On December 15th, the award ceremony of the 5th Global Micro Cantonese Opera Competition was held at the Guangzhou Cultural Center. Famous artists from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao gathered on the shores of Haizhu Lake to perform the new works that won the golden song this time, giving new opportunities to the traditional culture of Lingnan. The event was broadcast live to a global audience on multiple platforms, with 7.42 million viewers.
Group photo of the award ceremony
Founded in 2015, the "Global Micro Cantonese Opera Competition" has successfully held five singing competitions and five composition competitions. Since the start of the competition, nearly 50 million people have listened and watched it online through the online live broadcast of the event. The competition has received great repercussions among Chinese people around the world, and has become a cultural brand event in the Cantonese opera industry, opera art industry, and broadcasting industry.
The 5th Global Micro Cantonese Opera Competition was officially launched on April 27, 2023, and more than 160 submissions were received. The organisers invited well-known composers, opera musicians and pop music artists from Guangdong, as well as famous Cantonese opera singers from Hong Kong and Macao as judges for the competition. After comprehensive scoring, 13 golden songs such as "Cutting the Rain" and 10 excellent works such as "Mother-in-law Training" were finally selected.
Huang Junying and Lin Caixia (right) sing the work "Memory"
According to reports, the 13 golden songs in this competition are rich in themes. Among them, "Cutting the Rain" and "Memory" are two typical masterpieces that use traditional Cantonese opera and pop music elements to integrate cross-border music, while "Meng's Mother Breaks the Machine" and "Lu You Expresses His Magnificent Feelings on a Rainy Night" are traditional Cantonese opera masterpieces.
In addition, there are works that praise the food culture of Lingnan and praise the lives of the people, works that express homesickness and retain nostalgia, works that sing about the style of the Bay Area in the new era, works adapted from traditional ancient texts and poems, works that encourage the growth of the next generation, and works that praise traditional martial arts.
Peng Chiquan (fourth from right) and Sima Xiang (sixth from left) sang "Chinese Martial Arts"
At the award ceremony, Huang Junying, Cao Xiuqin, Peng Chiquan, Zeng Hui, Li Junsheng, Chen Lingyu, He Ping, Qiu Kunyi and other famous artists and young singers performed the works that won the golden song this time, so that the Cantonese rhyme and local sound spread to the world.
【Attached】List of winners of the 5th Global Micro Cantonese Opera Competition
1. Golden Melody Works (in no particular order)
"Cutting the Rain" [Author: Wu Jiahui]
"Lu You Expresses His Magnificent Feelings on a Rainy Night" [Author: Bai Qingxian Cantonese Opera Art Studio]
"Learning to Fly" [Author: Su Xuyan]
"The Rushing Hao River" [Author: Macao Friendship Association of Chinese Theatre Artists]
"Meng's Mother Breaks the Machine" [Author: Deng Weijian (Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Cavity Art Research Association)]
"Silent Night Thoughts" [Author: Mak Zijie]
"Green Dinghu" [Author: Zhaoqing Quyi Artists Association]
"Dongpo Said" [Author: Su Yuzhou]
"Haixin Lantern Shadow Bridge Rhyme" [Author: Zhou Zhixiong (Guangzhou Quyi Artists Association)]
"Drinking Tea" [Author: Long Puyao (Guangzhou Huangpu District Opera Association)]
"Silver Letter Love" [Author: Kaiping Federation of Literary and Art Circles]
"Memory" [Author: Guangzhou Huangpu District Cultural Center]
"Chinese Martial Arts" [Author: Ma Jiaxiang (Hong Kong Rixing Cultural Development Promotion Association)]
2. Excellent works (in no particular order)
"Mother-in-law Training" [Author: Mai Xianghe (Hong Kong Love Transmission)]
"The Wind is Xiao Xiao Xi Yi Shui Cold" [Author: Wu Jiahui]
"Flying Dragon Chasing Waves" [Author: Chen Yinghe, Ye Jianbo]
"Student's Voice" [Author: Huang Zihong (Hong Kong Love Transmission)]
"Top Gun" [Author: Chen Chunxia]
"Mu Guiying Goes Down the Mountain to Song" [Author: Foshan Quyi Artists Association]
"Intoxicated and Looking at the Ocean" [Author: Wang Jingxiang]
"Shawan Ancient Town Exhibition" [Author: Hong Kong Rixing Cultural Development Promotion Association]
"Chasing Dreams in the Country" [Author: He Wowen]
"Cantonese Rhyme Flying Ocean" [Author: Liang Xiaoming (Jiangmen Quyi Artists Association)]
Text: Reporter Huang Zhouhui, Correspondent Xu Zhuojing, Provided by the organizer