Countdown to the Chinese New Year Music Festival. China’s big names all appeared.

　　BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua)-On Jan. 22, the "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Lucky-Global Chinese New Year Music Festival", jointly sponsored by the National Centre for the Performing Arts and Phoenix Satellite TV, will be officially staged on the 29th day of the Lunar New Year (Jan. 24). The sudden cold wave can’t stop the enthusiasm of artists. In order to provide a rich music feast for Chinese compatriots around the world on the eve of the Spring Festival, members of the China Philharmonic Orchestra rushed to the rehearsal site with their musical instruments in the early morning. The original ecological tenor Gao Baoli, the Peking Opera artist Yuan Huiqin, who is known as "a thousand-faced old Dan", the piano rookie Wang Yujia, who is known as "the female version of Lang Lang in China", and Jiang Kemei, the most outstanding and popular all-rounder of Hu Qin in the contemporary era, and many other musicians on the performance list also arrived. The artists gathered together and rehearsed their carefully selected tracks for this global Chinese music festival.

　　"China melody, Western-style interpretation; The innovative arrangement technique of "traditional art and modern expression" has brought different passions to "top" artists. Although it is only a rehearsal, the artists’ serious input has not diminished at all. After a short run-in, they will interpret the classic songs in a seamless and vivid way. After exploring the details, the artists couldn’t help clapping their hands and encouraging each other.

　　Yuan Huiqin: Music Festival Seeking Artistic Standards

　　On the same day, the longest running-in piece was an excerpt from the Beijing Opera Symphony "The Woman of Yangmen". At this Chinese and Western Spring Music Festival, the Beijing Opera Symphony, which combines tradition and modernity, will undoubtedly be one of the biggest highlights. Although Yuan Huiqin, the singer of "Young Woman", once cooperated with the China Philharmonic Orchestra in a solo concert held in May this year, the symphony orchestra needs to "walk beside" the actors because of the complete lines and dramatic conflicts, as well as the dramatic changes in the singing rhythm of Beijing Opera, which is different from ordinary symphony performances, and each performance will be different according to the actors’ live performance.

　　Talking about the "trueness" between the two sides in the rehearsal of some beats, Yuan Huiqin, who was running between the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Evening and the rehearsal of the music festival, explained: "The global Chinese New Year Music Festival is a platform to spread the charm of China music and Chinese culture to the world. This high-end cultural performance requires very high artistic standards. In addition, the Beijing Opera Symphony is an innovation of the traditional Beijing Opera, which brings challenges to the cooperation between performers and orchestras, so we choose it carefully. There is no such difficulty in the program I will perform in the Spring Festival Evening. First, because the form is traditional Peking Opera, and second, because the Spring Festival Evening focuses on creating a festive atmosphere. "

　　Gao Baoli: The best state is reserved for Chinese people all over the world.

　　At the rehearsal scene, the original ecological singer Gao Baoli and the China Philharmonic Orchestra, who cooperated for the first time, brought a lot of surprises to each other, and the "Shandandan Blooms in Red" in one go was full of charm. "I have been looking forward to working with the Philharmonic Orchestra, hoping to bring innovative auditory enjoyment to the audience through the sublimation of folk music through symphony. In order to participate in the global Chinese New Year Festival and fully show the charm of China folk songs to the world through this platform, I have turned down many commercial performances during this time, and I hope to keep my best state for Chinese compatriots around the world. I am particularly happy that the cooperation with the Philharmonic Orchestra can be so tacit today. " Gao Baoli, who won warm applause from the Philharmonic Orchestra, said seriously.

　　Wang Yujia: Be yourself and don’t be a "female version of Lang Lang"

　　The first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor and the fourth movement of the Yellow River are ups and downs, and ten slender fingers are performing classic songs like flowing water. Wang Yujia, a pianist on the piano bench, is totally different from the girl born after 80s who highlighted yellow hair and wore jeans and sneakers. The only similarity is her seriousness when watching other people’s performances under the stage.

　　The members of the Philharmonic Orchestra who rehearsed together could not believe that Wang Yujia had never played "Yellow River" in public. Wang Yujia, who was born in 1987 and went to the United States to study piano at the age of 14, is now famous in the European and American music circles. Wang Yujia, who just learned that the fourth movement of Yellow River would be performed at the music festival two weeks ago and returned to China for the Spring Festival for the first time in 14 years, said: "The Yellow River is a classic song representing China. I am very happy that the Global Chinese Music Festival will allow me to play this song for the audience of the motherland during the Spring Festival. Although it is the first time to cooperate with the Philharmonic Orchestra, it is not strange at all. There is a feeling of going home. On the day of the ceremony, I hope that I can present the magnificent momentum of the fourth movement, so that the global audience does not feel that a girl is playing. " After a song, sweating Wang Yujia spontaneously took off her sweater in public. Before doing this action, she did not forget to consult the consent of others present with her eyes.

　　Talking about the title of "China female version of Lang Lang" given to her by the domestic media, frank Wang Yujia said: "Lang Lang is a young pianist who is internationally renowned. I am very happy and grateful to them for calling me that. This is my affirmation. I am honored, but I still want to be myself and be the only Wang Yujia rather than being a replica of others."

　　Jiang Kemei: The spread of music in China should be gradual.

　　Jiang Kemei, a well-known Huqin performer who has cooperated with China Philharmonic Orchestra for many times, performed "Deep Night", which can be described as a combination of rigidity and softness, graceful and graceful atmosphere. The perfect cooperation between the two sides shows the oriental charm of Chinese folk music incisively and vividly. Jiang Kemei was deeply touched by the holding of the Chinese New Year Concert around the world: "In recent years, the foreign exchange of China music has been very frequent. It is of great significance for our China music to go further to the world to hold the Chinese New Year Festival for the whole world on such a special day as the Spring Festival."

　　Jiang Kemei, who has been invited to participate in large-scale international performances such as Cannes International Film Festival and Prague Spring Music Festival, and has cooperated with many internationally renowned orchestras and conductors, said that China’s music has a high international recognition at present: "I was once invited to perform two classic tracks, Deep Night and Horse Racing, with the world-famous Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, because it was the first time to perform oriental folk music together, and the conductor of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra was very nervous. However, after a period of running-in, the performance was very successful, and the audience repeatedly asked to return. The perfect combination of erhu and violin brought a refreshing feeling to the audience and a great surprise to the conductor. After the performance, he patted me on the shoulder and told me that he would come to China to learn about China music. " Jiang Kemei also said that it is a very clever way to spread oriental music by combining Chinese and Western music in the global Chinese New Year Concert. From the combination of Chinese and Western music to the original flavor, the gradual infiltration and dissemination will give foreign audiences a process from understanding to acceptance to appreciation, which is an effective way for China music to go global.

　　Asgen: High-pitched Challenge to C 《 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 》

　　Composer Zhang Qianyi once said: "Asgen’s temperament is very suitable for fresh, pure and distant songs." Each other is born from the heart, and the song is like a person. As simple and mellow as her singing, Asgen is reminiscent of the air with fragrant flowers and plants brewing on the plateau.

　　Asgen, who was still performing in Sichuan in the morning, flew back to Beijing at noon and rushed directly to the rehearsal hall of China Philharmonic Orchestra to participate in the rehearsal of "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Lucky-Global Chinese Music Festival 2009". Despite some airsickness symptoms, as soon as the music started, Asgen was as excited as a different person.

　　On the stage of the global Chinese music festival, Asgen was the first Tibetan singer to sing. Therefore, Asgen chose the song "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau". The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which was created in 1997, combines the popular singing style with the Tibetan folk singing style, and the passionate and infectious melody sings the amorous and verve of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This time, Asgen’s version of "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" raised the music to C, and the singing was even more like the sound of nature.

　　"The first time I cooperated with the Philharmonic Orchestra, the difficulty of the songs also increased, so the pressure was also great. Although I have been singing on the stage for so many years, I still feel nervous when I think that Chinese in the world is watching me sing. " The first audition went well, but Asgen asked to sing again, and asked Xu Peidong, the artistic director of the Chinese Music Festival, the conductor of the orchestra and even the staff who stopped to listen on the sidelines to help her make suggestions and adjust the most perfect singing effect.

　　Xue Wei: China music should show off its skills to the world.

　　"The success of a musician is closely related to national strength and national prosperity. I have played abroad for so many years, and I have witnessed and experienced many changes. China has made great progress in these years, and the achievements of China music are obvious to all. Now China music can and should proudly show our achievements to the world. " Xue Wei, one of the most outstanding contemporary violin masters, the China musician who has won the highest and most prizes in international violin competitions so far, and the violinist who set the record for the youngest professor in royal academy of music 20 years ago, said so.

　　Perhaps it is to express this idea that Xue Wei suggested that the track of "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Auspicious-Global Chinese Music Festival 2009" be selected as "Sunshine Shining in Tashkurgan". The Sunshine in Tashkurgan, which has a strong ethnic flavor, applies Tajik music materials and absorbs the playing techniques of China folk instruments, and is known as one of the most representative gorgeous and dazzling works of Chinese violin music.

　　Accompanying Xue Wei to complete this performance is the violin "Stradivari" made in 1751. "As a performer, every performance will try to attach some new content and new breakthroughs. Without new elements, there will be no new source of enthusiasm. I look forward to new breakthroughs on the stage of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. " In the cooperation with China Philharmonic Orchestra, Xue Wei and "Stradivari", the old partners, are full of passion, and the second degree and the decoration of semitone, the imitation of the four-tone chord of Dongbula and the unrestrained cadenza are outstanding.

Editor: Yan Bin