原标题：音｜献礼文艺之都·现代音乐演奏会

伯明翰：一个文化多元的城市

文化和多样性

Culture and Diversity in Birmingham

伯明翰是英国人口第二多的城市，仅次于首都伦敦。这座城市拥有137万人口，文化投资也达到了世纪水平——这都令伯明翰成为了一个更加种族多元的城市。这座城市的国际参与度吸引了一波又一波来自不同种族和文化的新人。他们带来的一系列新兴技能与天赋使伯明翰得以蓬勃发展，伯明翰又以繁荣的城市面貌向这些为它创造型经济铺路的各种工艺和技能致敬。

Birmingham – the second largest urban populous in the UK after the metropolitan capital of London. With a whopping population of 1.137 million and century’s worth of investment in culture, the city is more ethnically diverse before. The international involvement of the city has attracted waves of new people of varying ethnic and cultural makeup. With a range of new talents and skills, Birmingham is thriving and continues to pay homage to its rapid growth and the assortment of craftsmanship and skills that have paved the way for its creative economy.

城市多元的历史

History of Diversity

值得注意的是，伯明翰曾被誉为“世界工厂”。在12世纪被授予特许后，Bull Ring市场将伯明翰确立为贸易中心，鼓励人们从周边城镇及远至威尔士、苏格兰和爱尔兰移民。

It’s worth taking note that Birmingham was once recognised as “the workshop of the world”. Granted a charter in the 12thcentury, the Bull Ring market established. Birmingham as a centre for trade, encouraging migration from the surrounding towns and as far afield as Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

在接下来的800年里，伯明翰迎来了来自东欧、意大利、俄罗斯、巴基斯坦和中国的移民，随之而来的是世界文化和艺术的扩展。

Over the next 800 years, Birmingham has swelled its ranks with migrants from all over the world from Eastern Europe, Italy, Russia, Pakistan and China to name a few – coming with it an expansion of world culture and arts that we now come to celebrate.

城市中的卓越音乐

Musical Excellence in the City

在众多的艺术荣誉中，伯明翰市作为金属之乡在音乐上享有国际盛誉。它孕育了许多流派的先驱：例如齐柏林飞艇乐队的罗伯特·普兰特和黑色安息日乐队。

Amongst many artistic accolades, the City of Birmingham is musically renowned internationally as the Home of Metal, spawning some of the genre’s driving force including Black Sabbath and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin.

在古典音乐领域，伦敦交响乐团总监西蒙·拉特尔(Simon Rattle) 在伯明翰市交响乐团(City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra)担任艺术顾问和音乐总监期间声名鹊起。连同伯明翰市交响乐团的音乐家和创始赞助人西蒙•拉特尔，伯明翰现代音乐团体(Birmingham Contemporary Group) 成为了世界领先的新音乐合奏团之一。

In the sphere of classical music, Director of London Symphony Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle rose to prominence during his time here as the Artistic Adviser and Music Director of The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Along with musicians from the CBSO and Sir Simon Rattle as Founding Patron, one of the world’s foremost new music ensembles Birmingham Contemporary Group was founded.

在其国际成就方面，这座城市还集中了英国的亚洲音乐产业，生产了近90%的Bhangra音乐。而每年逾3万人参加的春节则是伯明翰年度最盛大的庆祝活动之一。

In its international achievement, the city also centres the UK’s Asian Music industry producing almost 90% of Bhangra music and amongst the city’s largest celebrations include the Lunar or Chinese New Year with over 30,000 attendees annually.

伯明翰市民们的自豪感并没有在国际上不被认可。纽约作家简•雅各布斯(Jane Jacobs)对伯明翰的经济活力和潜力进行了研究，并将其视为全球“城市创造力的最佳典范”之一。伯明翰成功的秘诀大概也正是在于这里的人们长久以来对于这座城市多元文化的历史的推崇。

The pride of the Birmingham people has not come unrecognised internationally. New York-based author Jane Jacobs has explored Birmingham’s economic vigour and potential as one of the world’s “greatest examples of urban creativity”. The secret to Birmingham’s success may lie in the people who continue to celebrate its multicultural history.

如今，伯明翰中最大且享誉世界的艺术机构，依然拥抱着这座城市最具影响力的“多元文化”的特征。

Today the city’s largest and world-acclaimed artistic institutes continue to celebrate one of its strongest influential attributes of cultural diversity.

3月21日，伯明翰现代音乐团体将以演奏会的形式庆祝日渐模糊的文化边界，赞美来自不同文化背景的作曲家和艺术家的才华——包括Ernst von Siemens 获奖作曲家丽贝卡·桑德斯，德国维塔莱音乐比赛获奖者吴魏和皇家爱乐协会获奖者DonghoonShin。来BCMG庆祝遍布全球的当代艺术人才和日益无国界的世界吧。

On March 21, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group will be celebrating the blurring of cultural borders in a concert that honours a mirage of talent from composers and artist of varying backgrounds – including Ernst von Siemens composition winner Rebecca Saunders, Musica Vitale CompetitionGermanywinner Wu Wei and Royal Philharmonic Society Composition winner Donghoon Shin. Join BCMG as the city continues to celebrate contemporary artistic talent dotting the globe and an increasingly border-free world.

演出信息

Murmurs Concert-笙之低语演奏会

笙| 吴巍

指挥 | Julien Leroy

2019年3月21日 7:30 p.m.

CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham,

B1 2LF

Insight Event - 遇见笙

2019年3月17日 5:00 至 6:00 p.m.

CBSO Centre

购票信息

https://www.bcmg.org.uk/Event/murmurs

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