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world music, jazz, popular music
The Grand Chinese New Year Concert
16 February 2024, Friday
7:30 pm - 10 pm
one interval
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Produced by Müpa Budapest

Hao Weiya

The Great Harmony of Heaven and Earth – Overture

Ma Jiuyue–Jin Fan

Lantern Festival – Lantern Viewing

Li Bochan

Qingming – Endless Yearning

Li Shangqian

Dragon Boat Festival – Dragon Boat

Wang Yunfei

Meeting on Qixi (concerto for erhu, bamboo flute and orchestra)

interval

Tang Feng–Linhai

Mid-Autumn Festival – Pale Clouds and Dancing Wind

Traditional–Gong Yi

Double Ninth Festival – Flowing Water

Zhao Cong–Yin Tianhu

Winter Solstice – Blessing and Longevity

Zhao Jiping

Spring Festival – National Wind

Returning to Europe’s top concert stages for the 2024 Chinese Lunar New Year as a joint production with the Chinese National Traditional Orchestra will be Wu Promotion’s signature project ‘The Grand Chinese New Year Concert’, here to ring in and celebrate the Year of the Dragon 2024 with traditional Chinese music. One of the stops for this massive production’s three-week European tour is Müpa Budapest, where we will get to hear the sounds of China’s most ancient musical instruments: the pipa, the erhu, the bamboo flute and the guqin, as we witness the innovative fusion of traditional Chinese music with Western sounds.

At this concert ringing in 2024’s Year of the Dragon – which presents music related to the most important Chinese holidays – we will also get to learn about truly ancient instruments like the pipa, a type of lute and one of the very oldest Chinese folk instruments. Another exciting ‘character’ making an appearance this evening is the erhu, a two-stringed Chinese violin of medieval origin, which, of course, is completely different from the violin we know in terms of both its appearance and use. Both musical instruments continue to play an important role in Chinese ritual and court music, and now we can hear them, along with many others, on stage at Müpa Budapest.”

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Conductor:

Liu Sha

Featuring:

pipa (Chinese plucked instrument) Zhao Cong
erhu (Chinese violin) Duan Chao, Tang Feng
bamboo flute Ding Xiaokui
guqin (Chinese zither) Yang Zhijan
China National Traditional Orchestra
  • We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.

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