Whether it is the concert songs of the children in Greek in Fuping or the writing of the theme song, the music of this opening ceremony has a lot of innovations and characteristics, come to see the exclusive interview with music director Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin, music director of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: You are like the five rings of this program, in terms of music, I also invited twenty composers to write, and in the end, two composers stayed and went hand in hand, in fact, it can be said that every composer, from the beginning of the small sample to now, is completely different.
Because this time the director also mentioned one, in music he wanted to invite more young people. He said that this is a big platform in the world, and I think this big platform should give young people the opportunity to participate in such things. The director said, I will give you three materials, one is a snowflake, one is a community of destiny, and the other is a family under the heavens, on this basis, they will successively hand over their works.
CCTV reporter Cao Yan: We know that music is actually a common language in the world, and it is also a good carrier for transmitting traditional Chinese culture, so this time in this overall work of music, have we given special consideration to the transmission of this traditional culture, or do we have a deliberate choice?
Zhao Lin, music director of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: We are actually hidden in every music, you are like spring in fact, we use the elements of folk music, and then use some, of course, this is another different expression, snowflake construction inside, in fact, a lot of key programs, we have some Chinese style in it. We use the elements of music and the style of music, that is to say, we should have our own Chinese musical elements and musical styles in it, in fact, there is a high cavity of the Tujia family, which we have specially invited a non-hereditary inheritor from Hubei.
Zhao Lin said that the athletes' entrance ceremony adopts the world famous song to change the way of skewering, which has special consideration.
Zhao Lin, music director of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Most of the music we have selected is some works from the classical period to the beginning of the twentieth century. From the eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, it is a very famous work of classical music, this batch of works has been the common musical heritage of mankind, this is a whole mankind, we face the grand event of all mankind, we give everyone such a whole mankind these works to express.
Because in fact, the previous Olympic Games have not yet used such a way to design the entrance music, this is the first time we have it, and everyone can follow the music, this feeling is still very interesting.
Cao Yan, CCTV reporter: A particularly important point is that it is actually a change of perspective.
Zhao Lin, music director of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: It is us, in fact, all mankind, I think it is such a thing, it is such a perspective to look at this matter, not to say that we have this thing or how, in fact, we are in many places, we are showing our tolerance for the world.
(CCTV reporter Cao Yan)