From Jingchu Network (Correspondent Yang Wenli) In the evening of July 10, the opening concert of Opening the Art Door – 2015 Summer Art Festival was held in Wuhan Qintai Concert Hall, and this is the sixth year after Opening the Art Door was settled in Qintai Concert Hall. Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the specially invited American conductor Lawrence Golan, played an American-style symphony concert. In the future 44 days, 26 splendid performances will be played in the concert hall, and the ticket price is CNY 10 to 100

　　Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra Played the Opening Concert and Supports Opening the Art Door Every Year

　　At 7:00 pm, Qintai Concert Hall was bustling, and specially prepared tickets, souvenir T-shirts, mugs, and postcards for audiences. The audiences can participate in the small games to win the gifts, and the children were playing excitedly. At 7:30 pm, all seats in the hall were occupied, and Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by American conductor Lawrence Golan, played the representative works of three American composers: Gershwin, Bernstein, and Copland. Zhou Kesi, the president of Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, said, “As the long-term supporter of Opening the Art Door, the orchestra pays special attention to the performance arrangement every year. In previous years, we usually select classic works. Form this year, starting from American works, we will gradually promote different works of different countries and regions to teenagers. Wuhan is a city with high cultural tolerance. We should promote more diversified culture and arts to audiences.”

　　20 Kinds of Splendid Performances and Three Summer Camps Provide a Stage for Children

　　Opening the Art Door will last no more than two months, and Li Lihong, the commentator of a Bite of China, Violinist Sheng Zhongguo, Pipa Player Wu Yuxia, Guqin Player Chen Changlin, Zheng Player Wang Zhongshan, Huqin Player Jiang Kemei, Pianist Sheng Yuanyi, and Balladeer Chen Yonglong from Taiwan will show 20 kinds of splendid performances including cartoon stage plays, children’s chorus, symphony, knight, opera, music recitation, Beijing opera, folk music, pipe organ, piano, violin, zheng (a 21- or 25-stringed plucked instrument), pipa, guqin, percussion music, and guitar. In addition, three art summer camps, including Beijing opera, pipa, and percussion music, and five art classrooms will provide children with a showing stage and a chance to contact famous artists. Each audience can enjoy a free BAXY ice cream after the performance ends.

　　Audiences Need Arts, and the Concert Hall Is the Best Platform

　　For families that pay more and more attention to cultivating children’s artistic accomplishment, how can children enjoy high-quality art performance, enjoy art atmosphere, contact famous artists, and have a relaxed and delighted experience? Li Dan, the Director of Qintai Concert Hall, said, “I believe that more and more families that have ever visited the concert hall can experience the charm of the hall. If audiences need arts, we will be the best platform. In the performance of Opening the Art Door this year, we pay special attention to children’s participation. Our purpose is to let every child get involved and feel happy. In the activity for collecting themes and image pictures held in the middle of May, within one week, more than 150,000 persons used the WeChat platform to enjoy the paintings drew by children. Opening the Art Door is getting more and more attention. The sales of this year increases 20% compared with the last year. As expected by music fans and artists, Opening the Art Door has been deeply rooted among people.”

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