The Macao Orchestra will present the “Starry Vienna – New Year Concert” at 8 p.m. on December 31, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Due to the absence of soprano Yuanming Song, who will be unable to visit Macau because of the pandemic, the program has been altered. The orchestra will celebrate the New Year with musical celebrities: it will be conducted by renowned Chinese female conductor Zhang Jiemin, and perform several works with famous Chinese soprano Zhang Liping. The “Starry Vienna – New Year Concert” features a number of musical pieces, including the Overture to the Operetta “Waldmeister” by Johann Strauss II, the 2nd movement from Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz and the Dance of the Hours by Ponchielli.
Guangdong, Macau and Portuguese-speaking countries seek more cooperation
The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Guangdong and Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institution recently held a conference to promote products and business opportunities for Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) and Macau. The event is being held in Foshan, Zhaoqing and Jiangmen for enterprises in Guangdong and Macau to tap more market potential amid the further development of the GBA Food suppliers from PSCs and Macau have promoted branded products, including wine, coffee, sea salt, snacks and beer, to over 400 buyers representing consumer goods, wine, catering, retailing & wholesale and other industries at this event.
UM completes digital humanities project
The Department of History of the University of Macau (UM) has completed the Digital Humanities Project: www.QingMaps.org. The project consists of three vast maps produced during the Qing dynasty and enables searches, analyses and annotations of approximately 70,000 place names. Associate professor Mario Cams is in charge of the project, which he created with the help of 12 UM students and colleagues from Leiden University in the Netherlands. The result of a five-year long research project, QingMaps is an interactive map analysis and research visualization tool for students and researchers. Three multi-sheet maps, produced at court during the Kangxi (1721), Yongzheng (1728) and Qianlong (1766) reigns, are now fully searchable.
