Beijing, 13 Feb (Xinhua) -- On the occasion of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, Xinhua News Agency invited French pianist Richard Clayderman and Chinese "Guzheng Girl" Peng Jingxuan to perform the beautiful Chinese folk song "Liuyang River" through the "Cloud" ensemble, presenting a Chinese New Year chinese music gift to netizens at home and abroad.
After the "Cloud" ensemble video was broadcast on social media platforms such as Weibo, Douyin, B Station, Twitter, and Facebook, the number of views climbed rapidly and was forwarded by accounts such as the Chinese Embassy in France. The combination of Chinese and Western instruments, guzheng and piano, brings a romantic encounter with national style and resonates with audiences at home and abroad.
The audience said: The Chinese and Western ensembles build a bridge of friendship
After the video was launched, many overseas netizens praised Peng Jingxuan and Clayderman's "cloud" ensemble, calling the Chinese and Western mash-up of the two "amazing".
Some netizens also commented that Clayderman and Peng Jingxuan played a melodious melody together, using music to make Chinese and Western cultures meet, and building a bridge of Sino-European friendship.
French students from the Confucius Institute for Business in Europe were full of praise after watching the video, saying that the ensemble of the two was pleasant and fascinating.
Creator Talk: This is "Interesting Musical Dialogue"
"It was an interesting musical conversation." Talking about this "cloud" ensemble, the main creators Peng Jingxuan and Clayderman are very happy, and invariably believe that this is a special "dialogue" between guzheng and piano, Chinese music and Western music.
In Klyderman's view, there is a big difference between Chinese and Western musical styles, "and it was this difference that intrigued me to look for ways to combine the two musical styles through the piano, a wonderful instrument." ”
Peng Jingxuan, who is committed to connecting Chinese music with the world, said, "Its melodious melody ("Liuyang River") and the Chinese style, with the surrounding street scenes, and the Western architecture, form a contrasting beauty, but also a romantic encounter." She hopes to "use the guzheng as a bridge for more French people to know and understand our musical instruments."
When the guzheng meets the piano, the elegance of the piano adds a bit of melodiousness, and the gentleness of the zither adds more ups and downs. Peng Jingxuan and Clayderman painted a beautiful picture of Chinese landscape with their own unique musical styles, and presented the audience with the most sincere New Year wishes with interesting musical dialogues and romantic encounters with chinese style. (Reporters: Chen Shaohua, Shang Xu, Tang Ji; Video: Chen Shaohua; Editors: Wang Shen, Tang Zhiqiang)
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