Song Zuying

essential information

Early experience

Song Zuying was born in Laozhai village, yantouzhai Township, Guzhang County, Western Hunan Province. He was an ordinary peasant family with a younger sister and a younger brother. In the past three dynasties, the Song family did not have a special talent in music and art. The arrival of song Zuying rewrites the history of the Song family. Young song Zuying has no musical expression. She has a tender and tender appearance. She was a good girl of her mother since she was a child. She is timid, honest, obedient, gentle, quiet and introverted. In 1978, her father died of tuberculosis. Sudden changes left a deep mark on song Zuying's tender heart. She lost the leisure and fun of her childhood and lived a life of helping her mother with housework and sharing the burden of life. Her childishness and innocence have not been worn away by her miserable life. Song Zuying likes to use songs to express her troubles and joys. But at that time, she did not know what music was and what role music played for people. Later, the villagers, teachers and classmates of the school found that song Zuying, who was still in junior high school, was quite different when she was singing.

Acting experience

The period of opera company

In August 1981, Guzhang County opera company decided to recruit a number of new actors to enrich the team. Song Zuying took part in the recruitment. Without special training, song Zuying's voice was pure. With a completely natural voice without any noise, she moved two recruiters and generously gave the opportunity to song Zuying. She became a member of the opera troupe. Because song Zuying has a good voice, while practicing some basic skills of actors in the Opera Troupe class, the troupe specially invited a vocal music teacher to teach her some basic vocal music knowledge and pronunciation skills. This is her first vocal music education and the first time.

After one year's training, in August 1982, song Zuying, the only student who passed the examination by seven judges, became an official actor of Guzhang County Opera Troupe. When song Zuying first came to the troupe, she only acted as a guest actor. The first play she took part in was "marriage between crying and laughing", playing a small role in the play. But song Zuying is a purposeful girl. With her amazing memory, she has memorized the lines and aria of "bet on the soul". When a troupe went to the countryside for a performance, she temporarily replaced the protagonist who was unable to participate in the performance because of something. She chose the main role to play the protagonist. Less than half a year after she officially joined the troupe, she completed the short span from the mass actor to the protagonist.

In July 1982, the drama Research Office of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture held a cultural and military Huadan workshop in Liye. Song Zuying, as a young business backbone trained by Guzhang opera company, took part in the class. This is the first time song Zuying went out of Guzhang county to participate in the business training of the whole Prefecture. Because she mainly performed vocal music programs after joining the group, the drama is very popular The basic skills of acting are relatively weaker than others, but she is a stubborn girl who is not willing to lag behind others. She spends more time than other students to master the drama actions taught by the teacher every day. After more than a month of hard work, song Zuying has made great progress in the basic skills of drama.

Song Zuying gained a lot from this month's study, but it was the party that finished the workshop that had a great impact on her life. Song Zuying, who couldn't produce a decent program, sang a song called "bosom friend", which was song Zuying's favorite song. It was also recorded and broadcast to the whole county by Guzhang County radio station. After a year of vocal music training, song Zuying mastered the most basic pronunciation skills, the effect is very different from before. The singing is elegant and fresh, and the timbre is pure and touching. Song Zuying is very devoted to singing, which paves the way for her success. Therefore, her excellent singing voice has left a deep impression on the leaders and experts of the Cultural Department of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. Inadvertently, with her own strength, song Zuying seized the opportunity to appear in the state capital and walked out of the narrow closed circle.

Soon after the training, the Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture song and dance troupe and Huayuan County Opera Troupe jointly rehearsed "a hundred birds with blood". Song Zuying was transferred by the person in charge of the state drama research office who had seen her perform in Liye to participate in the rehearsal of the key plays of the whole Prefecture and play a little sister. This is the first time that she left Guzhang County opera troupe to participate in the rehearsal of the key plays of the whole Prefecture. Later, the play won the silver award of the national minority script award. Not long after that, in 1983, song Zuying was transferred to the Xiangxi delegation as the lead singer to participate in the national Wulan Muqi art show. This was her first time to attend the national art show in Beijing, which greatly opened her eyes. Song Zuying left a deep impression on people in these performances.

Song and dance troupe period

After that, song Zuying frequently appeared on the stage in the prefecture, attracting people's attention and attention. Song Zuying, who had worked in Guzhang County Opera Troupe for three years and four months, was officially transferred from Guzhang County opera troupe to Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture song and dance troupe in December 1984, becoming a young singer in the prefecture song and dance troupe, completing the self transcendence from county-level literature and art troupe to state-level literature and Art Troupe.

Soon after song Zuying came to the state song and dance troupe, the music and dance department of the Central University for Nationalities went to Xiangxi to recruit students. Song Zuying's bright temperament and good conditions were immediately favored by the recruiters. However, if she really wanted to enter for further study, she had to pass the cultural examination, which was another difficult test for song Zuying who did not graduate from junior high school. However, she has a character of unyielding. She understands the importance of this opportunity to improve herself, realize the value of life and shape herself. She bravely meets the challenge of fate. She forgets to eat and sleep, gnaws books and studies hard. Finally, she passed the cultural examination. In September 1985, she was admitted to the music and dance department of the Central University for nationalities The ladder to the road of singer. Under the guidance of Luo Xiuying and Zhou Benqing, song Zuying's music quality has been greatly improved.

In 1987, she won the first prize in the third young singer competition of Hunan Province. In this year, she also won the gold medal in the second "Jinfeng Cup" national minority vocal music competition. In 1988, she also won the honorary award of the national minority young singers Grand Prix. In October of the same year, the "Golden Dragon Cup" young singers Grand Prix (National singers Invitational Competition) sponsored by the China Music Association was held in Changsha. Song Zuying won the first prize with a Miao style song "don't go, elder brother" and Chinese music educator Jin Tielin's student Zhang The national "Golden Dragon Cup" singer competition national singing professional group of the Golden Dragon cup, so jintielin wise eye know bead, accepted as a student. Song Zuying began to accept more professional vocal music education and training.

In May 1989, song Zuying attended the CCTV May 4th Youth Day Gala, which was her first public appearance at the CCTV Gala. In 1989, "Wanjun" and other "six dreams" launching party was held. Song Zuying took part in the activity because of her role, and sang one of the episodes "little basket on the back". Later, Huang Yihe, chief director of CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1990, discovered that song Zuying, who was only 24 years old, took the song "little basket on the back" to make a debut in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which undoubtedly became the highlight of the evening and won praise from audiences at home and abroad. Since then, it has opened a brilliant way of music and embarked on the journey of Spring Festival Gala. Since then, it has been on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival gala for 24 consecutive years. In the same year, she also cooperated with Yu Xiaofan and others in Wanjun to play a Miao woman Anu.

Maritime administration period

Song Zuying's successful appearance in front of the Chinese audience made her singing career go smoothly. In 1991, she was transferred to the song and dance troupe of the Political Department of the PLA Navy as a soloist and became a civilian cadre of the PLA. Song Zuying is indispensable in the major performances and activities of many countries, places and troops. She often goes to the grass-roots units with the maritime administration song and dance troupe, and is deeply loved by the majority of officers and soldiers. Chinese art groups have visited Europe, Australia, the United States, Canada and Southeast Asian countries for artistic exchanges on many occasions. She has also traveled to various parts of the country with CCTV's "heart to heart" crew on many occasions The performance was well received by the masses.

Song Zuying was admitted to the graduate class of excellent young actors in China Conservatory of music in 1998, and studied for graduate students. She joined the Communist Party of China in 1999 and graduated in 2001. Since May 2002, he has been the judge of the sixth youth song competition for ten consecutive years. On May 30, 2002, the artistic performance of the grand celebration on the eve of the 17th World Cup football match was held in Heping Park, Seoul, South Korea. Song Zuying, as the only representative of Chinese singers, took part in the performance and declined the high attendance fee from South Korea. This is the first time that Chinese singers are invited to participate in the celebration of a major world sports event. In 2002, the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Australia, song Zuying held a "good day" - song Zuying's solo concert at Sydney Opera House on December 20, as the finale of the large-scale cultural exchange activities for the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Australia. The event is the first solo concert held by a Chinese national singer at the Sydney Opera House and the first Asian to hold a concert at the Sydney Opera House. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard also wrote an inscription for the concert, which said: "this performance is of great significance to the cultural exchanges between the Australian and Chinese people."

After the success of the Sydney Opera House concert, song Zuying had a "to be"

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