"In heaven may it be a bird with wings, and in the earth it may be a branch." The days are long and sometimes end, and this love is endless. Last night, the Majestic Theater boiled in a pair of waving hands and red, yellow and purple glow sticks, "Where is the Flute Sound" Kunqu Intangible Cultural Heritage 20th Anniversary Concert At the end of the chorus, Zhang Jun was excited to tears, "Realizing the chorus at the Kunqu Concert is my wish for many years, and today it has finally come true!" ”
The picture says: "Where is the flute sound" Kunqu Intangible Cultural Heritage 20th Anniversary Concert Official Picture
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the kunqu "chuan" generation of teachers, and also the 20th anniversary of kunqu's successful "application for heritage". This week, Shanghai Zhang Jun Kunqu Art Center has performed a century-old "Chuan" Qi series of performances at the Majestic Theatre, with the concept of "past", "present" and "future" of Kunqu opera, corresponding to the "Kunqu Classic Folding Opera Special", the contemporary Kunqu opera "Spring River Flower Moon Night" and the "Where is the Flute Sound" Kunqu Intangible Cultural Heritage 20th Anniversary Concert.
This year, Zhang Jun gave a new name to his "new water mill tone" - "where is the flute sound". "The flute is the soul of Kunqu music, where do we come from in the flute? What is the origin of our dreams..." The new Kunqu music brand "Water Mill New Tune" has been 10 years since it was recorded in the studio to the campus, from the concert of 10,000 people to the return to the Grand Theatre, and since its birth, it has been like a dandelion riding on different monsoons, sowing the seeds of Kunqu opera to a wider place. At last night's concert, Zhang Jun and rap label Max Power co-created the work "Li Bai", which also resonated with young people.
Pictured: Zhang Jun in the performance official picture
The debut of the "Student Opera Art Troupe" of Pudong Private Huili School, composed of 30 children, attracted applause from the audience. Zhang Jun befriended the children at a sharing session a few months ago, and last night they took to the stage to perform the Kunqu Kaimeng song "Long Knife and Big Bow". Undoubtedly, children are hope, is the future, looking at their childish but serious faces, isn't this where we come from?
Just two months before the centennial "Chuan" Qi series of performances, Zhang Jun returned to his alma mater, the Shanghai Theater Academy Affiliated Drama School, as the principal, and immediately after clocking in after school during the day, he threw himself into the creation and production of the series of performances, and could only rest for four or five hours a day, but Zhang Jun said: "I feel that I have been in a particularly good state recently, because I know that I am doing more things for Kunqu, and the past efforts and the current persistence are not all hoping that Kunqu has a better future?" (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Yuan)