In the Spring Festival of previous years, Li Shengnan, a young pipa player of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, was a "trapeze artist", playing "Folk Music on the Sea" in four European countries and eight cities, and playing "Homeland" in seven cities in the United States... There is no schedule to perform abroad this year, Li Shengnan, a new Shanghainese, decided to respond to the call to stay in Shanghai for the New Year, and his parents also came from Beijing to get together with their daughters and enjoy the slowed-down holiday time together.
Pictured: Li Shengnan, who stayed in Shanghai for the New Year, provided a picture by the interviewee
How hot is folk music these days? It can be seen from the performance footprints in Li Shengnan's circle of friends. On New Year's Day this year, Li Shengnan participated in Tan Dun's "Ode to Dunhuang Mercy", which was her first attempt to stand and rebound the pipa, and also to be as elegant as the flying sky in the Dunhuang murals. "Antique instruments such as the rebound pipa pursue a simple tone, so they do not wear armor pieces like modern pipas", Li Shengnan's fingers left thick calluses, in order to blindly play again and again to find the feeling, and finally completed such a stunning finishing touch.
Immediately, Li Shengnan took the stage on the stage of conductor Zhang Guoyong's "Year of Flaming China", composing the New Year music with the sound of Chinese music. On the evening of January 25, she also participated in the shanghai Chinese Orchestra's classic brand concert "Sea Folk Music" at the Fujian Minnan Grand Theater. Li Shengnan recalled the scene of the Spring Festival overseas in the past two years, the backstage will prepare hot dumplings, the audience is very enthusiastic, although everyone has different nationalities and cultural environments, but the love for folk music is the same.
Photo: Li Shengnan in the performance of the interviewee courtesy of the photo (the same below)
At that time, across the time difference, Li Shengnan always crossed thousands of rivers and mountains to give his family a video new year. Li Shengnan, who settled in Beijing with his parents since childhood, has not returned to Beijing for the Chinese New Year since the epidemic, so he cherishes the opportunity to spend the holiday with his parents. She said: "In the New Year in Beijing, our family will go to Ditan Park, Longtan Park, Houhai and other temple fairs, both folk cultural activities such as shadow puppetry, but also a lot of good food. In shanghai New Year, our family will go to the movies, go to Yu Garden to see the lantern party, just as lively and ritualistic. "Chinese New Year's Eve night, Li Shengnan's family wrapped a lot of dumplings together, some yuanbao type, some fancy, one of the lucky dumplings also hid coins, meaning the new year to add blessings and color.
In a few days, Li Shengnan will walk into Huinan Town and Xinhua Street with the orchestra performers to present the classic folk music repertoire to the residents of the community with a rich repertoire that is different from the Coliseum, becoming an atmosphere group with the taste of the New Year. The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra will also present the "Happy and Peaceful Reunion Year" concert at the Lantern Festival, with the participation of Li Shengnan. The new resident version of "Sea Folk Music" is also being polished, opening in March, Li Shengnan will incarnate as Yu Ji and cooperate with hua face actors to compose a song of "Wine Song", "I like Shanghai, a metropolis with hundreds of rivers and rivers, every Spring Festival spent in the troupe is very fulfilling, thanks to the platform provided by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, which not only benefits young actors, but also opens up a new world for folk music." (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhao Yue)