SYSO & SIPYSO 2024 SPRING FESTIVAL CONCERT
2024.1.31（WED）19:30
Jinji Lake Concert Hall SCAC
Conductor | ZHONG HONGLIANG、LI KAI
Orchestra | SUZHOU YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SUZHOU INDUSTRIAL PARK YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PROGRAM
LI | Spring Festival Overture
BRAHMS | Hungarian Dance No.1
Hungarian Dance No.5
WALDTEUFEL | Les Patineurs Walzer, Op. 183
J. STRAUSS II | Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335
SHOSTAKOVICH | Waltz No. 2
BIZET | Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No.2
CARMEN Suite No.1
HUANG | Blooming Flowers and Full Moon
LIU & MAO | Dance of The Yao People
ZHENG & MA | Good Tidings from The Capital
BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 IV. Allegro
AKUTAGAWA | Triptyque for String Orchestra I. Allegro
Program is subject to change
Suzhou Youth Symphony Orchestra
Under the leadership of and with support from the Suzhou Municipal Committee of the CPC and the Suzhou Municipal Government, the Suzhou Municipal Education Bureau and Suzhou Cultural Investment and Development Group Co., Ltd. formally established the Suzhou Youth Symphony Orchestra (SYSO) in July 2022. The Suzhou Symphony Orchestra (SZS) provides professional instruction for the SYSO. As the first youth symphony orchestra managed by a professional orchestra in Suzhou, SYSO opens a new chapter of high-quality aesthetic education driven by the government and enterprises. After a rigorous selection process, hundreds of brilliant musicians between the ages of 10 and 18 were selected from thousands of applicants to become the first official members of the SYSO.
The Music Director of the SYSO is Chen Xieyang, who is also the Music Director of the SZS and the Honorary Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. The Chief Conductor of the SYSO is Xu Zhong, who is also the Chief Conductor of the SZS. The General Manager of the SYSO is Chen Guangxian, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the China Symphony Development Foundation (CSDF) and the General Manager of the SZS. The Vice General Manager of the SYSO is Zhou Ying, who is also the Vice General Manager of the SZS. The Resident Conductor of the SYSO is Zhong Hongliang.
The SZS professionally manages the SYSO by referring to the organizational structure and management system of professional symphony orchestras. The principal of each part of the SZS and senior instrumentalists in the orchestra serve as instructors and provide all selected young musicians with free comprehensive orchestral performance skills training at Suzhou Lida Middle School.
The SYSO will adhere to education-oriented, student-focused, professionally supported, and socially synergistic development. It will plan and coordinate resources from the government, businesses, and all walks of life to select the best young instrumentalists in Suzhou and become a top-class youth symphony orchestra with an international perspective. The SYSO is committed to becoming a youthful symbol of Suzhou's cultural exchange, providing a reference for improving aesthetic education in schools in the new era across Jiangsu Province and China.
On Feb 5, 2023, the SYSO debut at the SZS's 2023 Spring Festival Concert. On July 6th and 8th, under the conduct of Maestro Chen Xieyang and resident conductor Zhong Hongliang, the SYSO successfully performed two summer concerts at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center Concert Hall and the Suzhou Culture and Arts Center Jinji Lake Concert Hall. This marked a splendid conclusion to the SYSO's inaugural 8-day summer camp.
Suzhou Industrial Park Youth Symphony Orchestra established in September 2022.It is the first district-level public youth symphony orchestra in our city, hosted by local Education Bureau, organized by local Youth & Children Center, and guided by specialized teachers and teams of Suzhou Musicians' Association and Suzhou Philharmonic Orchestra. The development of the orchestra has not only received attention, concern and love from the District Administration Committee, the District Publicity Department and District United Front Work Department and all sectors of society, but also received strong support from numerous schools both inside and outside the district.
The Suzhou Industrial Park Youth Symphony Orchestra, known as "Yuan Qing Jiao,” sets the goal to embody the spirit of the district, to embrace diverse cultures, to foster an international perspective, to open the world for Suzhou's youth through symphonic music, to create a new landmark for Suzhou Industrial Park. Currently, the orchestra has over 80 members and built up A Group and B Group.The orchestra is honored to have advisors from various expertise including Wu Lei, Chairman of the Suzhou Musicians' Association and Dean of the School of Music at Suzhou University; Chen Guangxian, Chairman of the China Symphony Development Foundation and President of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra; and Hou Runyu, former Chief Conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, former Dean of the School of Arts at East China Normal University, and doctoral supervisor, as advisers.
In April of 2023, Suzhou Industrial Park Youth Symphony Orchestra initiated the establishment of the Suzhou Industrial Park Sino-Foreign Youth Symphony Orchestra Alliance and received positive responses from both local and international schools. Among those are Suzhou Dulwich College, Suzhou Singapore International School, Overseas Chinese Academy of Chiway Suzhou, Suzhou Industrial Park Foreign Language School, Suzhou High School - SIP, Jinji Lake School, and Suzhou Junior High School Affiliated to XI'AN Jiaotong University, who became the first ones of the joint-built base schools. On November 5th 2023, SIP Youth Symphony Orchestra successfully held a concert celebrating its one year anniversary, marking the establishment of the SIP Sino-Foreign Youth Symphony Orchestra Alliance.
