The EU Youth Music Festival ends and musicians from 15 countries play "Ode to the Red Flag"

Xie Fei

, Chairman of the European Union Youth Music Festival (China) Liu Zheng,

Vice Chairman and Conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra Alliance

, and 500 musicians from 15 countries have formed a large-scale joint orchestra, which shocked and played "Ode to the Red Flag" with magnificent momentum. This grand and rare spectacle appeared at the Qingdao Mangrove Convention and Exhibition Center, and the "Mangrove Music Season·EU Youth Music Festival" also slowly ended with the melody. In the past nine days, 500 young musicians from all over the world have been divided into two major venues in Qingdao's West Coast New District and Jimo. They have presented 15 different performances through flash shows, special concerts and joint performances. The audio-visual feast of different styles and colors has turned this coastal city into a veritable "music island."

Multinational conductor relay swings the baton to present a cultural feast

. According to the tradition of the EU Youth Music Festival, the closing ceremony concert was presented in the form of a "multinational joint orchestra". The first and second halves were divided into Group A and Group B, each with more than 200 performers, and finally the two orchestras merged into a huge orchestra of nearly 500 people. On the conductor podium, the conductor of each orchestra participating in the festival will also conduct in a "relay" manner. Under the command of Wang Taiping, Vice Chairman of the EU Youth Music Festival Alliance, the Joint Orchestra Group A played the "Song of the EU Youth Music Festival." French conductor Claude Browndale brought the meticulous and meticulous "Solemn March", whose academic rigor attitude is admirable. Young conductor Jin Xin conducted the orchestra to complete the China premiere of the music "Drum of the Deep Sea". This is a work with rich rhythm changes based on the rhythm of "drum", and specially added China elements to re-arrange it. A row of foreign guys beat the "China Volleyball Drum" passionately, and the drum music was beating in unison and inspiring. The famous Canadian composer and conductor Louis Baban brought his original work "Saint Exupery: Soul, Desert and Stars" to tell the moving story of "The Little Prince" to China audiences with music. Argentine conductor Anrique Francisco Segura and Estonia "Internet celebrity" conductor Livo Drogi performed "Heaven and Hell" and the high-spirited "Estonia Dance" respectively. Gustav Wankre, a conductor from Strasbourg, France, integrated his understanding of beauty and love for life into music. Wankre put a lot of thought into the choice of songs, in addition to the familiar romantic masterpiece "The Fantasy Symphony", he also brought his own overture to the "Odyssey". The Spaniards are "good at singing and dancing" and "passionate", and their music is also full of flexible dance melodies and dynamic rhythms. Not only that, but their conductors are also all-round players with profound dance skills. Conductor Angel Luis Barre Garrett from Spain performed the "Fire" classical music "Dance No. 2", which "ignited" the audience, and his dynamic dance steps on the podium also made the audience shout "Enjoyable". The famous Norway conductor Schell Semm took the stage last time, bringing the classic work "Echo Overture" that incorporates elements of Norway's national music, presenting Norway, a country with ice, snow and aurora, forests and fjords, magnificent mountains and rivers, and simple and romantic folk customs.

The ensemble of nearly 500 musicians "Ode to the Red Flag" shocked the audience.

The two orchestras ended their performances. The next one was not the musicians on stage, but the concert staff. Because the number of orchestras would double, they had to In just two to three minutes, nearly two hundred chairs on both sides of the stage were quickly placed on the stage in front of the audience. To this end, the staff and volunteers of the music festival spent a lot of time and energy on careful design and meticulous rehearsal. At the concert site, during the interpretation process of the two hosts, two hundred chairs had magically appeared on the stage. In this seemingly simple "change of venues", who in the audience below the stage knows how hard the staff behind the scenes have put in? Later, Liu Zheng, chairman of the European Union Youth Music Festival (China), walked to the podium amid cheers and screams, like a general commanding a thousand troops, calmly conducting the 500-member joint orchestra passionately playing a song "Ode to the Red Flag." "Ode to the Red Flag", the iconic symphony of China, is one of the most played works, and the audience is familiar with it. However, such a large music army and almost a pool of blond Western musicians jointly perform this work, even for classical music fans. It is a rare spectacle. Under the command of Liu Zheng, the United Orchestra almost perfectly interpreted this magnificent and magnificent classic work that incorporates strong patriotic feelings with magnificent momentum. Perhaps the foreign musicians participating in the performance on the spot could not fully understand the passion of China conductors and audiences, but at this moment they were using the language of music to communicate with each other the common emotions and resonance from the music world. Music and emotions have no borders. At the end of the song, the audience applauded and cheered. Immediately afterwards, Liu Zheng once again took the stage to conduct the joint orchestra and completed the festival's "curtain call"-the EU Youth Music Festival. The beautiful melody surged with emotional waves, and 500 musicians jointly played this touching song of friendship. song. Conductor Liu Zheng said: "In this music event that brings together different countries, different races, different languages and cultures, every young musician has the opportunity to stand at the intersection of cultures and experience the collision and integration of diverse cultures. The sparks of the inheritance and innovation of classical music on this platform have made me even more convinced that the future of classical music lies in young people and in China."

Film artists share their music experiences

In the past few days, a silver-haired old man has appeared at the concert scene of the music festival. He is the famous director Xie Fei. He smiled and said: "Of all the concerts at the festival, I only missed the first few." Lao Xie originally planned to leave Qingdao and return to Beijing on the 10th, but was invited by Sheng and happily postponed his trip and attended the closing ceremony. At the scene, Xie Lao took the stage to share his feelings about watching the music festival these days in both Chinese and English, and expressed his gratitude to the musicians, organizers and organizers who presented the music event. He said: "Thank you to musicians from all over the world for dedicating music to us for a week; thank you to the Beijing Philharmonic, especially Mr. Liu Zheng, for organizing such a grand event and providing such a wonderful music to the audience. feast." Lao Xie told reporters: "I came here for a vacation just in time for this grand music festival. Most of the members are young people from various countries. They have made a lot of efforts for the China audience. Although the music festival is dominated by classical music, a lot of music has been popularized, and there are even China music and elements, which are very distinctive. At the scene, I saw so many audiences, and this was a very rare opportunity for everyone. Listening to music here is different from in the theater. You can also go to the scene wearing casual clothes."

The music, youth, and dreams never end,

accompanied by the melody of "The Song of the Gathering", the festival came to a successful conclusion. The audience rushed to the stage to take photos with the musicians. The carnival of the musicians had just begun. After several days of "special training" in classical music, they had long become "good partners" and "good teammates". The impromptu carnival lasted for more than an hour without anyone directing or prompting. As long as the first melody sounded, all musicians on the stage could successfully join the "ensemble" team. Many audiences also joined this happy gathering of philharmonic musicians from all over the world to share with the musicians the joy of the complete success of the closing ceremony. Mozart said,"I inject happiness into music just to make the whole world feel happy." At this moment, both the musicians on the stage and the philharmonic musicians are enjoying this "happiness." Music is the common language of mankind. It can transcend national, racial and cultural boundaries and reach everyone's heart. If the music doesn't end, happiness won't end; if youth doesn't end, dreams won't end.