On September 5th, 2024 Tencent Global Digital Ecology Conference was grandly opened in Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center, and the concert "If Music Has Shapes" at Yunwan Night that night was even more dazzling. In this music feast full of love and warmth, Tencent Music Public Welfare, a subsidiary of Tencent Music Entertainment Group ("TME"), played a vital role.
As the co-organizer of the concert, Tencent Music Public Welfare took active actions and invited outstanding musicians such as Lian Liu and Lu Yupeng to perform on the same stage with autistic children. They used music to build a bridge of communication and care for the growth of autistic children, and also officially opened this year’s "TME Music Care Public Welfare Season". This series of music public welfare special activities, like a spring breeze, brought warmth and hope to autistic children.
At the opening of the concert, the Autistic Youth Orchestra "Aite Orchestra" and the young singer Lu Yupeng performed the song "Teenagers" hand in hand. The simple and moving performance of teenagers, like a clear spring, flows into the hearts of every audience at the scene, conveying gentle and firm strength. As a musical actor, Lu Yupeng knows the power of music. He sang the musical song Stars, which he starred in, because autistic children are often called "children of stars". He hopes that through this warm song, autistic children will feel full of love in the beautiful melody.
Autistic children are not good at expressing their feelings and thoughts in words, but they show more interest in music, painting and other fields. They communicate with the world through these art forms and show their unique inner world. At the Yunwan Night Concert, autistic children Zhou Bohan and Xiang Yixin played wonderful melodies on piano and violin, adding touching colors to singer Lian Liu’s singing. Lian Liu sang three songs with deep affection: She with the light on her pillow, There are so many people in this world, and Endless Life. Her singing is like a ray of sunshine, which shines on everyone’s heart.
Since 2017, TME has launched a special program of music care for autistic children with music as a bridge. They release caring songs, create digital albums and hold special concerts for these children. Today, this charity activity has entered its eighth year. Zhou Bohan is an autistic child who has been accompanying and caring for Tencent Music Public Welfare since 2017. In the past eight years, Tencent Music Public Welfare has accompanied more and more "Xingwa" to move forward and witness their growth and progress.
In 2023, "Yunwan Night" cooperated with Tencent Music Public Welfare Music Park, and played the movement of "being good" in technology and music. This year, Tencent Music Entertainment Group has condensed the care of autistic groups from all walks of life by cooperating with the public welfare activity IP "If Music Has Shapes". In the form of cross-border performances by well-known musicians and autistic teenagers, it has inspired a deeper and more inspiring force for goodness in music.
Cussion Pang, executive chairman of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, once said: "We hope to unite the strength of the whole music industry, all musicians and music users, and we hope to cooperate with more relevant government agencies, non-profit organizations and social caring people to build a music public welfare platform in which more musicians and users can participate."
In the future, TME will continue to explore the broader social value of music, and will try a new way to integrate music, public welfare and technology, and contribute more humanistic strength to building a new era of digital ecology. Tencent Music Entertainment Group firmly believes that music is not only an art form, but also a force to convey love and hope. Through music public welfare activities, they will bring warmth and care to autistic children and more groups in need of care, and make the world a better place.
With the efforts of TME, music is no longer just entertainment, but also a responsibility and responsibility. They interpret the power of music with actions and write a bright future with love. I believe that with the continuous efforts of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, more and more people will join the ranks of music public welfare and jointly create a better world for autistic children and other groups in need.