As an active conductor in the Chinese and international music circles, Tan Lihua has conducted Russian National Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and other world-class orchestras.

 

 

He has also been in cooperation with over 30 well-known symphony orchestras from the United States, Germany, Britain, Czech Republic, France, Belgium, Italy, Canada, Switzerland, Israel, Spain, Australia, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, etc.

 

Maestros who have cooperated with TAN Lihua include Lazar Berman, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Justus Frantz, Lang Lang, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Midori, etc.

 

Tan Lihua is currently the Vice President of Chinese Musicians Association, President of Beijing Musicians Association, Deputy Director of the NCPA Art Committee, Vice President of China Symphony Development Foundation, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Beijing Symphony Orchestra.

 

 

Led by Tan Lihua, Beijing Symphony Orchestra has toured Europe for four times in 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2009 respectively. In 2009, the orchestra performed 18 concerts in eight countries in 26 days, winning wide acclaim.

 

From 2012 to 2018, Tan Dun has proposed and carried out the establishment of the “one-hundred-performance season”, with five series, including “Maestros”, “Symphony Classics”, “Chinese Musicians”, “Art Popularization” and “Tours”, and has led the Beijing Symphony Orchestra to become one of the most influential and promising orchestras in China.

 

 

Praised as "The Orchestral Pearl of the Capital of China," the Beijing Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was established in October 1977, and is a focal point of musical art, performance and culture in China today.

 

The BSO has been known worldwide for its impeccable standards, as well as for the depth of its western and Chinese repertoire. The BSO is the Resident Orchestra of the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing.

 

As observers, participants and creators of the musical culture of Beijing, the BSO has evolved in parallel with the pace of China’s Reform and Opening-up. Thus, the BSO has grown and matured hand-in-hand with modern Beijing.

 

With its high professional standards combined with a deep passion for music, the BSO has become a pacemaker for the rise and development of classical music in China.

 

 

Today, the BSO’s roster of guest conductors, and soloists include first-class maestros such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Evgeny Svetlanov, Christoph Eschenbach, Lawrence Foster, Thomas Sanderling, Leif Segerstam; piano virtuosos such as Lazar Berman, Justus Frantz, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Tzimon Barto, Lang Lang; violin masters such as Vadim Repin, Sara Chang, Midori Goto, Kristof Barati, Sergej Krylov; the cello master Jullian LIoyd Webber; viola master Yuri Bashmet; trumpet virtuoso Gábor Boldoczki; and vocalists such as Placido Domingo, José Carreras and Jennifer Larmore.

 

With the opening of the 2018/19 season, the orchetra is ready to begin a new chapter with full passion.

 

 

1. LI Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture

2. BAO Yuankai: Orchestral Music Chinese Sights and Sounds, adapted from Chinese Folk Music
Pulling out a Reed Catkin
The Amusing Couple
Happy Lantern Festival

3. LIU Tieshan, MAO Yuan: Dance of the Yao Tribe
4. Music: HUANG Yijun
Arr.: CHEN Xieyang
Blooming Flowers and Full Moon
5. Jiangsu Folk Song

Arr. LI Wenping
Jasmine Flower
6. FANG Kejie: Reba Dance

- Intermission -

1. FANG Kejie: Orchestral Music Joy, adapted from Folk Song of Henan Province Daqiban
2. Music: LIU Tianhua
Arr.: HUANG Yijun
Stringed Music Beautiful Night
3. WU Zuqiang, DU Mingxin: Excerpts from Dance Drama The Mermaid
Dance of Seaweed
Mass Dance at the Wedding
4. HE Luting: Senjidema
5. WU Zuqiang, DU Mingxin: Dance Drama Red Detachment of Women (excerpt)
Joyous Women Soldiers
Drill Dance of the Woman Soldiers
6. WANG Xilin: Torch Festival, from Orchestral Suite Music and Poems of Yunnan Province