China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra

China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra (NCPA Orchestra)
Orchestra
Short name NCPA Orchestra
Founded 30 March 2010 (2010-03-30)
Location No.2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, P. R. China
Concert hall National Center for the Performing Arts (China)
Principal conductor Lü Jia
Website www.chncpa.org

The China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra (Chinese: 国家大剧院管弦乐团) is a Chinese orchestra based in Beijing. It is the resident orchestra of the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) located in the Xicheng District of Beijing. The NCPA Orchestra and its related organization, the China NCPA Chorus (Chinese: 国家大剧院合唱团),[1] serve primarily as the resident musical ensembles of the NCPA, supporting opera and ballet productions at the theater.[2]

The China NCPA Orchestra was founded in March 2010, with full funding from the Chinese government, three months after the China NCPA Chorus was founded. About 60 musicians were selected from a global pool of candidates with an average age of 27.[3] For the six years since its establishment, the average age of the musicians has increased from 27 to 31,[4] and the total number of musicians has been doubled.[5][6] The NCPA Orchestra undertook its first North American tour in late 2014.[7]

Chen Zuohuang was the founding music director of the orchestra, and now holds the title of conductor laureate. Since 2012, the orchestra's chief conductor has been Lü Jia. The orchestra's current assistant conductor is Yuan Ding.

Performances

In addition to performing core repertoire operas by European composers, including Turandot, Tosca, The Barber of Seville, Lohengrin, Aida, Otello, Nabucco, the NCPA Orchestra has accompanied most of its own productions of Chinese operas including The Chinese Orphan (Chinese: 赵氏孤儿), Rickshaw Boy (Chinese: 骆驼祥子) and Visitors on the Snow Mountain (Chinese: 冰山上的来客), The Long March (Chinese: 长征), A Village Teacher (Chinese: 山村女教师), The Red Guards on Honghu Lake (Chinese: 洪湖赤卫队), The Dawns Here are Quiet (Chinese: 这里的黎明静悄悄), and Xi Shi (Chinese: 西施).[8]

Apart from performing the operatic and symphonic repertoire,[9] the NCPA Orchestra together with the NCPA Chorus and other musical groups has been performing series of educational Weekend Matinee Concerts and salons at its home venue as well as in schools, hospitals, museums, and other communities.[10]

Musicians

Concert Master

Xiaoyu Yang, Zhe Li

Flute

Yeh I-Jeng (Principal), Yi Yin (Associate Principal), Qian Liu, Huan-Hsi Chen

Oboe

Yang Zhou (Associate Principal), Chia-Fang Chang (Associate Principal), Tie Xu, Yijian Kou

Carinet

Sanchis Jaume (Principal), Sijun Chen (Associate Principal), Minna Lee, Tianyu Zhang

Bassoon

Jingjing Ji (Principal), Heesung Kim (Associate Principal), Guangyuan Shi, Feng Zechao

Horn

Xinghai Yu (Guest Principal), Xiaowei Ji (Associate Principal), Kuo Wang, Gaowa Xuri, Xinahu Chen, Zi Wang

Trumpet

Yubing Wang (Acting Principal), Yumo Zhu (Associate Principal), Rui Li, Kai He

Trombone

Shuang Liu (Principal), Zhiying Wei, Boxuan Yuan

Tuba

Jisa Radek (Associate Principal)

Timpani

Gang Liu (Guest Principal)

Percussion

Heng Liu (Associate Principal), Yuan Ma, Shu Su, Chulmin Lee

Harp

Li-ya Huang (Principal)

First Violin

Shu Chen (Associate Principal), Weijia Ma, Jingjing Zhao, Le Li, Jun Jiang, Song Liu, Qian Sun, Jiaying Li, Xiaoxu Liu, Zheng Hu, Xueyang Mao, Yanyan Zhang, Chaochen Zhang, Xiaojing Pu

Second Violin

Xian Liu (Principal), Rui Yang (Associate Principal), Huan Wang, Zhongnan Meng, Fangfang Yuan, Wenyu Ji, Meng Wu, Yingxin Guo, Boyu Lin, Chiung-Hua Tsai, Zhaohui Liu, Wendan Li, Jiayao Gao, Xingya Li, Yan Zheng

Viola

Ran Zhuang (Principal), Xuejia Hao (Associate Principal), Jing He, Miao Zhang, Yini Qiu, Yanfeng Xue, Yu Qin, Renzhu Tang, Yanyi Cong, Su Xu, Yiwen Zhang, Yiyu Shang

Cello

Xiao Liang (Associate Principal), Ping Liang, Kim Kyuri, Tao Song, Danna Wang, Rui An, Haoyu Wang, Yu Wang

Double Bass

Yimei Liu (Acting Principal), Ning Kang (Associate Principal), Xiangquan Liu, Yiming Fan, Haiqi Zhao, Yuanlong Zhou, Guangyuan Zhang

Administration

References

  1. ↑ 姜欣. "国家大剧院合唱团成立五周年献音乐大礼_综艺_央视网(cctv.com)". ent.cntv.cn. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  2. ↑ Lawrence A. Johnson (2014-11-03). "Beijing orchestra makes impressive showing in Chicago debut". Chicago Classical Review. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  3. ↑ Su, Xiangdong (2010-04-09). "国家大剧院管弦乐团横空出世 乐队平均年龄27岁". 文化中国网. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "国家大剧院管弦乐团获赞 乐团首席李喆为何当场落泪?-搜狐". mt.sohu.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  5. ↑ "国家大剧院　管弦乐团　今年扩编-新华网". news.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  6. ↑ "Annual Audition" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  7. ↑ Trish Crawford (2014-11-10). "China NCPA Orchestra performs at Koerner Hall Nov. 11". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  8. ↑ "Repertoire - NCPA CHINA". en.chncpa.org. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  9. ↑ "NCPA Orchestra, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing – review". Financial Times. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  10. ↑ "国家大剧院"周末音乐会"迎来第400场_娱乐_环球网". ent.huanqiu.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.

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