Zhao yuzhai

Zhao yuzhai

Zhao yuzhai is a zither player. He is from Yuncheng, Shandong Province. She has been learning guzheng since childhood. He has performed in Nanjing, Shanghai and other places. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1980. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he was a teacher and associate professor of Shenyang Conservatory of music. In 1953, he won the excellent performance award of the first national folk music and dance performance. He once reformed Zheng, increasing 16 strings to 21 strings. The zither music composed and performed include qingfengnian, Xinchun, etc. He has compiled "collection of Guzheng music" and "selected works of Guzheng music" and so on.

Life of the characters

1923

He was born in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province in 1923. He studied erjiaxian, Bangzi, Shandong Qinshu and other local operas under the guidance of Wang Denghai and Wang Erjing. He also learned to play Chuihu, Erxian, sihuxian and Banhu. He also learned to play guzheng from fan Xiyu and Li Lianjun.

1943-1953

In 1943, Mr. Shi Dengyan introduced him as a teacher to Mr. Wang Dianyu, the "king of silk strings". He learned to play leiqin and guzheng and became a student of the "dongluya music club". In early 1952, he was invited by Mr. Wang to join Tianjin quyi troupe. In the first national music and dance performance, the master and the apprentice won the excellent performance award for their piano playing. In the autumn of 1953, recommended by Mr. Cao Zheng, Mr. Zhao applied to Shenyang Conservatory of music as a teacher of guzheng and leiqin in the Department of folk music.

1956-1963

In the spring of 1956, Mr. Zhao accompanied the Chinese art troupe to the Czech Republic to participate in the 11th "Prague Spring" international music week. He played Shandong traditional Zheng music "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace", "high mountains and flowing water", "wind song" and his creation "Qingfeng year", which received a warm welcome. In October of the same year, he also visited the four northern European countries with a delegation of Chinese musicians and played nearly 20 traditional and self created Zheng pieces. Finnish President jikonin and his wife also watched his performance and gave warm praise. In 1962, he held a solo concert in Jinan, Shandong Province. In 1963, he published "on the performing art of Zheng" in Shenyang evening news, which was his first attempt in music theory and laid a good foundation for his later theory.

1957

In 1957, Mr. Zhao proposed to the instrument factory of Shenyang Conservatory of music the idea of increasing the body and strings of Zheng, so the first 21 string Zheng was born, which is the rudiment of modern guzheng. After Mr. Zhao's suggestion, the musical instrument factory began to develop the transferred Zheng. In 1959, the first tension tuned Zheng was developed in China.

personal works

In 1979, he published an introduction to the performing arts of Zheng in the third issue of peony magazine in Heze, Shandong Province, and an academic research on the old eight boards of Lu Zheng school in Yuefu Xinsheng. In 1985, he published a bosom friend of Hong Kong Speech Club in the fourth issue of people's music, and an artistic career of Teacher Wang Dianyu in Songjiang. In 1985, he published an academic research on the old eight boards of Lu Zheng school in the fourth issue of people's music In the third issue of music, Miss teacher Wang Dianyu was published.

Achievement and honor

In September 1983, he was invited to serve as a judge of the national youth national instrumental music competition. Later, he was invited to give lectures and perform in Guangzhou. In September 1984, he was invited to Hong Kong by the Far East Art Institute for art exchange. Mr. Chen Leishi, a professor at Chinese University, calls Mr. Zhao a "king of Chinese zither". Major newspapers and radio stations call him "the king of Chinese zither and master of leiqin.". Mr. Zhao's right thumb knuckle "small shake" playing method, full grain, dexterous knuckle, can be strong or weak, his playing skill is unparalleled. Mr. Zhao has made great achievements in art, and can be called a performer and educator. In 1987, he was promoted to Professor of guzheng. His name has been included in many famous dictionaries, and has been listed in the American world musicians dictionary. At 8 o'clock on February 10, 1998, Mr. Zhao yuzhai, a famous guzheng player, educator and President of northeast guzheng society, unfortunately passed away. He composed more than 200 pieces of zither music and leiqin music dictated by all the masters in his early years. Learning music theory and Western musical instruments, absorbing the essence of western music. In the process of learning the piano, he combined some playing techniques of the two and created "Si Duan Jin". This music not only broke through the original folk Zheng music program in rhythm change, but also boldly adopted piano harmony and chord techniques in the climax, giving full play to the expressive force of guzheng. qingfengnian, which was performed at the first national music week, was a great success and received cordially by Chairman Mao and other party and government leaders in Nanhai. At the closing ceremony of the conference, comrade Lu Ji, chairman of the National Music Association, said in his speech that the creation of qingfengnian was a great contribution to the development of national music; music critic Comrade Li Ling published an article entitled "the innovator of Guzheng performance" in people's daily, which highly praised Zhao Xiansheng's artistic achievements. The birth of qingfengnian opens up a new era for the development of Guzheng playing art. He composed dozens of pieces of music, such as "good commune", "praise of workers", "new spring", "peace dance" and "ten years of Daqing". He has successively published "selected works of Zheng music" and "collection of Guzheng music" in people's music publishing house and Shanghai literature and Art Publishing House. More than 80 pieces of Zheng music were recorded and played in the central, provincial and municipal radio stations, and records such as "mountains and rivers", "Si Duan Jin", "Da Ba ban", "Fengxiang song", "Qingfeng year" and "happy commune" were made for China record company. Among them, "Qingfeng year" and "new year" won the first prize of national and provincial music works respectively. In the major of leiqin, in addition to sorting out the dramatic music dictated by teacher Wang Dianyu, he also created and adapted music such as "reminiscence of the past", "song of happiness", "white haired girl", "waves in Honghu Lake", which fully demonstrated his artistic talent. In the "Cultural Revolution", he composed Guzheng music "jubilation", "unforgettable" and leiqin music "yiboling"; in October 1979, he participated in the fourth national cultural Congress, the third national music Congress and the "concert for the elderly" sponsored by the Central Conservatory of music; in March 1980, he attended the Liaoning Provincial Cultural Congress and the Liaoning Branch of the Liaoning Music Association, and was elected member of the Liaoning cultural Congress and executive director of the Liaoning Music Association; 1 In June, 980, a solo concert of Zheng and leiqin was held in the concert hall of Shenyang Conservatory of music. The "jubilation" and "unforgettable" were selected by Liaoning TV station and broadcast by CCTV on the national day. In the summer of 1980, they participated in the "Shenyang Music Week" and performed four generations of Guzheng ensemble on the same stage and 14 guzheng ensemble.

personal works

He composed dozens of pieces of music, such as "good commune", "praise of workers", "new spring", "peace dance" and "ten years of Daqing". More than 80 pieces of Zheng music were recorded and played in the central, provincial and municipal radio stations, and records such as high mountains and flowing water, Si Duan Jin, Da Ba ban, Fengxiang song, Qingfeng new year, happy commune were made for China record company. Among them, "qingfengnian" and "Xinchun" won the first prize of national and provincial music works respectively. In the major of leiqin, in addition to sorting out the dramatic music dictated by teacher Wang Dianyu, he also created and adapted music such as "reminiscence of the past", "song of happiness", "white haired girl" and "waves in the water of Honghu Lake", which fully demonstrated his artistic talent. He has compiled "collection of Guzheng music", "selected works of Guzheng music" and other books.

Other information

Zhao yuzhai is a master of Guzheng art from the folk and rooted in the folk. He began to study at the age of eight. He successively studied erjiaxian, Bangzi opera, Shandong Qinshu and other local operas from artists such as Wang Denghai and Wang Erjing. He also learned to play Chuihu, Erxian, sihuxian and Banhu. He also learned to play guzheng from Mr. Fan Xiyu and Mr. Li Lianjun.

Social evaluation

Zhao yuzhai has created many unique performance styles and techniques in his decades of Guzheng performance practice, which enriches the guzheng performance art and makes the performance of Guzheng more perfect. For example: his right thumb knuckle "small shake" playing method, granular strong, dexterous knuckle, strong and weak clear. In the performance, he often uses heavy vibrato playing method after the glide, which fully shows the rough and pungent local style of Shandong Zheng music; and octave playing method is frequently used, full of strength and pure sound. When playing adagio music, the up and down glides are accompanied by vibrato, which shows infinite sadness and sadness, and makes it produce a sad and heartbreaking rhyme. When I first started to play chords with both hands alternately in the late 1950s, I heard Mr. Zhao yuzhai's modern Zheng music qingfengnian from the radio and records many times, and was strongly influenced by the verve and emotion of the real mountain and water music. This newly created Zheng music is related to some legends with pure, peaceful and picturesque melody. Zhao yuzhai's artistic achievements are fruitful. In 1987, he was promoted to Professor of guzheng. His name has been included in many famous dictionaries, and has been listed in the American world musicians dictionary.

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