The 16th International Piano Competition of Oleans, an important music event in France, has expanded to the Asia Pacific region for the first time this year, with the first phase of the competition taking place at Shanghai Conservatory of Music on May 11-12.
作为法国重要的音乐赛事，第十六届奥利安国际钢琴比赛今年首次扩展到亚太地区，第一阶段比赛将于5月11日至12日在上海音乐学院举行。

The Concours International de Piano d'Oleans in France celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, and decided to expand abroad to Chicago of the US and Shanghai in China. "We decided to have the competition in Shanghai because it is an important city and a cultural capital of China," said Isabella Vasilotta, artistic director of the competition.
法国奥利安国际钢琴大赛今年庆祝了其成立30周年，并决定将业务扩展到美国芝加哥和中国上海。 “我们决定在上海举办比赛，因为它是中国的一座重要城市和文化之都，”大赛艺术总监伊莎贝拉·瓦西洛塔 (Isabella Vasilotta) 说道。

The Oleans competition is an event focused on the music of the 20 and 21st century. "We decided not only to come here, but also to bring some new music of China to Orleans," she said. The competition is pairing up with Shanghai Conservatory of Music to set up a list of new compositions by musicians in Shanghai, sharing it with candidates of the competition who could choose to play them in the final round in Orleans or Paris later this year.
Oleans 比赛是一项专注于 20 和 21 世纪音乐的活动。 “我们决定不仅要来这里，还要把一些中国新音乐带到奥尔良，”她说。 比赛将与上海音乐学院合作，建立上海音乐家的新作品清单，并与参赛者分享，他们可以选择在今年晚些时候在奥尔良或巴黎举行的决赛中演奏这些作品。

Aside from the competition, Shanghai Conservatory of Music on May 10 announced a series of projects and events in celebration of the China-French Year of Culture and Tourism, such as concerts of French composition, masters' classes by musicians from France and a French-Chinese joint production of the opera Carmen, celebrating the 150th anniversary for the premiere of the masterpiece by Georges Bizet.
除了比赛之外，上海音乐学院5月10日还宣布了一系列庆祝中法文化旅游年的项目和活动，如法国作曲音乐会、法国音乐家大师班和法国- 中方合拍歌剧《卡门》，庆祝比才杰作首演150周年。