Before spending hard-earned money on concert tickets, attendees are advised to conduct their research. This is because a number of disappointing and possibly mis-sold performances over the holiday season left patrons unsatisfied. The live performance and concert industry in China has flourished with the removal of COVID limitations, and customers are willing to pay for the opportunity to attend. Nonetheless, many people believe that the many concerts that were held throughout the new year time did not live up to the hype.
Only a piano, two cellos, two violas, and five violins were present at the Blue Danube New Year’s Concert in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous area, on December 31. There was no complete orchestra in attendance. The audience objected right away as there was no conductor, brass, woodwind, or percussion instrumentation. In Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, another incident happened during a Royal Belgian Philharmonic performance. In addition to the 12 pieces that were promised not being performed in their whole, audience members complained that several pieces had even been played twice. Subsequent research disclosed that the alleged “Royal Belgian Philharmonic” was, in fact, a community orchestra founded in 2007 that consisted of exceptional amateur enthusiasts and semi-professional players.
In a similar vein, the Berlin German Symphony Orchestra encountered criticism from online users during their New Year’s holiday tour in Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. After some research, it was discovered that the orchestra’s full name is Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, which is the same as the well-known German symphony orchestra. On the other hand, there were no booked performances in China during that time on their official website. Furthermore, industry experts found that the conductor’s name could not be verified and that the purportedly well-known male and female vocalists included in their promotional materials had fabricated their resumes to varied degrees.
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