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Open Day Arts Festival for the 18th Anniversary of the NCPA kicks off [ From category News ] [ Article date: 2025-12-16 ] [ From city Beijing ] [ Country China ] [ News from chncpa.org ]   On December 22nd, the NCPA will launch the Open Day Arts Festival in celebration of its 18th anniversary. Themed “Eighteen and Rising: A Fresh Start in the Artistic Journey”, this year’s Arts Festival will take place at all the three locations of the NCPA - the NCPA, Beijing Performing Arts Centre (BPAC) and NCPA Taihu Stage Art Centre. From performances of classics to interaction with frontier technology, and from inheritance of intangible cultural heritage to stage performances starring young artists, the Arts Festival boasts clear themes and distinctive characteristics. More than 100 exciting activities will be carried out in response to the basic tenet - “art is for the people”. The visitors will be invited to embrace youth and feel the warmth of art in an immersive atmosphere. On December 12th, ZHAO Haiying, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Leadership Group and Director Level Official of the NCPA, shared with the media the overall schedule for the NCPA 18th Anniversary Open Day Arts Festival at the press conference. The press conference was also attended by artist representatives and audience representative, including SONG Yuanming, a soprano who stars in the NCPA’s production of Lehár’s operetta Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), ZHANG Jianfeng, who heads the bill in the new historical Peking opera YAN Zhenqing, a co-production of the NCPA and Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing, LAI Jiajing, Resident Conductor of the China NCPA Orchestra, and LYU Kedi, a dancer at the NCPA BDA Youth Dance Troupe. They shared the stories that had taken place behind the scenes at the NCPA, with the conference hosted by LIU Beibei, a member of the NCPA Drama Ensemble. ZHAO Haiying, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Leadership Group and Director Level Official of the NCPA, introduced that over the past 18 years, famous artists and ensembles from China and abroad have given a total of more than 15000 commercial performances at the NCPA. The NCPA has produced 119 works, making NCPA Production a golden signboard. Every year, the NCPA organises over a thousand activities for art popularisation and education, in order that elegant art may enter every household. The NCPA has set up a bridge for artistic exchange, reaching good cooperation with thousands of Chinese and foreign art institutions. Each year, an audience of over one million steps into the NCPA, making it a veritable arts centre belonging to the people. In 2025, the NCPA has exerted a significant influence as a multi-functional platform, a platform for the performing arts, for themed artistic creativity, for art popularization and education, for comprehensive art exhibition, for cultural communication and cooperation, and for online cultural promotion. About 1400 performances are put on at the three locations of the NCPA throughout the year, with Chinese and foreign artists, as well as the world’s top art ensembles, gracing all its stages. The NCPA has launched a total of 24 NCPA productions, seven of which, including Zhongdu of the Jin Dynasty, The Red Sorghum and Railway Guerrilla, demonstrate its creative vitality. The NCPA remains steadfast in its commitment to serving the people with art. To this end, it organises Weekend Concert, Aesthetic Education—NCPA Youth Arts Festival and other events all year round. A total of nearly 40 exhibitions themed on fine arts, sculpture and other genres of art have been held at the three locations of the NCPA, with diverse spaces created for visitors to appreciate the arts.

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