Zhu Fengbo, 84 years old, retired from the music scene for twenty years. On the afternoon of October 18th, in the Shanghai Light Music Troupe, she walked in front of her, pink cardigan, blue and yellow silk scarf, so many bright colors did not feel tacky on her.
In addition to being a singer, Zhu Fengbo is also the founding leader of the Shanghai Light Music Troupe. This year, the orchestra's 35th anniversary concert, "Light and Sound", will be held on November 12 at the Opera Hall of the Shanghai Oriental Art Center.
This "shuttle" character is reminiscent of one of Zhu Fengbo's masterpieces, "Golden Shuttle Silver Shuttle". This lyrical old song was widely sung in the early 1980s, exhorting people to cherish their time. After more than 30 years, Zhu Fengbo will once again appear on stage and sing this unforgotten classic.
Legends don't grow old
Young Zhu Fengbo
In the 1970s and 1980s, Zhu Fengbo and Li Gu were called "Southern Zhubei Li", and their records sold 3 million copies. "The White-Haired Girl", "Please Tea Song", "That's Me", "Olive Tree"... Her singing has influenced generations.
In 1986, the Shanghai Light Music Troupe was founded in Shanghai, and its performance was very sensational. Zhu Fengbo recalled: "When the orchestra was first established, we were still very young, such a group set a precedent in the country, and we went to many places to perform. Over the years, the orchestra has had its glory and its lows, and it is very remarkable that it has come to this day. I was very happy and moved to see generations of people in the troupe pass on light music on the stage in Shanghai. ”
The 79-year-old conductor Tu Bahai is also a founding member of the light music troupe, and has fought alongside Zhu Fengbo. At this concert, Tu Bahai will also take the stage to wave the baton and perform on the same stage with Zhu Fengbo.
Zhu Fengbo, 84, and Tu Bahai, 79
"As the saying goes, 'There are two old people in the family, and if there are two treasures', two old artists are our treasures." Dong Deping, head of the Shanghai Light Music Troupe, said, "When I heard the news that the two were going to go out again, many fans at that time couldn't hold back and must come to the scene to watch this historic performance." ”
In June this year, Zhu Fengbo and Tu Bahai appeared on the light music group 'Pursuit' concert, and the reporter saw many gray-haired music fans coming from all directions. Zhao Hong, 61, has been listening to Zhu Fengbo's songs since he was 10 years old. He said Zhu Fengbo was "a label of the times" and that her singing voice combined bel canto singing and ethnic singing, which was particularly recognizable, "and has not faded to this day." ”
Cloud on the same stage
Young Shen Xiaocen
At the concert of "Light "Sound" Like Shuttles, there is also a guest to "appear" - Shen Xiaocen, a 64-year-old singer, was also a founding member of the light music troupe. At the Spring Festival Gala in 1984, a song "Please Come to the End of the World" made Shen Xiaocen famous overnight. Many people don't know that the theme song of the cartoon "Black Cat Sheriff" is also sung by Shen Xiaocen, but the voice line is a bit like a boy.
Shen Xiaocen, who lives abroad, will participate in the performance through video connection, sing her famous song "Please come to the end of the world" and interact with the audience.
Interestingly, Zhu Fengbo and Shen Xiaocen both accidentally hit and bumped into the music scene. Zhu Fengbo was born in Jinan, Shandong Province, to an intellectual family, and after graduating from high school, he was admitted to the Department of Architecture of Tongji University and is a typical science and engineering girl. In a construction site theatrical performance just before graduation, she was taken in by the Shanghai Opera House at a glance and was recruited as a special talent.
Old photo of Shanghai Light Music Troupe
In 1965, Zhu Fengbo began to sing for the role of Xi'er in the ballet "White Haired Girl", and became famous in one fell swoop. Her pure and moving, emotional singing voice is combined with Xi'er's dance beads, and famous songs such as "North Wind Blowing" and "Tie The Red Head Rope" are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
After graduating from high school, Shen Xiaocen became a construction worker in Shanghai. Although she suffered a lot at the construction site, she never gave up her musical dreams. In 1984, she appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and sang 3 songs solo, which was extremely popular.
Seeing the photos taken that year and recalling the days in the light music troupe, Shen Xiaocen missed most was that they had a very sense of collective responsibility at that time, very simple, as long as they could sing on the stage, they were very happy.
Travel through time
The Shanghai Light Music Troupe in the early days of the 1980s
In addition to the cloud "on the same stage" of the three predecessors, the concert also included singers Yang Yurong, Xiao Xia, Qian Huiping, performers Zhang Zhenya, Hu Changjian, Chen Zhengchang, Shen Erning and other orchestra actors to perform different types of classic works in different periods, including "Longing", "The Story of the Editorial Department" Theme Song, "You at the Same Table", "Little River Flowing Water" and so on.
In the past few days, the old actors in the troupe have taken many long-cherished old photos, and they are all heroic in the photos. Those songs that have been sung and those songs that have been played will not have a different taste after so many years?
Dong Deping introduced that this concert will review the history of the development of domestic popular music in the past 35 years, and show the changes in the country and society through music and light and shadow. Director Ding Wei designed a situational performance for this performance, connecting the works of different eras, and the performers will also wear costumes of different eras to lead the audience through time and space.
After "Pursuit" and "Light", Shanghai Light Music Troupe will also launch the last part of the "Centennial Dream • Centennial Journey" trilogy in September next year - the "Journey" concert. In addition to performing more than 10 original songs created by the orchestra in the past two years, he also created 9 songs such as "Journey", "China Ambition" and "New Beginning". Dong Deping said: "I hope that more people can understand Shanghai, love Shanghai and enter Shanghai through the way of 'new light music'. ”
Column Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu Text Editor: Shi Chenlu Photo Editor: Xiang Jianying
Source: Author: Wu Tong