Qingdao Symphony Orchestra Qingdao Symphony Orchestra

Qingdao Symphony Orchestra was re-established in April 2005 under the support of Qingdao Municipal Government. The Orchestra has a three-tier establishment with a total staff of 80. Mr. Zhang Guoyong and Mr. Zhu Hui, both are famous conductors in China was the Art Advisor, Music Supervisor and Art Director successively, Mr. Xu Dongxiao, a young conductor was the permanent conductor, and Ms. Liu Yuxia, a Violinist with doctor's degree, is the concertmaster of the Orchestra. The members are the graduates from various music conservatories and schools home and abroad. The Orchestra is based on the Qingdao People's Hall with 18,000 ㎡ area for office, rehearsal and performance.

Since its establishment, the Orchestra has rehearsed hundreds of symphony pieces by world famous composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak. It successfully cooperated with the famous conductors home and abroad such as Christian Edward, Zheng Xiaoying, Li Xincao, Ye Yongshi, Yu Feng, Cao Peng, Lin Yousheng, Hu Yongyan, Lin Tao and Fu Renchang, and accomplished performers such as Liu Yunzhi, Chen Yun, Liang Danan, Li Chuanyun, Liu Yang, Lu Siqing, Qin Liwei, Sheng Yuan, Yin Chengzong, Chen Sa and Zhang Hongyan. These co-operations greatly enhanced the performance of the Orchestra.

The principle of the Orchestra is 'Inheritance, development, innovation and professionalism'. Since the establishment of the Orchestra, it successfully completed the concerto for two consecutive international violin competitions in China and the 8th and 9th national violin competitions. CCTV assigned cameramen to shoot the concert conducted by Qingdao Symphony Orchestra in Qingdao and had the program periodically broadcast on music channels. The Orchestra performed three times in the National Opera House in Beijing. In May 2006, the Orchestra successfully carried out itinerant performance in the three provinces in North-East China. As a showcase of Qingdao's culture, the Orchestra assigned a quartet and an octet group to visit France and Russia, and their performances were well received by the audiences and won favorable comment by the Ministry of Culture of China. The Orchestra was awarded 'Outstanding Contribution Award' by the Russian Culture and Film Agency.

In October 2007, it was invited by the organization committee of Tongyeong International Music Festival in the ROK to stage a performance on its opening ceremony and subsequent itinerant performances, which were well received by the audience. In November, it conducted a well-prepared domestic tour in southern cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Nanjing and Hefei. In July 2008, it carried out another tour in Olympic related cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong under the theme of 'Olympic Music'. In these performances, the Orchestra staged a symphony piece entitled “Olympic Sailing Suite” composed by American composer Jeffrey Rona for Beijing Olympic Sailing Competition, and is the first one for which the Orchestra possesses independent copyright. In January 2009, the Orchestra performed in the Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Art Center and Harvard University in the United States which were well-received by the audience. In April 2009, it performed together with Gaoxiong Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan in a cross-strait cultural exchange program. In July 2009, the Orchestra began a domestic tour in Zhengzhou and Lanzhou under the theme of 'Affection with North-West China'.