湖北交响乐团

　　湖北交响乐团是从湖北省歌剧舞剧院二十世纪五十年代后期创作的大型歌剧《洪湖赤卫队》管弦乐队基础上发展起来的，于2010年8月29日正式更名为湖北交响乐团。近年来，在湖北省委省政府、省委宣传部、省文化厅、及剧院各级领导和社会各界人士的殷切关怀与大力支持下，乐团得到了迅速的发展。现乐团成员均来自全国各大音乐学院的优秀毕业生、研究生，海外留学归来的优秀人才以及外籍演奏家，现编制为97人。

　　建团四十年来，乐团足迹踏遍了大江南北，参演了歌剧《洪湖赤卫队》、《樱花》、《江姐》以及音乐剧《大三峡》等几十部音乐作品，并在中国国家大剧院首届“中国交响乐之春”和全国第八届国际艺术节音乐会展演中首演了作曲家王世光先生为我团所作的大型交响乐《长江》。同时,乐团每年还独立演出几十场交响音乐会，并于2009年9月成功举办“德中同行”走进湖北-武汉开幕式音乐会以及2010年6月与法国驻华使馆合作，成功演出了中法文化之春大型交响音乐会。

　　通过长期的艺术积累，乐团深受众多音乐家、业内人士及各新闻媒体的高度赞誉。乐团正逐步走向更职业化的道路，并将为中国交响乐事业的发展贡献力量。

　　The Introduction of Hubei symphony orchestra

　　Hubei Symphony Orchestra was originated from the orchestra of “Red Guards of the Honghu Lake”, which is a large opera composed by Hubei Opera and Dance Drama Theatre in late 1950s. Hubei Symphony Orchestra is renamed from The Orchestra of Hubei Opera and Dance Drama Theatre in 2010.8.29.In recent years; the Symphony Orchestra has made great progress with the great support and earnest care from Hubei Government, Publicize Dept, and Culture Dept, leaders of the theatre and society people from all works of life. Now the orchestra members include outstanding graduates and postgraduates from Conservatory of Music, excellent talents from overseas and foreign performers, which is prepared for 97 members.

　　During the 40 years since the orchestra established, our symphony orchestra traveled and played north and south of China. Meanwhile, the orchestra played many of operas such as Sakura, Jiang Jie, “Red Guards of the Honghu Lake” as well as musical play The Great Three Gorges. We also played the symphony Yangtze River composed by Mr. Wang Shiguang at China's symphony of spring in China national grand theatre and the 8th international art festival concert. At the same time, the orchestra also plays tens of symphony concerts every year. In September 2009, we hold the opening ceremony for Germany and China in Hubei- Wuhan. In June 2010, we cooperated with France Embassy and played the Festival Croisements symphony concert.

　　Through long-term accumulation of art, the orchestra was praised by many musicians, insiders and presses. We are becoming professionalization, which contributes to Chinese symphony career.