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On the morning of March
19th, 2008, the news conference of 2008 "Palatino"
Awards-Second Music Composition (Violin Works)
Competition was held in CCOM. This competition is
co-sponsored by the Central Conservatory of Music,
Tianjin Conservatory of Music, China Entertainment
Technology Association, and Musicians Association in
Beijing, with the assistance of AXL (Palatino) Musical
Instruments Co. Ltd. Corp. Over 20 reporters who came
from People's Music, Music Weekly, China Daily, Beijing
Youth Daily, China Culture Daily, China Art News,
Guangming Daily, China Radio International, and other
news media, attended the news conference. The
competition will adopt a bi-competition system that
includes two competitions on composition and performance
separately. The composers and violinists reached the
final contest would be invited to attend the final
concert and award ceremony held in Beijing.
The news conference was
hosted by Professor Chen Danbu, the Secretary-General of
the competition's Organizing Committee. Professor Wang
Cizhao, the President of CCOM, gave a speech first. He
stated that, the most important aim of this competition
is to promote the new compositions for violin in order
to enrich the present musical stage and social culture,
and also leave some classical works with strong features
of our times for the future generations, which is united
in President Hu Jintao's report on 17th CPC National
Congress, "´cultural workers should promote vigorous
development and prosperity of culture more
conscientiously and actively." In addition, Professor
Wang emphasized that the constitution of committee
members and judging procedure will strictly follow the
principles of justice, fairness, and openness.
Then, the representatives
from different aspects in Organizing Committee gave
speeches focusing on propaganda, rules of competition,
aims and justice. Professor Lin Yaoji, the Chair of
Judging Committee, expressed his eagerly expectation of
the competition's success, and stressed that the
appearance of many high quality compositions for violin
is the key of establishing the Chinese School of violin
music. Professor Guo Wenjing, another representative of
judging committee, hoped that the competition can
attract more mature composers with rich experiences to
join in which can improve the general level of the
competing compositions. In the end, the organizers of
the competition answered reporters' questions and gave
further interpretations on the schedule and rules.
The representatives
attending the news conference expressed their confidence
in the competition. They believed that the competition
would undoubtedly promote the development and prosperity
of music composition for violin in China. |
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Professor Wang Cizhao, the
President of Central Conservatory of Music |
From
left:
Professor Yao Shengchang, the President of Tianjin
Conservatory of Music
Mr. Qi
Yue, District Manager of the AXL (Palatino) Musical
Instruments Co. Ltd. Corp. |
