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Tuesday November 14, 2017 16 ENtertainment
Lianhua Hill music festival well received
THIS past weekend’s “Double 11” shopping spree didn’t appear to thin the Shenzhen crowd in Lianhua Hill Park, where tens of thousands turned out for classical music.
The 2017 Lianhua Hill Glades Music Festival presented four orchestras Nov. 10-12 at Lian-hua Hill’s Kite Square. With Michael Koehler as artistic director, the festival offered four concerts by Philharmonie Leipzig, Macao Youth Sym-phony Orchestra, Siberian Symphony Orchestra and Guangzhou Symphony Orches-tra. The Sunday afternoon concert by Shenzhen Youth Elite Symphony Orchestra was canceled due to a sudden rain. Chinese violinist Lyu Siqing was featured in the Sunday night concert. Last year, the Futian District government invited him to be the district’s cultural adviser to promote Futian’s cul-tural exchange with the outside world and to enhance Futian’s cultural profi le.
In its fourth year, the open-
air festival has been Shenzhen’s late autumn musical sensation, demonstrating that classical music can have a transforma-tive impact on the city. “We hope to improve locals’ cultural life gradually. At the fi rst Lian-hua Hill Glades Music Festival in 2014, we only invited three orchestras, but this year, we invited fi ve orchestras from Russia, Germany, Shenzhen, Macao and Guangzhou. There are not only renowned pro-fessional musicians but also amateur players from local schools. Whether you like easy-listening tunes or long and serious pieces, there’s a performance for you,” said Gu Dandan, director of Futian Dis-trict civilization offi ce.
According to Jian Dingxiong, head of Futian District cultural and sports bureau, they gave out 15,000 free tickets through the bureau’s offi cial WeChat account “szftjsf” in three install-ments and all were claimed by WeChat users in three min-utes. The organizers also live broadcast the concerts on the bureau’s WeChat account.
“When we initiated the festi-
val in 2014, we hoped it would one day be developed like the famous Berlin Philharmonic’s outdoor summer concert in Waldbuhne. The German con-certs charge tickets while we
offer free tickets,” said Jian.The Lianhua Hill Glades
Music Festival not only encour-ages locals to enjoy classical music in a relaxed way but also advocates environmental
protection. This year, it called for audience members to col-lect garbage in the park, and the festival organizers will donate books to children with autism.
Conductor Dmitry Vasiliev with Siberian Symphony Orchestra at the 2017 Lianhua Hill Glades Music Festival on Saturday. Courtesy of A.C. Orange
AUSTRALIAN actress Rebel Wilson is the latest Hollywood star to reveal her experience of sexual harassment in the enter-tainment industry.
In a series of tweets, she alleged that “a male star in a position of power” had repeat-edly asked her to perform an obscene act.
“I refused. The whole thing was disgusting,” she said.
Wilson said the unnamed star’s male friends had
attempted to fi lm the incident before she left the room.
She complained to the fi lm studio about the encounter, but says she was later “threatened by one of the star’s representa-tives.”
The “Pitch Perfect” actress also recounted a second inci-dent which she described as a “hotel room encounter with a top director.”
“Nothing physical happened because the guy’s wife called
and started abusing him over the phone for sleeping with actresses... I bolted out of there immediately,” she said.
Wilson added: “If I wit-ness this behavior, whether it happens to me or someone I know, I will no longer be polite.”
A growing number of sexual misconduct allegations have been made against public figures in recent weeks.
(SD-Agencies)
SHAWN MENDES was the big winner Sunday at the MTV EMAs in London, scoop-ing the best song and best artist awards. Mendes had been expected to fare well, going into the EMAs with fi ve nominations, and was a triple winner, taking the biggest fans accolade in addition to best song and artist. Only Taylor Swift had more nominations, with six, but she didn’t pick up any award on the night.
The EMAs were held at the SSE Arena, Wembley, but also saw MTV stage events around the British capital. U2, recipi-ents of the global icon award on the night, performed “Get Out of Your Own Way” from Trafalgar Square. Eminem was on the mic in a London
pub before taking to the EMA stage and performing his new single, “Walk on Water.” The rapper picked up the best hip hop gong.
Best video went to Kendrick Lamar for “Humble,” best live act to Ed Sheeran, and best rock to Coldplay. Dua Lipa scooped the best new artist accolade.
Rita Ora hosted and per-formed, opening the show alongside Kurupt FM, the stars of BBC comedy “People Just Do Nothing,” with a skit that featured London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
The night’s big winner, Mendes, sung his best song-winning track “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back” from a huge light box.
(SD-Agencies)
Mendes the big winner as MTV EMAs hit London
Rebel Wilson reveals sexual harassment experience
Shawn Mendes