, china broadcasting chinese orchestra, central conservatory of music chinese chamber orchestra, china conservatory of music chinese orchestra, and beijing chinese national orchestra. the orchestra's six troupes have launched a new performance brand "chinese music original heart". every sunday morning, musicians perform 70-minute non-stop performances in the form of small chamber music, combined with lectures - promoting the popularization of "elegant music", which is beijing the concert hall has remained unchanged for decades.
today, the beijing concert hall, which is deeply exploring the path of differentiated management, is still adding new luster to beijing’s cultural golden business card.
source: governor of chang’an street
process editor: ma xiaoshuang
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