The famous qu artist Ma Zenghui died of illness

On February 4, the China Broadcasting Art Troupe issued an obituary saying: Comrade Ma Zenghui, a famous single-string performance artist and an outstanding party member of the China Broadcasting Art Troupe, died in Beijing at the age of 85 at 12:20 on February 4, 2021 due to ineffective medical treatment. In accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, and in accordance with Mr. Ma Zenghui's last wishes, everything about the funeral was simplified. Singer Xie Dong, the son of Ma Zenghui, posted on social media, "Dear mother, please rest in peace, you go all the way." There is still your beautiful voice in heaven. ”

Ma Zenghui is the third daughter of Mr. Ma Liandeng, a commentator (drum book). On June 14, 2019, during the interview of the special performance to commemorate the 111th anniversary of Ma Liandeng's birth, the reporter of Beijing Youth Daily met Ms. Ma Zenghui, who was already suffering from bone cancer and could not perform on stage, and recalled her father Ma Liandeng's artistic career in a wheelchair, and accepted flowers and blessings from the music artists on the spot. The 90-year-old single-string performance artist Zhao Yuming gave her a big hug, and this scene was also fixed in the mind of Zhao Yuming's granddaughter Zhai Jingwan.

Since the age of 15, Bai Huiqian has accompanied Ma Zenghui, who is also a Chinese radio rap ensemble, and the two have worked together on stage for nearly four decades. He also said with regret, "With the death of Zhao Yuming and Ma Zenghui, the famous single-string performance artists of the older generation are few left, and the era that belonged to them is gone." ”

Bai Huiqian told the Beiqing Daily reporter that the single strings he cooperated with Ma Zenghui include "A Pot of Rice", "Playing baskets", "Baoyu Visiting diseases" and other songs. He also clearly remembers that in 1993, he and Ma Zenghui, Jiang Kun, Feng Gong, Ni Ping, Huang Hong, Niu Qun and others went to Taiwan to perform with the China Radio Rap Troupe, and Mr. Zhang Xueliang, who liked music and art, was specially invited to perform at his home. Ma Zenghui sang a traditional single-string repertoire, accompanied by Bai Huiqian. The two showed the humor and playfulness of the Sichuan dialect in detail through their performances, which made Zhang Xueliang laugh. That time, Zhang Xueliang also asked Bai Huiqian to sing a few northeast drums for him.

As early as the 1950s, Ma Zenghui studied art with Bai Huiqian's father, Bai Fenglin. At Bai Fenglin's 90th birthday banquet in May 2010, 74-year-old Ma Zenghui officially worshiped Bai Fenglin as his teacher. When Bai Huiqian accompanies Ma Zenghui, he feels the story of the work with his heart, and Every look and every action of Ma Zenghui will be reflected in his notes. In this way, he also received praise from Ma Zenghui. The two are known as the "golden partners" of single-string performances by the music industry.

Bao Chengjie, a famous scholar of opera and music and theorist, once wrote an article recalling the impression left by Ma Zenghui before his death, "The extensive study exposition and the strong memory of the knowledge have achieved ma Zenghui's unique position in the single string world and art." Bao Chengjie also introduced that when he was young, he listened to Ma Zenghui sing "Double Nest Car", listened to her "A Pot of Rice" more than ten years later, and listened to her sing "Playing Basket" about ten years later, vivid performances, passionate singing, and the display of traditional octagonal drum skills such as "speaking, learning, teasing, and singing". ”

Brief introduction

5 years old from the arts

"A Pot of Rice" was selected into the textbooks for primary and secondary schools

Ma Zenghui was born in 1936 and became an artist at the age of 5. She joined forces with her father Ma Liandeng and her second sister Ma Zengfenzhu to co-found the "Ma Pai" Xihe Dagu. When the Ma family was famous in Beijing and Tianjin, it made a contribution to the folk drum music art to ascend to the Hall of Elegance, and was rumored to be a good story by the music world.

Ma Zenghui later changed to singing single strings. At the age of 15, he was selected to join the China Opera Art Troupe under the China Academy of Opera, the predecessor of the China Broadcasting Arts Rap Troupe, and studied under Hu Baojun, Bai Fengming, Shi Huiru, Liu Hongyuan, Jiang Yuequan and other famous music artists. After entering the China Broadcasting Arts Rap Company, her singing became more and more intense, and she has repeatedly traveled to Zhongnanhai with many famous artists to perform for Leaders such as Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yun, and won many awards in the National Quyi Festival. Her singing of "A Pot of Rice" has become a modern single-string masterpiece and has been selected into primary and secondary school textbooks.

Article/Reporter Zhang Enjie