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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
2025 CHINA FOCUS Returns to Edinburgh Festivals Showcasing Cutting-Edge Chinese Performing Arts
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The acclaimed CHINA FOCUS has officially launched its return to the Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025 for the fifth edition, presenting nine groundbreaking productions from China. This year's programme (30 July – 25 August) highlights the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Chinese creativity across music, dance, theatre, and experimental performance. Notably, the Edinburgh International Festival hosted the debut of the China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra in Bruce Liu Plays Ravel (6 August, Usher Hall), conducted by Myung-whun Chung with pianist Liu Xiaoyu, presenting Chen Qigang's Wu Xing alongside Ravel and Saint-Saëns. Eight productions ignites the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Personallery 4.0 (Shanghai University of Sport) fuses ballroom dance and AI to reimagine The Peony Pavilion, Youth and Poetry (QFun Theatre) transforms The Book of Songs into children's musical theatre, Zhuangzi's Dream (Central Academy of Drama) weaves shadow puppetry and Daoist philosophy, The Vast Lament: The Floating Life Performance (Spectator Concept Theatre) crafts an AI-augmented metaphysical journey, Inspired by the Eastern Wind (Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts) interprets classical strategy through street dance, The Pure Blue (Shanghai Theatre Academy) evokes ocean conservation via ethereal movement, Echoes (China Coal Mine Art Troupe) resurrects the legend of Ji Kang through musical drama, and Hibiscus and the Thistle (Hunan Song and Dance Theatre) unites Chinese traditional instruments with Western classics. Since its inception in 2017, CHINA FOCUS has showcased 35 productions to over 120,000 Edinburgh audiences, continually blending tradition with contemporary artistry. Organised by China Shanghai International Arts Festival, co-organised by Branding Shanghai and with the support of Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Chinese Embassy in the UK, Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism, and Information Office of Shanghai Municipality, the initiative aims to elevate Chinese narratives on the global stage. Media Contact: Jennifer Qianjqian@ View original content: SOURCE Branding Shanghai Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Malaysian Reserve
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Malaysian Reserve
2025 CHINA FOCUS Returns to Edinburgh Festivals Showcasing Cutting-Edge Chinese Performing Arts
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The acclaimed CHINA FOCUS has officially launched its return to the Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025 for the fifth edition, presenting nine groundbreaking productions from China. This year's programme (30 July – 25 August) highlights the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Chinese creativity across music, dance, theatre, and experimental performance. Notably, the Edinburgh International Festival hosted the debut of the China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra in Bruce Liu Plays Ravel (6 August, Usher Hall), conducted by Myung-whun Chung with pianist Liu Xiaoyu, presenting Chen Qigang's Wu Xing alongside Ravel and Saint-Saëns. Eight productions ignites the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Personallery 4.0 (Shanghai University of Sport) fuses ballroom dance and AI to reimagine The Peony Pavilion, Youth and Poetry (QFun Theatre) transforms The Book of Songs into children's musical theatre, Zhuangzi's Dream (Central Academy of Drama) weaves shadow puppetry and Daoist philosophy, The Vast Lament: The Floating Life Performance (Spectator Concept Theatre) crafts an AI-augmented metaphysical journey, Inspired by the Eastern Wind (Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts) interprets classical strategy through street dance, The Pure Blue (Shanghai Theatre Academy) evokes ocean conservation via ethereal movement, Echoes (China Coal Mine Art Troupe) resurrects the legend of Ji Kang through musical drama, and Hibiscus and the Thistle (Hunan Song and Dance Theatre) unites Chinese traditional instruments with Western classics. Since its inception in 2017, CHINA FOCUS has showcased 35 productions to over 120,000 Edinburgh audiences, continually blending tradition with contemporary artistry. Organised by China Shanghai International Arts Festival, co-organised by Branding Shanghai and with the support of Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Chinese Embassy in the UK, Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism, and Information Office of Shanghai Municipality, the initiative aims to elevate Chinese narratives on the global stage. Media Contact: Jennifer Qian+86 13651903865+44 7907422894jqian@ Photo – View original content:
The Star
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Myung-whun Chung becomes first Asian to lead Milan's opera house
FILE - South Korean conductor and pianist Myung-whun Chung poses for a photographer after being awarded with the Commander of Arts and Letters medal in Paris, on June 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung was named the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla Scala, the first Asian to hold the position. Chung (pic) will replace Riccardo Chailly at the end of next year, and will remain in the role until general manager and artistic director Fortunato Ortombina's term ends in February 2030, La Scala said in a statement on Monday. Chung, who is also a renowned pianist, has conducted many of the world's most famous orchestras, and is a towering cultural figure in South Korea. La Scala noted his 'close and productive' relationship with La Scala's orchestra, choir and philharmonic, and credited him with doing more than any other any non-musical director to raise La Scala's international profile. Since 1989, 72-year-old Chung has conducted nine operas in 84 performances, and 141 concerts at La Scala – the most of any conductor who was not a musical director. He also has conducted La Scala's Philharmonic on tours throughout Italy and abroad, including in Germany, China, Japan and South Korea. Among his numerous posts, Chung has previously been music director of the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris and the Korean Broadcasting System, as well as artistic director of the Busan Opera and Concert Hall in South Korea. — AP
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
South Korean conductor Myung-Whun Chung named La Scala's first-ever Asian musical conductor
MILAN -- South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung was named on Monday the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla Scala, the first Asian to hold the position. Chung, 72, will replace Riccardo Chailly at the end of next year, and will remain in the role until general manager and artistic director Fortunato Ortombina's term ends in February 2030, La Scala said in a statement. Chung, who is also a renowned pianist, has conducted many of the world's most famous orchestras, and is a towering cultural figure in South Korea. La Scala noted his 'close and productive' relationship with La Scala's orchestra, choir and philharmonic, and credited him with doing more than any other any non-musical director to raise La Scala's international profile. Since 1989, Chung has conducted nine operas in 84 performances, and 141 concerts at La Scala — the most of any conductor who was not a musical director. He also has conducted La Scala's Philharmonic on tours throughout Italy and abroad, including in Germany, China, Japan and South Korea. Among his numerous posts, Chung has previously been music director of the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris and the Korean Broadcasting System, as well as artistic director of the Busan Opera and Concert Hall in South Korea.
San Francisco Chronicle
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
South Korean conductor Myung-Whun Chung named La Scala's first-ever Asian musical conductor
MILAN (AP) — South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung was named on Monday the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla Scala, the first Asian to hold the position. Chung, 72, will replace Riccardo Chailly at the end of next year, and will remain in the role until general manager and artistic director Fortunato Ortombina's term ends in February 2030, La Scala said in a statement. Chung, who is also a renowned pianist, has conducted many of the world's most famous orchestras, and is a towering cultural figure in South Korea. La Scala noted his 'close and productive' relationship with La Scala's orchestra, choir and philharmonic, and credited him with doing more than any other any non-musical director to raise La Scala's international profile. Since 1989, Chung has conducted nine operas in 84 performances, and 141 concerts at La Scala — the most of any conductor who was not a musical director. He also has conducted La Scala's Philharmonic on tours throughout Italy and abroad, including in Germany, China, Japan and South Korea. Among his numerous posts, Chung has previously been music director of the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris and the Korean Broadcasting System, as well as artistic director of the Busan Opera and Concert Hall in South Korea.
