All performers are bowing to the audience.
As a public cultural brand event that has been held continuously for many years, the Nanshan New Year's Concert brings a feast of refined music to residents at the beginning of each new year.
On the evening of January 13th, the 2025 Nanshan New Year's Concert was held at Shenzhen Poly Theatre. The concert featured a special performance by renowned composer and conductor Tan Dun, who also serves as a public cultural consultant for Nanshan District. He joined hands with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra to accompany residents in welcoming the new year with enchanting music.
The Kirin Chamber Choir is performing.
On the evening of the concert, the Kirin Chamber Choir of Nanshan District started the event with their rendition of Hao Feng Qi (Good Wind Rises). This song, produced by Nanshan District, was written by Tang Tian, composed by Qian Lei, and originally sung by Zhou Shen.
In the first half of the concert, the renowned conductor Tan Dun led the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra in a brilliant performance of Sheng Song Yan Wu · Snake Year Celebration composed by Zhang Meng, a sheng player and composer, kicking off the celebration for the Year of the Snake.
Tan Dun is telling the stories of the three pipas to the audience.
Pipa player Han Yan performed San Pa (Three Pipas), composed by Tan Dun. Through playing three pipas from different eras, she showcased the diversity of the pipa instrument, delighting the audience's ears.
Zhang Meng (Left) and Liu Wenwen are performing a collaborative piece.
Suona player Liu Wenwen performed Bai Niao Chao Feng (Song of the Phoenix) during the 2024 France tour. The suona instrument's strong ethnic characteristics, combined with Liu's penetrating and infectious performance, won thunderous applause from the audience.
Ode to Joy is performed.
In the second half of the concert, the world's first choral concerto Jiu Ge, commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and composed by Tan Dun, made a stunning appearance. The concert concluded with Beethoven's Ode to Joy from his Symphony No.9 in D Minor. These two works, spanning two centuries, resonated with each other through themes of global peace and harmony, human existence and contemplation, and historical retrospection and vision. Together, they composed a profound future musical celebration and built a bridge for cultural dialogue between the East and the West.
Reporter | Zhang Siyu
Editor | Huang Qini, James, Shen He
Photo | Shenzhen Poly Theatre
