On March 7, piano educator Zhou Guangren died at the age of 94
On March 13, tenor Singer Lee Kwang Hee died at the age of 93
On March 14, composer Wu Zuqiang died at the age of 95
In March this year, in just one week, three masters of the Chinese music industry left us one after another...
Strong Music of the Spectral Era Exhibition of National Soul - In Memory of Composer Wu Zuqiang
A thousand hammers and a hundred hammers have become a great cause to protect the real kung fu of debaoyi - to commemorate the singer Li Guangxi
"Spring Grass" and "Autumn Ink Chrysanthemum" - a tribute to pianist Zhou Guangren
The development of music and art, they resonate with the same frequency of the times, towards the often brilliant, occasionally rugged and always full of hope of chinese music road. In 1949, Zhou Guangren gave up the opportunity to study abroad because of he Luting, then the president of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, who said that "the country needs you", and has since devoted himself to the piano career, and in 1951, invited by the Ministry of Culture, Zhou Guangren went to Berlin to participate in the "Third World Youth Peace and Friendship Festival", and won the third prize with the piano song "Shepherd Boy Piccolo". This is the first time that a young Chinese pianist has won an award in an international piano competition after the founding of New China, and it is of great historical significance to Zhou Guangren, who participated as a performer, and to the history of Chinese piano. Zhou Guangren is an outstanding educator in China, she dedicated her life to Chinese piano teaching, peach and plum all over the world, insisting on "until the teaching can not be moved"... What kind of faith supported her to let the fire in her heart quietly spread into the sky full of stars and spread endless fragrance?
The pursuit of music and art, they use the Chinese style of music and the individual memory of immersion in life to define why music is popular and how it is circulated. From "Toast Song" and "Songhua River", to "Ode to Yan'an" and "Waves of Gulangyu Island", Li Guangxi wrote the sound memory of an era with one song after another. Li Guangxi is not from a scientific class, studied hard, explored the Chinese performance paradigm of opera, and set the cross performance specification of "hand-eye-body method footsteps and love words rhyme", which is known as the "evergreen tree of the song world". Speaking of the secret, Teacher Li poetically summed it up: "As soon as you arrive at the stage, you will sprinkle joy and sing to the hearts of the people." Thousands of hammers and hundreds of refinements into a great cause, with the virtue of real kung fu. "What is the happiness of life?" This elderly artist, who has witnessed the great changes and prosperity of the motherland for decades, has always had a humble heart and a sense of gratitude despite countless flowers and applause in his life.
The contribution of music art, they have led the music art of New China from domestic to international with noble personality and broad mind, from practice to creation, theoretical research, from professional field to public popularization, and dedicated their lives to the pursuit of Chinese music art. From "Red Women's Army", "Fish Beauty", "Little Sister of the Grassland Hero" to his deep affection for Chinese national music, for decades, Wu Zuqiang has led many historical and pioneering music matters in music creation, performance, talent training and international exchanges with a development vision and a broad perspective, laying a solid foundation for the vigorous development of Chinese music. Such a prodigy in the Chinese music industry, in the twilight of his life, what he values and cares about most is still the note of the times he condenses on the end of the pen, which is the three-foot pulpit of his heart! The last time he appeared in public to admire his beloved work, the last time he acted far away from the students who supported him proudly... Wu Zuqiang practices the long-term ideal in his heart with practical actions!
The "Music Life" program team invited many relatives and friends to tell the story of these three respected elders and their past. Simple language, real emotions, condensed and expressed the voices of all those who admired them.
The clear rain drizzle, the clear song is like a turn, and the movement has never drawn a rest. From "Drinking Song" to "Toast Song", whether it is "Little Sisters of the Prairie" or "Wanquan River", we will never forget the moving melodies carved into the depths of our souls on the strings, and the gentlemen gradually drift away in the most beautiful spring light... Qingming Festival, April 5, 21:03, CCTV - music "Music Life" dedicated our endless thoughts, and you remember the composer Wu Zuqiang, singer Li Guangxi, pianist Zhou Guangren. (China Daily Beijing Reporter Station)