Liwan District, as the central core area of Lingnan culture, is one of the birthplaces of Cantonese opera and Cantonese opera, and it is also the only "hometown of Chinese opera art" in Guangzhou, with continuous gongs and drums all year round, and Cantonese rhymes. On May 7th, under the guidance of the Guangzhou Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature and the Propaganda Department of the CPC Liwan District Committee, sponsored by the Guangzhou Qu Artists Association and the Liwan District Literary Association, undertaken by the Liwan District Cantonese Opera Qu Art Association and Guangzhou Literary and Art Citizen Liwan Space, and co-organized by the Cantonese Opera Art Museum, the "Luan Xiang Feng Ji" - Commemorative District Luan Cantonese Opera Works Concert was held at the Cantonese Opera Art Museum Theater, and was broadcast live online by Southern Satellite TV's "Old Man Has Drama", and more than 150,000 people watched this Cantonese opera activity with local characteristics.
He Ping, chairman of guangzhou Ququ Association and famous Cantonese opera star singing artist, sang a representative work of Luan Cantonese opera in the district.
Ou Luan is an excellent local Cantonese composer, who has been in love with cantonese opera art all his life, and worked in the yuexiu district music team of Guangzhou when he was young, and later served as the deputy secretary-general of the Guangzhou Qu Artists Association. During this period, he was willing to dedicate, indifferent to fame and fortune, silently cultivated, and with a deep love for Cantonese culture, he created many excellent Cantonese opera works that were sung in the world and became popular among the population. Her representative works include: "Miss Xiguan" won the 2006 Guangzhou Liwan New Works Competition Creation Award; "Yang Eight Sisters Breaking Through the Pass" won the 7th Guangzhou Literature and Art Award in 2010; "Dreamland" won the 8th Guangzhou Literature and Art Award in 2012.
Outstanding young music artist Zhou Lishan sang "Miss Xiguan".
Cantonese opera works, rooted in the folk, singing the lingnan story of the new era, this performance selects nine Cantonese opera masterpieces created by Ou Luan, and is sung by the outstanding singers of the Guangzhou Qu Artists Association. He Ping, chairman of the Municipal Ququ Association and famous Cantonese opera star singing artists, Wu Weixiong and Zheng Deqiang, vice chairmen, Li Huiwen, Li Na, Chen Miaoli, Wu Xiaoxia, Wu Situo, Xiao Shilin, Chen Yaohui, Zhou Lishan, and others sang With great enthusiasm the works of Teacher Luan,"Zhudao Morning Song", "Kapok Red in the Agricultural Lecture Institute", "Pearl Water Long Stream", "Intoxicated Stone Lotus Tour", "Miss Xiguan", "National Hero Deng Shichang", "Ancient Rhymes", "Lamentations of the Late Years", and "Xinyiwan on both sides of the River". Through literary and artistic works, we can see the changes of the times, the changes of the city, and sing the praises of heroic deeds, which makes people reminisce. In order to ensure the quality of this performance, Kong Qingyan, honorary chairman of the Guangzhou Qu Artists Association, organized a group of professional performers such as He Kening and Feng Zhiming to participate in the accompaniment to add luster to the performance. He Che, a famous Cantonese cultural scholar and chairman of the Cantonese Opera Art Association of Liwan District, served as the host, telling the story behind the repertoire through vivid explanations.
"New Liwan on both sides of a river" Cantonese opera performance.
The life of Cantonese opera works comes from the folk, so in the works of Teacher Ou Luan, it can reflect the Cantonese culture with strong local characteristics, the rich Cantonese music of qupai, and the familiar local themes, carry forward the Lingnan culture, and praise the new era. Kong Qingyan, honorary chairman of Guangzhou Qu Artists Association, is the music singing voice design of all the songs in this performance, he said that the Municipal Ququ Association has adhered to the prosperity of Cantonese opera for many years to reflect the spirit of advancing with the times, most of the works of Teacher Ou Luan are modern themes, highlighting the genre of Cantonese music, more contemporary, full of taste and depth, through the holding of the composer's work display activities, to the majority of Cantonese music lovers to introduce new songs and new works, while commending the memory of the silent hard work of teacher Ou Luan. He Kening, a famous Guangdong music player, said: "Teacher Ou Luan is a rare Cantonese composer, whose works are based on folk, which makes people catchy, and feels the love and perseverance of the older generation of artists for the creation of music and art from her.
"National Hero Deng Shichang" Cantonese opera performance.
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