Beijing, Nov. 30 (Zhongxin.com) -- Liu Yue has traveled all over Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris and other places, lasting nearly a month... The "Oriental Melody" concert sponsored by the China Association for Foreign Cultural Exchange recently ended. Chinese music blends with Western classics, with modern rhythms and traditional elegance, demonstrating the integration of civilizations. The reverberations lingered, and the people-to-people exchanges between China and Europe also played a new chapter.
Photo caption: Belgian "Yiyun" women's string quartet. Photo courtesy of China Association for Foreign Cultural Exchange
Mutual learning between Chinese and Western art and culture, European masters play "oriental melody"
In the smooth and majestic rhythm of the piano concerto "Oriental Melody", the "Oriental Melody" concert kicked off in beautiful Brussels on October 29. Belgian musicians Jean Malone and Zuo Han and the Belgian "Yiyun" Women's String Quartet brought the audience a wonderful performance of famous Chinese and foreign songs.
Since then, in a series of unique "Oriental Melody" concerts held in many places in Europe, well-known Chinese music such as "Kangding Love Song" and "The Moon Represents My Heart" and Western classics such as "Praise of Love" and "String Serenade in G Major" were performed in turn, and European musicians composed and performed "Dream Flight", "Snow River" and "Eternity" composed and performed by European musicians using traditional Chinese instruments dulcimer, taking the audience to fully appreciate the unique charm of different musical cultures.
Jean Malone is a Belgian pianist and composer who has been actively involved in cultural exchanges between China and Europe for 20 years. Concerned about China's development, he has successively composed the theme song of the Belgian Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo "Our Song", "Chimes of Dawn", "Cherry Blossom Luo" and other musical works, participated in the recording of "When Jazz Meets Kunqu Opera" and "Let the World Hear Chinese Good Folk Songs", and performed in Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Shenzhen, Guizhou and other places.
Photo caption: Belgian musician Jean Malone. Photo courtesy of China Association for Foreign Cultural Exchange
He performed "Oriental Melody", "Stavolo Carnival", "Jasmine", "Kangding Love Song" and other music, and shared his creative impressions of "Oriental Melody". In his opinion, "Oriental Melody" was created on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his first concert in China, and is a work that pays tribute to China's great achievements in development and expresses expectations and wishes for a better future for China. We believe that beautiful music can unite hearts, communicate with each other, and inspire passion. Hopefully more frequent and productive than Chinese exchanges.
Zuo Han was exposed to traditional Chinese music while living in Qingdao and has been fascinated by Chinese music ever since. He has collaborated with Chinese musicians many times to create compositions for traditional Chinese instruments such as the yangqin, sheng, pipa and flute. During the performance, he perfectly switched between two distinct Chinese and Western instruments, piano and dulcimer, and performed the series of works "Moon Dreamer", "Flying Dream" and "Moon Wish" inspired by the Chinese myth "Chang'e Rushing to the Moon", which is refreshing.
Photo caption: Belgian musician Zuo Han. Photo courtesy of China Association for Foreign Cultural Exchange
Deepening people-to-people exchanges between China and Europe "Oriental Melody" depicts Chinese stories
"Oriental Melodies" uses a series of concerts as a medium to deepen the understanding and understanding of Chinese culture, China's development and the world's feelings for building a community with a shared future for mankind. An EU official who watched the show in Brussels said that communication and dialogue are precious in a complex international environment, and that only mutual understanding can make the world a better place. This concert not only showed the "oriental melody", but also allowed Westerners to see the vigorous spiritual outlook of the Chinese people.
Music is an important part of culture and the common language of all mankind. Listeners can transcend national, ethnic, and cultural differences to communicate with each other in the most simple way and generate emotional resonance. As Nadir Ajenay, host of the Belgian national TV IXPE channel "Shinyusu", said: "This is not only a popular and classical exchange, but also a collision of Chinese and Western cultures."
In the past month, the "Oriental Melody" concert has toured Europe several times, and all parties have received rave reviews. On November 17, "Oriental Melody" landed in Paris, and Alain Rabat, vice president of the Sino-French University of New Lyon, France, said that it was a very meaningful event, "Tonight we heard Westerners playing Chinese music, which perfectly presented the cultural exchange between China and Europe. ”
The "Oriental Melody" concert toured Europe in Malta, Luxembourg and other places, and the response was still enthusiastic. The performance at the Concert Hall of Malta's National Centre for Creative Arts excited the teachers and students of St. Margaret's Secondary School "China Corner". Martin Azopadi, founder of "China Corner", said that he was very grateful to the concert for providing students with this valuable learning opportunity, so that Maltese teenagers can experience the charm of Chinese music and Chinese culture up close, and enhance their understanding of Chinese culture and diverse cultures through music and art appreciation.
Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye, Ambassador to Belgium Cao Zhongming, Ambassador to Luxembourg Hua Ning, Counselor Peng Yijun, Chief Librarian of the Embassy in Malta, as well as Governor of the province of Hainaut of Belgium, Leclel, Chairman of the Belgian-China Economic and Trade Commission DeWitt, First Deputy Governor of the 7th District of Paris, France, Jacques Schieminade, President of the United and Progressive Party, Mario Kutaya, Director of Malta's National Heritage Agency, Mario Calea, Mayor of Masaskala, Renaud Calea, Chairman of the Malaysia-China Friendship Association, Mars Di J. Bartolomeo and other guests from Belgium, France, Malta and Luxembourg attended the "Oriental Melody" concert series. (End)