Gu Holy Child
Frederick Chopin was a great "piano poet", mostly famous for piano music, his fingers represented his attitude, and the keys were Chopin's outlet for expressing himself.
Chopin's piano pieces, which can echo the life of the Polish people, represent the voice of the broad masses of the people, Chopin's soul belongs to Poland, he does not want to be a traitor to the country, and finally, he died in Paris.
China also has such a "piano poet", named Gu Shengbao, perhaps most people have long forgotten her, or perhaps no one knows who she is, but her spirit should be remembered by us.
This talented pianist with superb piano skills, once became a label in China, won countless international awards for the mainland, and is a talent that the mainland focuses on cultivating, such a "piano poet" who stands in the spotlight should have won the supreme honor, why would he choose to commit suicide at the age of 30?
Pictured left gu holy child
All this stems from a letter, at that time, the piano music played by Gu Shengnian had been internationally recognized, and she often went abroad to participate in competitions, in Gu Shengnian's competition career, she rarely failed, but this time, she lost, what happened?
This is not only her failure in the piano career, but also the beginning of the downhill road of life, one morning, Gu Shengnian asked her friends to have breakfast at the commissary near the Conservatory of Music.
The friend witnessed the helplessness and anger that Gu Shengnian showed when he got the envelope, and the friend recalled that at first, Gu Shengnian was full of joy and could receive a letter from his hometown in a foreign country, which was a happy thing.
Gu ShengNian (second from the right)
So, she opened the letter with a smile, at this time, her expression froze, her friend realized the difference, but did not dare to make a sound, can only quietly accompany Gu Shengbao, not to make her feel lonely.
After reading it, Gu Shengnian's tears fell to the ground drop by drop along his cheeks, and his friend did not know what had happened, until later, he learned that everything was because of Gu Shengbao's father's recent poor condition.
For a while, Gu ShengNian lost his father's love, although his mother still accompanied her, but in the end he could not replace his father's love, which undoubtedly brought Gu Shengnian a heavy pain, during the Moscow competition, Gu Shengnian washed his face with tears every day, locked himself in the room, and did not communicate with outsiders.
The reason why Gu Shengnian can achieve such a high achievement is inseparable from the careful teaching of his parents, his father Gu Gaodi was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, has a prestige in the local area, and is a famous family in people's eyes.
Gu Gaodi had participated in the Northern Expedition, joined the Nationalist government, and was a national government official, but he always maintained close ties with our party, provided help for Guo Moruo in planning to return to China, and during his work in the Nationalist government, he did his best to cover the underground activities of the CCP and provided a lot of intelligence for our party.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Gu Gaodi did not want to continue to be with Chiang Kai-shek, resolutely resigned from the military and drew a line with the Nationalist government, after which he no longer participated in political struggles and devoted all his energy to his family.
Gu Shengnian's achievements are the result of the careful cultivation of his father Gu Gaodi and his mother Qin Shenyi, whose father is a heroic and righteous soldier, and his mother is a high-achieving student of the Conservatory of Music with excellent temperament and talent, in such a family environment, Gu Shengnian is deeply influenced by the two.
When she was still in her infancy, her mother coaxed Gu ShengBao to sleep by playing a record, and strangely, when the music sounded, Gu ShengBao would fall asleep peacefully, and after the music stopped, Gu ShengNian seemed to have lost the treasure, opening her vigilant eyes, and whenever this happened, the mother always smiled.
For these young anecdotes, they are all personal narrations of the father Gu Gaodi, from which we can see the father's deep love for his daughter, and it is unpredictable that many years later, Gu Father can only seal the memory and look for the figure of the mother and daughter in the memory.
In fact, Gu Shengnian's parents had a dispute over their daughter's music training, and Gu Shengnian's musical talent was beyond doubt, which made the parents pay all their efforts to cultivate this talented girl, but the specific kind of instrument to learn, the two disagreed.
In Gu Father's view, since ancient times, China has paid attention to learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and learning guqin, which can not only carry forward traditional Chinese culture, but also cultivate the body and mind, which is the only choice for Gu Shengbao.
Mother Qin Shenyi did not think so, Qin Shenyi had received a Western education, open-mindedness, concept innovation, and was not limited to traditional musical instruments.
At that time, Shanghai was at the forefront of Chinese thought, setting off a wave of learning Western musical instruments, and the piano was welcomed by many famous people, and finally, the mother persuaded Gu Father to agree to Gu Shengnian to learn piano.
Learning piano has never been an easy task, and it can be seen from the learning process that learning piano requires not only extraordinary talent, but also perseverance.
For Gu Shengnian, her extraordinary musical talent has long been recognized, and the rest needs to be overcome by Gu Shengnian herself, so this little girl who is less than five years old gave up her childhood and devoted herself to the music career.
One minute on stage, ten years of work offstage, Gu Shengnian can achieve such achievements, not only rely on talent, but also the efforts of the day after tomorrow, her teacher Lavchenko said that Gu Shengnian will never let himself idle, all day with the piano as a friend, with the piano as a companion, at least 10 to 12 hours a day to practice, such a musician who has both talent and hard work, will inevitably succeed.
Through her perseverance, she successfully entered the Chinese and Western Girls' Secondary School, where he met his mentor Qiu Zhencai, who is the director of piano lessons and is responsible for tutoring children's piano lessons.
Five-year-old Gu Shengnian is innocent and romantic, like a blank piece of paper, and Qiu Zhencai is the painter who taught Gu Shengnian to paint, when they first met, Gu Shengnian was just a flexible and beautiful little girl, Teacher Qiu was very fond of, since then, Gu Shengnian really began her music career.
Photo of Gu Shengnian with his mother and brother
In addition to learning the piano, Gu Shengnian is also interested in calligraphy, painting and other aspects, she is not stuck in music, but all-round development, is an all-round bully, her teachers, all are China's top education experts, Professor Shen Zhibai greatly appreciates Gu Shengnian's musical talent, close to teach his music history, literature, by the mainland's literary master Fu Lei.
Under the dedication of the teachers, Gu Shengnian grew rapidly and made achievements in various fields, and sometimes, she would also study some Chinese and foreign literary masterpieces to seek inspiration and find resonance, Zhao Feng, dean of the Central Conservatory of Music, once commented on Gu Shengnian: There are very few pianists like Gu Shengnian who can appreciate the poetry and paintings of the Bada Shanren.
From this evaluation, it can be seen that Gu Shengnian is a special existence, not only in China, but also in the world, unparalleled and different.
At the age of nine, Gu Shengnian got the opportunity to perform on the same stage as other contestants, and she was the youngest, when performing, Gu Shengnian did not shy away from the stage in front of the older contestants, which made Teacher Qiu see the special features of Gu Shengnian.
Since then, Teacher Qiu has taught according to his aptitude and adopted a special counseling method for Gu Shengnian, and with the help of Qiu Zhencai, Gu Shengnian's piano skills have attracted everyone's attention and become the best among his peers.
As he grew older, Gu Shengnian had already made small achievements in the field of piano, and in 1953, Gu Shengnian was given the opportunity to play with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, when Gu Shengnian was only 16 years old.
This performance is Chopin's "Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor", which is the first time people have heard Gu Shengnian play Chopin's piano music, and the audience has sighed that such a weak girl is fully capable of the repertoire of the world's piano masters, and the future is unlimited.
Gu Sheng's infant was young
From the beginning of this performance, Gu Shengnian became a talented piano girl who attracted everyone's attention, and people had high hopes for it, which did not bring too much pressure to Gu Shengnian, but became the driving force for her to move forward.
When performing with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Gu Shengnian was just a green leaf, but she was not willing to do only a green leaf, after hard practice, he successfully joined the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, where many musical talents competed for glory and blossomed, completed their personal transformation, and won the gold medal of the world piano industry at the age of 19.
Gu Gaodi witnessed his daughter's growth and progress, and now, they have taught all their life's learning, and the rest of the road will be completed by Gu Shengbao alone.
In 1956, Gu Shengnian was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music with excellent results, and after entering the school, she realized that her piano skills still needed to be improved, so she chose to go to Moscow for further study.
The changes in the family changed Gu Shengnian's musical style, before the changes in the family, Gu Shengnian played the piano music strong and powerful, full of hope, after this, her piano voice has a little more melancholy at this age.
Some people say that music can heal the soul, Gu Shengnian tried to save herself with the sound of the piano, but she failed, music may be able to relieve her emotions in a short period of time, but she cannot forget the pain in her heart.
If Chopin is angry, then Gu Ist. Child is melancholy, Chopin is a patriot, he loves the land under his feet, he loves the Polish people, his anger comes from the Russian invasion of Poland, this anger made Chopin.
Once upon a time, Chopin wanted to resist, but he really knew that the result of rebellion was destruction, and such emotions had been suppressed in his heart, and there was nowhere to release, and he chose to use music to express his anger for many years, and was known as the "Romantic Piano Poet".
Similarly, Gu Shengnian integrated her inner melancholy into the sound of the piano, if chopin's piano sound no one can understand, then Gu Shengnian must understand, so she has won the same title as Chopin - "piano poet".
During a visit to Poland, Gu Shengnian received a plaster model of Chopin's left hand given by the Bo side, which was taken from Chopin's hand on the sickbed, with beautiful lines, soft and powerful, and was a coveted gift for all pianists, but unfortunately, this hand model was destroyed by years and broke two fingers.
Over the years, like Gu Shengbao, there are still a few pianists who can play Chopin's feelings, and in the piano competition, the judges have placed high hopes on Gu Shengnian and praised Gu Shengnian as a musical wizard.
Slender fingers, beautiful countenance, and melancholy gaze are the true portrayal of Gu Shengbao, the father is not in good condition, the mother is unemployed at home, the younger brother is seriously ill, and the burden of the family is all on this weak woman.
The left one looks at the Holy Child
In 1954, Gu Joined the Chinese Musicians Association, where he actively performed, and soon after, successfully joined the Communist Youth League and won the recognition of the Party organization.
After joining the Communist Youth League, Gu Shengnian's performance is no longer for herself, but for the great motherland, in a piano competition, Gu Shengnian will be the United States and British players as a strong enemy, she set a goal for herself, must defeat the American and British players, for China to win honors.
Gu Shengnian is an excellent musician, but also an excellent member of the Communist Youth League, she knows where her ability lies, so while studying politics, she has not given up practicing the piano and took every piece seriously.
Since 1964, Gu Shengnian's piano music has all served the revolutionary cause, she changed her performance style, used her talents to contribute to the new China, and the performance venue was changed from a concert hall to a mechanical factory, and the employees of the machinery factory praised Gu Shengnian's piano skills.
Gu Shengnian took each performance repertoire seriously, carefully analyzed, and tried her best to perform each repertoire to the best, due to the busy work, the practice time was reduced, she once fell into panic, even so, he would also take free time to practice every day.
In a 1965 performance diary, she wrote that she was afraid of staying where she was and learning nothing new. It can be seen that Gu Shengnian is a person who loves learning and loves life, and she hopes that she can inject new souls and perceive different worlds every day.
In the early morning of February 1, 1967, an accident occurred, an ambulance broke the tranquility of the residential area, three bodies were carried out by doctors on stretchers, and two women and a man all committed suicide, these three people are Gu Shengbao, mother Qin Shenyi and brother.
She didn't want to live in this world like this anymore, she was just a shell before, and she wanted to save her soul before the sun hit the earth.
Since then, a gifted Chinese pianist has disappeared into the long river of history, and no matter how sorry he is, he will eventually be unable to recover it.
Death, for Gu Shengbao, is a way to fight against fate, but this way has buried her life and buried a genius pianist, and from the perspective of her entire life, such a choice is stupid.
Gu Holy Child and Mother
Before night came, the three of them reached an agreement, turned on the gas, and left peacefully, and on February 1, the caregivers sent the three to the morgue for cremation, and no one cared where their ashes were, and their whereabouts are still unknown.
In 1975, Gu Shengnian's father finally returned to the family, for many years, Gu Gaodi has been full of expectations, hoping to reunite with his family, until the early days of returning home, he learned the news that all three members of the family died.
Such bad news undoubtedly destroyed all hopes of Gu Gaodi, he insisted so far, only for the family reunion, and now, he was finally able to return, his wife and children all left him, overnight, Gu Father was full of white hair.
Gu Highlands
The world is constantly changing, Gu Shengnian never thought that his father Gu Gaodi could serve as a librarian of the Shanghai Museum of Culture and History and a counselor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government 20 years later, if Gu Shengnian can continue to persevere, she will surely become a business card of the Chinese piano industry and get more awards.
In 1979, Gu Father specially held a ceremony for the placement of ashes for the genius girl Gu Shengnian, but the people who participated in the ceremony knew very well that the urn was empty, and Gu Shengnian left in such a hurry that he did not even leave a portrait, for this reason, Gu Father specially invited a painter to paint for Gu Shengnian, called "Here Is Silent".
Oil painting "Here is Silent"
Fortunately, in gu father's later years, he was taken care of by Cai Rongzeng, an admirer of Gu Shengbao, who considered her a righteous daughter, and before his death, Gu Father made a will and gave all his property to the righteous daughter.
With the help of his righteous daughter, Gu Gaodi also deliberately sorted out his apartment, specially used to store the relics of Gu Shengnian and founded the Gu Shengnian Memorial Room, on October 15, 1900, Gu Gaodi died of lung cancer in Shanghai.
At this moment, Gu Gaodi waited for many years, for him, this is not to leave, but to be born again, because he can finally be reunited with his family.
Gu Gaodi (1st from left) poses with his wife, daughter and son