Coproduction Centre national de la musique, Philharmonie de Paris

Languages: French and Chinese

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Around two hundred and fifty venues dedicated to the symphonic repertoire and to opera have developped a classical music programme in China within the last years. What are the operators of this flourishing market (private producers, tour managers, agents, venues) and what music styles, aesthetics and artists are successful in China?

Languages: French and Chinese

Coproduction Centre national de la musique, Philharmonie de Paris. 

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

14 APRIL 2021

09:00am – Introduction : Laurent Bayle (General Manager, Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris) and Jean-Philippe Thiellay (President, Centre national de la musique)
09:30am – "The possible dialogue between the two cultures." by XU Zhong (President, Shanghai Opera House) 
09:45am – "The adventure of an artistic project in China" by Robert Lacombe (Counselor for Cooperation and Cultural Action, French Embassy in China 2015-2019)
10:15am – LECTURE – "Silent music, some deviations in the conception of music between China and Europe" by François Jullien (Philosopher, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Chair of Alterity)
Break

Session 1: Music venues in China
Moderator: Emmanuel Hondré (Head of the Concerts and Performances Department, Cité de la musique Philharmonie de Paris)
11:30am – "Designing and building new music venues in China" by Christian de Portzamparc (Architect)    
12:00pm – "Presentation of the Guidebook to 200 principal concert venues for classical music in Mainland China" by Loïc Ah-Son (Independent Researcher)                                                                                                       
1:00pm-3:00pm – SPEEDMEETINGS organised by the Centre national de la musique (registration required)
Lunch Break 

Session 2: Orchestras in China    
Moderator: Françoise Clerc (Head of Classical Music and Jazz, Centre national de la musique)                                                                                                                 3:15pm – "Tours and international orchestras in China" by Wray Armstrong (Founder and Chairman, Armstrong International Music & Arts Enterprises Ltd.)   
3:45pm – "The development and future perspective of Chinese orchestra programming" by Sebastian Wang (Former Director of Artistic Planning, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra 2012-2019) 

4:15pm – PANEL DISCUSSION 1 – "Experiences and perspectives of tours for the French and international orchestras in China", moderated by Vincent Agrech (Journalist) 
•    Anne-Sophie Brandalise (General Director, Orchestre de Paris)
•    Enrique Thérain (Chief Executive Officer, Les Siècles)
•    Aline Sam-Giao (General Director, Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon)

5:00pm – end of day one of the conference
 
15 APRIL 2021

Session 3: Music and cultural policies
Moderator: Emmanuel Hondré (Head of the Concerts and Performances Department, Cité de la musique Philharmonie de Paris)
09:00am – "Cultural policies and the creation of new concert venues in China" by LIN Hongming (Operations’ Director, Shanghai Grand Opera)     
09:30am – "The development of new concert venues in metropolitan areas: The case of Shanghai" by YAN Cong (Professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music)
10:00am – INTERVIEW CHEN Qigang (composer) – "The position of the creative artist" – moderated by Emmanuel Hondré (Head of the Concerts and Performances Department, Cité de la musique-Philharmonie de Paris)

Session 4: Concerts organisers in China: tour managers and producers  
Moderator: Emmanuel Hondré (Head of the Concerts and Performances Department, Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris)
10:45am – "Concerts organisers and tour managers in China" by TANG Rudolph (Journalist)                                                        
11:15am – "Artists management and independent agents in China" by ZHANG Kexin (Chairman and Managing Director, Ruge Artists Management Co., Ltd)                                                 
11:45am – PANEL DISCUSSION 2 – "The development of the classical music market in China", moderated by Vincent Agrech (Journalist)
•    ZHANG Kexin (Chairman and Managing Director, Ruge Artists Management Co., Ltd)
•    Sylvie Bouchard (Executive Vice President, KAJIMOTO, Beijing, Paris and Tokyo)
•    WANG Luli (Deputy Head of the Performances Department, National Center for the Performing Arts)
•    Jean-François Heisser (Pianist)

Lunch Break  

Session 5: Musical taste, audience and repertoire
Moderator: Françoise Clerc (Head of Classical Music and Jazz, Centre national de la musique)
3:00pm – "Programming concerts in China: the musical taste of the audience" by ZOU Shuang (Artistic Director, Beijing Music Festival)                                 
3:30pm – "Contemporary music in China" by Deqing Wen (Composer, Professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Consultant, Hangzhou Contemporary Music Festival)                                                                                                                                          
4:00pm – "The evolution of the trends and taste of the Chinese audience for baroque music in the last 30 years" by David Stern (Artistic director, Opera Fuoco, Conductor, Director and artistic advisor Shanghai Baroque Festival) 
Break

4:45pm – PANEL DISCUSSION 3 – "Ensembles, chamber music and soloists in China", moderated by Francoise Clerc (Head of Classical Music and Jazz, Centre national de la musique)      
•    Camille Chabanon (Administrator, Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu)
•    YunPeng Zhao (Violinist, Quatuor Diotima)
•    Célimène Daudet (Pianist)
•    Céline Portes (General Manager, Ensemble Correspondances)

5:45pm – Closing statements
6:00pm – End of the conference