"In a bumpy carriage sat a girl with sorrow in her eyes... The sorrow of the wandering people is the death of all mankind... The captain of Noah's Ark, standing on the Pujiang River to summon..." The concert of the same name, based on bella's new "Jewish in Shanghai" novel series No. 2, "The Survivor's Song", will be held at the Shanghai Concert Hall on the evening of November 13.
Survivor's Song concert poster
The sad opening paragraph, taken from the concert's theme song of the same name, was adapted from a Jewish folk melody by Bella, and she will sing the song for the first time on the spot during the performance. Talking about the original intention of creating this concert, Bella said bluntly: "The Huangpu River, which flows day and night, is my mother river. I use literature to find my hometown, I use music to tell stories, and I want to sing the 'survivor's song' to the world. ”
The father of "Rain Man" was born in Shanghai
Return to the war-torn Ten Mile Ocean Field, recreate the picture of jewish life in Shanghai during World War II... The novel "Survivor's Song" is based on the real experiences of Hollywood filmmaker Mike Madwer's parents, and is known as the Shanghai version of "Gone with the Wind". The Chinese edition was published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House in 2019; the English edition was translated by Ge Haowen, chief American sinologist, in 2020, and first published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Publishing House at the Shanghai Book Fair.
Mike Madwall's name is almost unknown in Hollywood. He has won eight Oscars and has produced films such as "Flying Over the Madhouse", "The Silence of the Lambs", "Rain Man", "Philadelphia Story" and so on. Born in Shanghai in 1941, during World War II, his father David and his mother Dora fell in love and married in Shanghai, where they were sheltered like thousands of Jewish refugees and spent the most difficult years of their lives.
Bella in the performance
During the preparation of the novel, Bella searched for a large number of historical materials and visited many places related to Jewish refugees. She spent several years studying the history of Shanghai telecommunications, and from the archive system, she found first-hand information such as the resume and photos of Mike's father David in the Shanghai company. The precious historical materials that have left the warmth of the years add the weight and truth of history to "The Survivor's Song", and also allow Bella to touch those vivid figures, deeply loved souls, and feel the love and faith of the Jews beyond suffering.
Story diplomacy bridges
Born in Shanghai, Bella moved overseas at an early age. After returning to her hometown, she has always come to know the city from a broad perspective, "It is my ultimate dream to show the national humanitarian spirit with 'story diplomacy'." "I have a sense of mission and sacredness in literary creation, and in addition to returning to literature itself, I should also build a bridge connecting eastern and western civilizations." ”
In 2012, Bella went to Mike's house as a guest, Mike took her to a piano concert, a Jewish female pianist while telling the family story in the World War II period, while playing, Bella was deeply infected and touched, so she held a literary and musical fusion in Shanghai, accompanied by the sound of the piano to tell the story of the Jews in Shanghai became her wish. It is reported that all the repertoire in this concert is derived from world famous songs and Jewish songs, showing the wisdom of the Jews and the experience of Mike's family in Shanghai.
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The reason why she insisted on creating the "Jewish in Shanghai" series and creating the "Survivor's Song Concert" across borders, Bella sighed, during the time when she lived overseas, no matter where she went, there were Jewish friends who repeatedly mentioned that period of history. Thinking of her hometown of Shanghai, she once embraced tens of thousands of Jewish refugees with such a broad heart and warm arms, which made her proud and proud, and at the same time she suddenly had a sense of mission: "I want to record these moving stories with words and music, Shanghainese and Jews share hardships and hardships, fate is connected, it is love that crosses racial boundaries, it is love that writes this chapter of history." ”
The light of hope pierces through the haze
The concert also invited the host Chen Guang, voice artist Tong Zirong, voice actor Liu Jiazhen, "Swallow Sister" Chen Yanhua, soprano Chen Xiaoqun, guitarist Chen Gong, saxophonist Ye Shuwei, Israeli pianist Solka, Israeli dancer Eugene and Anestesia couple and other guests to help, and received strong support from the Consulate General of Israel in Shanghai.
The artist joins Bella in the form of performance, singing, dancing and recitation, singing the melody of human destiny and suffering. At a time when the haze of the epidemic has not yet dissipated, the warm and tenacious light projected by art will inject the power of hope into the world. It is reported that the documentary of the same name of the concert is being filmed and produced, and the large-scale sculpture of "Survivor's Song" has entered the bronze casting stage and will be unveiled at the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Memorial Hall at the end of the year. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Yuan)