On September 19, the Symphony No. 3 in D minor created by Gustav Mahler, an Austrian composer and conductor born in 1860, will be staged at Guangzhou Opera House. It will be performed by Ningbo Symphony Orchestra, with Yu Feng, the art director of the Orchestra, as the conductor and Zhu Huiling, a mezzo-soprano singer, as the soloist. Meanwhile, the choir from the Central Conservatory of Music and the Children Chorus of Guangzhou Opera House will join to chorus in the concert.

Ningbo Symphony Orchestra (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

The choir from the Central Conservatory of Music (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

The Children Chorus of Guangzhou Opera House (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Gustav Mahler is regarded as one of the most outstanding representatives in the field of German and Austrian musical culture from the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. In a survey of conductors conducted by BBC Music Magazine, Mahler's Symphony No. 3 in D minor was rated as one of the ten greatest symphonies in history.

Since its foundation in December, 2015, Ningbo Symphony Orchestra has attracted more than 90 excellent concert performers who have graduated from various prestigious conservatories of music in the world. Yu Feng, the master of the Central Conservatory of Music, now serves as the art director and the chief conductor of the Orchestra.

Yu Feng (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Zhu Huiling (Photo provided to Newsgd.com)

Time: 7:30 pm, Sunday, September 19, 2021

Venue: Opera Hall, Guangzhou Opera House

Ticket prices: RMB 80, 180, 280, 380, 480, 680

Duration: About 110 minutes (no intermission)

Nearest metro station: Take Metro Line 3 or 5 and get off at the Zhujiang New Town Station, and then use the GT Land Plaza Exit

Author | Nancy (intern)

Editor | Monica & Jerry