On December 22, at the Shijiazhuang Grand Theater, after the performance of the Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra, many audiences shouted "refund" and complained that the performance was too "watery". On the 23rd, Shijiazhuang Grand Theater issued an apology statement and started the refund procedure.
On the 25th, according to upstream news, through the foreign name of the Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra on the poster, it was found that the orchestra is a local non-profit orchestra established in 2007 in Leuven, Belgium. On the orchestra's official website and social media, there is no mention of "royal" or EU performances.
1] Royal Orchestra?It is a local non-profit orchestra.
According to the performance information, the Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble is based in 1740, and its predecessor was the Royal Pontifical Choir in Cracow, Rome, which has a tradition of performing in the Royal Chapel of Cracow in Rome for more than 400 years.
After the independence of Belgium, this orchestra became the only European national court philharmonic orchestra in the Kingdom of Belgium with a history of more than 400 years.
The encyclopedia also shows that the Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra is the only large-scale symphony orchestra designated by the Pope to play the Royal See**, the only symphony orchestra in the Kingdom of Belgium that has been selected as an EU-level royal orchestra, and is a national treasure of the European palace for 400 years.
The upstream news reporter found out that the orchestra is a local non-profit orchestra established in 2007 in Leuven, Belgium, through the foreign name of the Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra on the poster, T Muziek Frascati, "mainly for young people (including quasi-professionals and excellent amateurs) to accumulate orchestral experience in the way of teaching, and since 2012 have regularly organized semi-professional performances and international tour ......."In 2013, it changed its name to the Frascati Symphony Orchestra in response to an increasingly international market. ”
The introduction of the so-called "Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra" abroad. Source: Network screenshot.
On the orchestra's official website and social media, there is no mention of "royal" or EU performances.
2] At the end of the year, the "water group" tour is suspected of being a circle of money.
In addition to this orchestra, upstream news also found that the full name of the Deutsches Symphonie- Orchester Berlin is the German Symphony Orchestra, which is a famous symphony orchestra in Germany. The promotional poster of the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra Berlin, which is currently touring China, does not have the word "symphonie" on it.
On Damai.com, upstream news reporters saw that the "Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin" will hold 6 New Year's meetings in China from December 24th to 31st, with ticket prices ranging from 80 yuan to 3,000 yuan, but the reporter logged on to the official website of DSO (Deutsches Symphonie- Orchester Berlin) and did not find the company's recent performance itinerary in China.
The official website of the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra Berlin does not have an itinerary for performances in China.
Mr. Lin, a music critic in Shanghai, told upstream news reporters: "The Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra in Berlin is suspected of being an impostor, and many friends who have listened to the DSO (Deutsche Symphony Orchestra Berlin) before have almost been deceived. ”
Some people in the industry have made background tunes to the world-famous sopranos and tenors mentioned in the promotional copy of the "Deutsche Symphonie Berlin", and found that there are different degrees of resume fraud, and the conductor's name is not found to be this person.
Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra Berlin" performance poster. Source: Upstream News.
Mr. Zhang, a classical **self-**person in Zhejiang, introduced that the "water troupe" can be understood as a professional orchestra with non-fixed members, and the members of the orchestra may be temporarily patchwork, most likely the students of the ** college, etc., taking advantage of the New Year to come out to make a wave of money, "I have seen this kind of 'water troupe' recruitment announcement abroad, and there are also some orchestras, although they are not water troupes, but they are only small local orchestras abroad, and they are not necessarily higher than the level of domestic orchestras." ”
On December 24, a classical music critic told upstream news reporters that most of the people who can still come out to tour during the Christmas holiday, which Westerners value the most, are "water groups", and the price is too high, and there is a suspicion of circle money.
Previously reported: On December 22, at the Shijiazhuang Grand Theater, after the performance of the Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra, many audiences shouted "refund" and complained that the performance was too "watery".
Jiupai News inquired that the orchestra's performance at the Qiaoshan Cultural Center in Foshan on the 23rd was also cancelled.
On December 22, the Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at the Shijiazhuang Grand Theater in the 2024 New Year. An audience member told a reporter from Jiupai News that the ticket check-in time was delayed that night, the orchestra was late for the performance, and some solos were performed in front, "I thought it was a warm-up, but it ended up performing for half an hour." ”
The audience member said that the official performance time of the evening was relatively short, and the performance skipped a lot of teaser tracks, and there was a repeating piece at the end. During the performance, some audience members expressed their dissatisfaction, and many audience members shouted for ticket refunds after the performance.
Another audience member said that he was attracted by the information of the show and brought his family to see it, but the experience was terrible.
According to the performance information, the Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble is based in 1740, and its predecessor was the Royal Pontifical Choir in Cracow, Rome, which has a tradition of performing in the Royal Chapel of Cracow in Rome for more than 400 years.
After the independence of Belgium, this orchestra became the only European national court philharmonic orchestra in the Kingdom of Belgium with a history of more than 400 years.
On December 22, the orchestra performed at the Shijiazhuang Grand Theater, with ticket prices ranging from 180 yuan to 580 yuan.
On December 23, Shijiazhuang Grand Theater issued an apology statement: After the Royal Belgian Philharmonic Orchestra entered China on the evening of December 19, due to the temperature difference, some of the actors were seriously ill and ill during the rehearsal the next day, and could not maintain the original performance of this performance. We sincerely apologize to the audience who purchased tickets for the performance of this play, and have initiated the refund procedure to ensure that the refund is in place for each ticket purchaser, and the actual amount paid for the previous ticket purchase will be refunded in full.
The reporter inquired that the orchestra's performance at the Qiaoshan Cultural Center Theater in Foshan on December 23 was also cancelled.
A staff member of the Qiaoshan Cultural Center said that the cancellation of the performance was due to the orchestra's reasons, and that a refund would be given to each audience who purchased a ticket, and the refund is currently being processed.
*: Jiupai News integrates upstream news, public information, and previous reports.