The "Opening the Door to Art - Summer Art Festival" in 2024 will usher in its 31st year. From July 5th to August 31st, for 58 days, the festival will hold 65 performances, 11 art summer camps, and 15 themed interactive public welfare activities at the Zhongshan Park Music Hall in Beijing. The opening and closing performances of this year's "Opening the Door to Art" were performed by the Beijing Symphony Orchestra and the Central Ballet. During the art festival, the China Radio Ethnic Orchestra, Beijing Ethnic Orchestra, Beijing Peking Opera Theater, Northern Kunqu Opera Theater, Beijing Philharmonic Chorus, Beijing Modern Dance Troupe, and others will make appearances. Conductors Tan Lihua and Xia Xiaotang, pianist Sheng Yuan, harpist Wang Guan, pipa performers Wu Yuxia and Zhang Hongyan, guzheng player Wang Zhongshan, recitation masters Xue Fei, Xu Tao, Li Lihong, and others will jointly form a super strong lineup. Group photo of on-site guests. Xu Jian, Chairman of Beijing Poly Forbidden City Theater Management Co., Ltd., introduced at a press conference on the 18th that in recent years, the proportion of young children in the audience has increased, and parents have higher requirements for interaction, fun, and innovation. Therefore, this year's "Opening the Door of Art" has added performances suitable for children's enlightenment. Not only are there wonderful children's choirs from Austria's Bruckner Children's Choir, Romania's National Children's Choir, Beijing Philharmonic Choir, etc., but there are also rhythm and rhythm feasts from the Central University for Nationalities Conservatory of Music's Percussion Orchestra and Wang Jiaxun's Percussion Orchestra. There are also music related parent-child performances specially made for children, such as the "Bonjour, Little Monster!" European award-winning animation, onomatopoeia and soundtrack concert, and the Australian parent-child drama "The Box Show". Traditional Chinese music and traditional Chinese opera have always been the key to opening the door to art. This year, nearly 20 traditional Chinese style performances will be held, including traditional Chinese music concerts by famous artists and groups, as well as classic and traditional Chinese opera performances such as Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju, Hebei Bangzi, and Quju. In addition, "Open the Door to Art" has partnered with the Beijing Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Service Center to invite special children to watch performances for free, allowing them to experience the joy of art through music, dance, and drama. The art themed summer camp is also a major highlight of "opening the door to art". This year's 11 summer camps include harp, woodwind, brass, percussion, choir in Western music, pipa, guqin, xun/di/xiao in folk music, as well as Beijing opera, recitation, and popular song creation. This year, a series of surprise interactive peripheral activities will also be launched, including workshops, experiential classes, piano master classes, open walks, sharing sessions, and post performance discussions. In addition, during this year's event, seven theaters on the Poly Theater Line in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region - Beijing Zhongshan Park Music Hall, Beijing Comedy Theater, Tianjin Grand Theater, Tangshan Grand Theater, Hengshui Poly Grand Theater, Baoding Guanhanqing Grand Theater, and Weizhou Grand Theater - will jointly launch more than 200 performances, more than 20 art summer camps, and various distinctive cultural and tourism activities, and continue to work together to create an "art journey". (Lai Xin She)