“Close Encounters –Dutch on Stage!, is a rich and diverse program of activities taking place across Beijing, to celebrate and showcase the fruitful co-operations between Chinese and Dutch partners. The program includes events ranging from fascinating music and contemporary dance performances to innovative design exhibitions and a conference on film, which are all the creative results of dynamic exchanges and co-operations between The Netherlands and China. In addition, also political encounters between key leaders from both countries are taking place at the moment.
Part of the programme “Close Encounters –Dutch on Stage! is a series of top music performances from the Netherlands in the National Centre of Performing Arts in Beijing. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from Amsterdam, the Nieuw Ensemble and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century will consecutively bring a varied set of music performances from November 4 to November 14. Then there is also the spectacular dance performance Women of the World, a fruitful cooperation between the Beijing Modern Dance Company and the anoukvandijk dance company. Besides dance you can expect great pieces of Dutch design in the exhibition Social Energy and the Business of Design Week in Hong Kong, to which the Netherlands is the partner country this year. Finally, Dutch culture can be enjoyed through creative arts by exhibitions of Ni Haifeng and Kaspar Koenig and through film. Finally a very special restoration project will be finalised this fall; Chinese Empress Cixi Cixi had her portrait painted by Dutch painter Hubert Vos in the Summer Palace in Beijing more than 100 years ago which is successfully restored by a Dutch company.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Concert Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Venue: Concert Hall Dates: November 04 - 05, 2008 19:30
Price: VIP 1380 1080 780 480 280 RMB
Programme Introduction
Soon after its establishment in 1888, the Concertgebouw Orchestra developed into one of the best orchestras in Europe. "Really magnificent, full of youthful vigor and enthusiasm" as Richard Strauss described it in 1897. The Orchestra was granted Royal status in 1988. It has made more than an 1100 LPs, CDs and DVDs and is regarded worldwide as one of the most prestigious symphony orchestras. The fact that it has been led by only a limited number of chief conductors has played a decisive role in this development.
The Orchestra has gained its unique international position with its 'velvet' strings, 'golden' brass and the exceptional and personal timbre of the woodwinds. The musicians are the guardians of the playing culture that gives the Orchestra its unique sound and flexibility. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra consists of 120 virtuosos who perform together at the highest level.
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