Wen Kezheng

Wen Kezheng

Wen Kezheng (1929-2007), a bass singer. Beijing people. He graduated from Nanjing Conservatory of music in 1950. He later served as a teacher and director of the sound Department of Shanghai Conservatory of music and the fourth director of China Music Association. In 1957, he won the silver medal of the sixth World Youth Union Festival classical singing competition.

Life of the characters

Wen Kezheng is a former director of the Vocal Music Department of Shanghai Conservatory of music. Born in an intellectual family, his father loved music and was influenced by music since he was a child. As early as 10 years old, Professor Wen sang the Italian classical song "joy of love" in the boy soprano singing competition and won the "Beijing gifted children's Music Award". In the 1940s, after graduating from middle school, Professor Wen was admitted to the Vocal Music Department of Nanjing National Conservatory of music. From 1946 to 1956, he studied with the famous Russian Professor Su Shilin and the famous vocal music educator professor Cherkin, President of the suoyafi Conservatory of music in Bulgaria. After graduating in 1950, he successively taught in the Music Department of Nanjing Jinling University and the Vocal Music Department of Shanghai Conservatory of music. Member of Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. In 1951, Professor Wen cooperated with the late famous pianist Professor Li Jialu (teacher of female pianist Gu Shengying) to hold his first solo concert in Beijing, Tianjin and Nanjing. In 1956, in the first national music week, Professor Wen went to Beijing to sing on behalf of Shanghai and was listed as a famous musician. In the same year, Professor Wen won the first prize in the national young singers' vocal music competition hosted by the Ministry of culture of the CPC Central Committee, and won the silver medal in the international young singers' Western classical singing competition held in Moscow in 1957. At the same time, the Soviet national record company published Professor Wen's singing album.

Foreign performances

he has held many solo concerts. Since the 1980s, Professor Wen has not only sung all over China, but also lectured and performed in Europe, America, Japan and Hong Kong. In 1986, at the invitation of the crown prince of Japan (now Emperor Akihito), he held a solo recital at the imperial palace of Japan. In 1987, he was invited to perform as a bass solo in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Osaka symphony hall. Both of them made a sensation in the Japanese music world. In 1989, at the invitation of the Hong Kong Municipal Council, he held a solo recital. In 1990, he took part in the Fourth International Music Festival (Macao) and premiered the Bass Vocal suite "life" (14), which was well received. He visited Cornell University from September 1984 to September 1992. from 1991 to 1992, he visited Singapore twice and held recitals and master classes, which were highly respected and welcomed. In 1984, he was invited to hold his first solo concert in the United States at St. John's Cathedral in New York. He also sang in the Music Department of Manas conservatory, New York University, Arizona University and New Jersey State University. In November of the same year, he held a solo concert at the United Nations headquarters and Carnegie Hall in New York, and was invited to act as Tang Ming in the oratorio of everlasting regret Huang's solo was performed by the New York City Chinese Orchestra at milkin hall in 1993. In the same year, he was invited to Detroit to hold a recital. In December 1994, he was invited to perform as the bass solo of the holy music "Messiah" in the New York County holy orchestra. in February 1996, he held a recital in Barnes hall. On August 23 and 24, he was invited by the Hong Kong Municipal Council to perform as the solo of "soldiers and chariots" in the concert hall of Hong Kong Cultural Center. In April 1997, at the invitation of New York's Long Island Chinese Choir, he performed in the Mirkin concert hall and in March 1998, at the Spring Concert of the Chinese American Society of New York hosted by Professor Wen, he performed the highly difficult segment of the opera "Boris goodunov" in his prime of life. In October of the same year, at the invitation of the East West music and art troupe of Chicago, the concert to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the troupe and the performance in Boston in 1999 were highly praised. in recent years, Professor Wen has exchanged music culture between the East and the West more frequently. In addition to the concert halls that are active in the world, they also return to the motherland to sing every year. For example, in August 1997, the famous vocal music master Wen Kezheng's passion concert in 1997 was held in the Beijing Concert Hall; in May 1998, the "Ode to youth" concert was held in the Beijing Concert Hall; in June, the "Chinese and foreign classical music concert" by Shenzhen Grand Theater was invited to participate in the Shenzhou Art Festival at the Hong Kong Cultural Center The singing of the song is a great event in the music world. Professor Wen's artistic life is full of legend. Although he is old, he can sing with ease, which is rare in the field of vocal music. In February 1999, the New York Times wrote: "Wen Kezheng, a 70 year old world-famous bass player from China, has a wonderful voice The audience was moved and shocked In 1995, when Professor Wen went to Paris and Vienna for music exchange, his singing shocked the vocal music industry. Alain wanzo, a famous French singer of the older generation, listened and praised "God, how come this singer from the East has such a young and charming voice, and his wonderful singing art is unique even in Italy and Europe..." on September 19, 1999, Professor Wen Kezheng sang 19 solos in different styles and languages at a solo concert (at Carnegie Hall) hosted by the New York Chinese Philharmonic Choir to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Professor Wen Kezheng's teaching and 60th anniversary of his singing career, which gave his colleagues an artistic enjoyment. Due to the video recording, it will record the real literature of an oriental vocalist who can continue to sing high-level art at the age of 70. Prof. Wen Kezheng is the artistic director of New York Chinese Philharmonic Chorus, the Council of Beijing Chinese Musicians Association, the artistic consultant of the Philharmonic male chorus and the Council member of Beijing Oriental Huaxia Art Center. On April 19, 2007, Professor Wen Kezheng died of illness in Beijing 306 hospital at 22:16 p.m. at the age of 78.

Main works

Wen Kezheng's music career has spanned more than half a century. He has accumulated more than 1500 performances and more than 500 songs. Many well-known music critics in many countries regard him as "the contemporary Xia Li Yaping" and one of the most outstanding vocalists. His songs include the Aria "broken heart" in Verdi's opera "Simon Bocanegra", the second song "where" in Schubert's vocal suite "mill girl", Rubinstein's "Persian love song", "Mussorgsky's" flea song "," classicism "and dagomesky's" old monitor ", etc. He has also written many papers, such as how to sing Yang Bailao, on several arias of Mozart, on the range and performance of bass and baritone from foreign vocal music works, and on the training of Mezzo Soprano.

Character's former residence

Wen Kezheng's former residence is located at No. 14, Lane 85, Nanhui Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai. On the International Museum Day on May 18, 2010, a listing ceremony was held in front of Wen Kezheng's old house in lane 85, Nanhui Road, Jing'an District.