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14-405: CNSO may refer to: China National Symphony Orchestra Czech National Symphony Orchestra Consco , a defunct software company (NASDAQ ticker symbol: CNSO) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CNSO . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

28-843: The Theater Nordhausen/Loh-Orchester Sondershausen  [ de ] . Born in Wuppertal , after studying oboe and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln , Helmrath first embarked on a career as an oboist, which led him as principal oboist to the Münchner Philharmoniker and Sergiu Celibidache , who recognised and promoted him as a conductor. In 1989, he founded the Munich Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra , consisting of

42-726: The 200th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart after the founding of CPOC. On October 1, 1959, the concert of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed by the orchestra in Beijing, and all the musicians were Chinese. In 1996, the Central Philharmonic was restructured and renamed the CNSO. At that time, the CNSO not only played much western classical music such as Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, but it also introduced many works such as Yellow River Cantata by Chinese composers. According to ChinaCulture website,

56-630: The CNSO's first director, Delun Li, born in 1917, was a famous musician and conductor in China. He graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory in 1943, and he studied in the Moscow Conservatory from 1953 to 1957. He conducted over twenty orchestras throughout the former USSR. In the fall of 1957, he returned to China to be Conductor and Artistic Director of the CNSO. Delun Li, as a guest conductor, toured Spain, Germany, Canada, and

70-772: The United States. He introduced many Chinese composers’ works abroad, for example, The Yellow River Cantata and Song of Mountain Forest. He was awarded the Liszt Memory Medal by the Ministry of Culture and Education of Hungary in 1986, and in 1997, he was awarded the National Medal of Friendship by President Yeltsin of Russia. The Beijing Concert Hall was founded as the Center Cinema in 1927. It

84-517: The baton of the conductor Li Delun . In 1996, it was restructured and renamed the China National Symphony Orchestra. Xia Guan is the orchestra's executive director. The orchestra's principal conductor is Michel Plasson , principal resident conductor is Xincao Li, Muhai Tang is the conductor laureate and En Shao is the principal guest conductor. Li Delun conducted the first concert in Beijing in commemoration of

98-720: The director of the CNSO, he was the director of the Opera Company at the China Opera and Dance Drama Theatre. Also, he was vice director of the China Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble. He has composed a number of songs which leave a deep impression on the audience. His operatic symphony Mulan Psalm was first performed in Beijing in 2004 and at the Lincoln Center in New York in 2005. "One year later it

112-814: The first desks of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra with its own concert series at the Philharmonie . From 2000 to 2015, he was general music director of the Brandenburger Symphoniker , which was nominated as "Orchestra of the Year" by the magazine Opernwelt under his direction. In addition to the classical opera and concert repertoire, he also deals with Neue Musik , and numerous works were premiered under his direction. In addition, there exists numerous radio and television recordings, as well as CD recordings. Since

126-547: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNSO&oldid=962759781 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages China National Symphony Orchestra It was founded as the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China (CPOC) in 1956 under

140-420: The position in 2006. Shao was in the position for one season only and served as guest conductor afterwards. Finally in 2010, CNSO the 4th principal conductor Michel Plass started to lead CNSO, but he has not been with the title artistic director. Michael Helmrath Michael Helmrath (born 15 April 1954) is a German oboist and conductor and since the 2016/2017 season, active as General Music Director of

154-467: Was believed the best orchestra in China at that time. However, Chen did not accept the contract renewal in 2000 even though CNSO hoped he could continue. The famous conductor Muhai Tang took over the artistic director but left the position one year later without formal resignation due to the conflicts with the executive Songlin Yu. There was no principal conductor or artistic director in CNSO until En Shao took

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168-574: Was nominated as the Principal Conductor of the CNSO in March 2010. Tang Muhai is the laureate conductor. Xincao Li is the principal resident conductor, Shao En is the principal guest conductor, Xieyang Chen is the guest conductor, and Yunzhi Liu is the concertmaster. The first principal conductor and artistic director Zuohuang Chen came back from USA and built the CNSO based on the original CPOC. During Chen's tenure during 1996 and 2000, CNSO

182-759: Was rebuilt for the CNSO in 1960 on the Beixinhuajie in Xicheng District which is on the south of Liubukou. The Beijing Concert Hall can accommodate an audience of up to 1,024 people. Currently, Xia Guan, a famous composer, is the executive head of the CNSO. He was born in Henan Province. He graduated from the Department of Composition of the China Central Conservatory of Music and played the violin and erhu. Before being

196-681: Was the first Chinese opera to be conducted by a foreign conductor, Michael Helmrath , to be played by a foreign orchestra- the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra and to be sung by foreign artists in Chinese”. Guan's main compositions include: Fantasies Symphoniques: Farewell My Concubine (2005), the Chinese opera Sorrowful Morning, and Mulan Psalm. The current conductors of CNSO include the French conductor Michel Plasson who

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