The 2026 Ersha Island Outdoor Music Season opens and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra will make its debut
Six people-benefit performances will be held in the next more than a month, with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra making its debut
Quick Look
- The 2026 Ersha Island Outdoor Music Season opened in Guangzhou on October 25.
- During the more than one month-long event, 6 people-benefiting performances including vocal music, chamber music, modern dance and parent-child drama will be presented.
- The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra will participate in this series of activities for the first time.
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Why It Matters
The Ersha Island Outdoor Music Season has been held for 17 consecutive years and is a well-known brand of cultural activities that benefit the people in Guangdong Province.
China News Service, Guangzhou, October 25 (Reporter Cai Minjie) The 2026 Ersha Island Outdoor Music Season opens in Guangzhou on the 25th. In the next more than a month, 6 people-benefiting performances including vocal music, chamber music, modern dance, Chinese music, jazz music and parent-child drama will take turns, and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra will make its debut.
On the same day, the first concert "Sound of Ersha Island" was performed by two art groups, the crew of the musical "Apolonia" and the Little Skylark Choir of Guangzhou Yuexiu District Children's Palace.
Three musicians from the cast of the musical "Apolonia" performed a medley of popular songs such as "The Origin of Wine"; the Little Skylark Chorus of the Children's Palace of Yuexiu District, Guangzhou performed choral works of different periods and styles with pure children's voices, including the lively and cute "Little Girl Picking Mushrooms" and the original Cantonese nursery rhyme "Roast Chicken on the Winter Solstice".
As the "golden sign" of cultural activities that benefit the people of Guangdong Province, the Ersha Island Outdoor Music Festival has entered its 17th year. This music season will be held from October 25 to December 12. Three art groups will make their debut on this stage for the first time.
Among them, the Greater Bay Area program shines brightly. The "Music and Dance Hong Kong" chamber music concert on November 1 and the Lei Baixi Jazz Orchestra concert on November 29 are jointly launched by Xinghai Concert Hall and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.
The Sheng Group of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra that performed on November 8 is a small team from the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, the strategic partner of the Xinghai Concert Hall. It played "Hundred Reeds Harmony", "Ye Ye Ye Sheng Brother Suite", "Chang'er·Mountains and Sea", "Miyazaki Hayao Animation Suite", "Phoenix Spreading Wings" in the form of Sheng septet, trio, unison and other forms.
The parent-child music party on December 12 brought together three original parent-child dramas of Xinghai Concert Hall: "Little Dandelion's Wonderful Journey", "The Nutcracker" and "The Dragon is Super!" "The best performance clips, bringing high-quality performances that are well received by parent-child audiences to the outdoor lawn.
Open Questions
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