Аctivity of Сhinese symphony orchestras in the enrichment of the modern socio-cultural space of the PRC
Authors: Yang Jun 
Published: July 2022

The purpose of the article is to identify the factors of influence of Chinese symphony orchestras on the enrichment of the socio-cultural space of the country. An important task is to characterize the activities, which provide artistic events and saturation of the cultural landscape with new layers of content.

The methodology is based on the application of systemic and socio-cultural approaches; the event analysis method and the descriptive method are applied too.

The results of the study. China’s socio-cultural space has undergone significant changes in the last few decades, and its structure is complex and multidimensional. It can be stated that the function of the determining system-forming factor of its unity can be performed by culture.

One of the conditions for the successful functioning and development of national musical culture in its musical segment is the development of the most complex genre areas — symphony and opera. Symphony orchestras, an attribute of modern music culture, currently work in the biggest cities of the country. During the policy of reforms and openness, radical changes took place in the activities of orchestras. Among other things, an important mission of the orchestras was to perform works by Chinese composers who are actively mastering the field of music, which is relatively new to the national culture.

According to the study’s analysis of various aspects of symphony orchestras in modern China, these creative groups are actively involved not only in the musical and cultural process, but also in the socio-cultural process as a whole. Their contribution to the renewal and enrichment of China’s cultural landscape is made both at the event level and at the substantive level.

The repertoire policy of orchestras, which is implemented in two directions — involving listeners in masterpieces of world music and promoting the work of the most talented domestic composers — ensures the diversity of the sound environment of the country and stimulates various forms of intercultural communication. In addition to their natural professional activities, which have a strong influence on society, Chinese orchestras often resort to effective artistic actions, delivering unique messages to society on issues relevant to it: environmental protection, historical memory, values of national traditions and more. Transferring the reaction to socially significant events into the plane of creative rethinking, which has become widespread in modern Chinese culture, strengthens the unity of various elements of socio-cultural space.

The scientific novelty is determined by the analysis of the activities of Chinese symphony orchestras in view of their integration into the socio-cultural environment of the country. A significant amount of new information has been introduced into scientific circulation.

The practical significance. The results of the study can be used in scientific work in the field of culturology, as well as taken into account in the further planning of creative projects and forms of activities of orchestras, both in China and in other countries.