Li Xinchang

Li Xinchang

Li Xinchang, male, born on February 8, 1936, with a bachelor's degree, is a famous baritone singer, vocal music educator, senior professor of vocal music at the Central Conservatory of music and director of China Musicians Association. He graduated from the Central Conservatory of music in 1960. He is now a senior professor of vocal music in the Department of vocal music, Central Conservatory of music. From 1986 to 2001, he was the director of the Department of vocal music and opera for 15 years. Li Xinchang is the first generation of vocal music artist in the history of the people's Republic of China. He has won the award in Schumann international vocal music competition in Germany. He has been received by leaders of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Wu Xiuquan and other countries. He often performs on behalf of his country for visitors from all countries. They are very popular in the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Brazil, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and all over the country.

brief introduction

Li Xinchang is a famous baritone singer and senior professor of vocal music at the Central Conservatory of music. Born in Tianjin in February 1936. I like singing since childhood. In the early 1950s, Tianjin finance and economics school, where he studied, was a technical secondary school with very active literary and artistic life. He was an activist and an outstanding one among them. He often "appeared" at the school's party and participated in off campus performances on behalf of the school. He had a small reputation in the school. Li Zhishu, a famous bass singer, and Zhu chongmao, a tenor singer, were deeply attracted by their songs. They imitated and studied their songs of the Soviet Union and deeply influenced him.

Life of the characters

In 1954, the amateur song and dance troupe who was admitted to Tianjin Youth Palace had more solo opportunities, which not only satisfied his singing desire, but also greatly improved his singing ability, and laid a certain foundation for his future vocal singing. After graduating from finance and economics school, he was assigned to work in Tianjin Heavy Industry Bureau. Soon after, he was elected as a member of the Tianjin staff and workers team. He went to Beijing to participate in the first national amateur art performance of staff and workers. He won the prize for the duet of "Aobao meet" performed by a female staff and workers. In 1955, he was successfully admitted to the Central Conservatory of music in Tianjin at that time, and embarked on the road of professional vocal music learning, thus starting a long vocal career. During my study in the college, I studied in the class of Professor Yu Yixuan, a famous soprano and vocal music educator. Under the careful training of Teacher Yu, after five years of hard work and various artistic practice activities inside and outside the school, he has laid a solid foundation of vocal music. In 1960, he graduated with excellent results and stayed in school to teach. In July of the same year, Yu Yixuan, selected by the Ministry of culture, took part in the second international Schumann vocal music competition held in Berlin and won the fourth place (due to the deterioration of Sino Soviet relations at that time, the ranking of the competition was obviously affected by politics). During the six years from graduation to the outbreak of the cultural revolution, president Zhao and department leaders attached great importance to the continuous training of young teachers. Li Xinchang, who is among the best, is even more caring. He is always one of the undertakers of the Academy's performance tasks. He is also a member of the Standing Committee of the college. He has taken part in many galas attended by the country's top leaders and performances to welcome visiting state guests. During the cultural revolution, like most people in the literary and art circles, art and teaching activities stopped for many years.

Social evaluation

Li Xinchang is the first generation of vocal music artist in the history of the people's Republic of China. In his decades of singing and teaching career, he has been climbing the road of vocal music art step by step. His achievements and achievements, his influence and academic reputation have been steadily and step by step. He trained a number of vocal talents and made important contributions to the construction and development of modern Chinese vocal art. He is modest and prudent, not arrogant and impetuous. He always maintains a calm attitude and treats his achievements and honors in a low-key manner. He is unwilling and will not publicize himself. This year, at the age of Gu Shao, he continued to teach his students how to treat art, how to sing and how to be a person in class, just like his mentor Yu Yixuan in the past. In 1975, a concert was held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Xian Xinghai's death. He was invited to sing "Ode to the Yellow River" solo and officially resumed singing. In 1977, he visited North Korea with the central orchestra as a specially invited actor and was received by President Kim Il Sung. In 1978, he was invited to hold a special concert in the "summer of Qingdao" and held several recitals in Beijing, Tianjin and other places. In 1979, he performed solo in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony "Ode to joy" directed by Seiji Ozawa. This series of performances are highly praised by the audience and the music industry. Li Ling (1913-2003), a famous senior and authoritative music critic, once commented with delight that "Li Xinchang seems to have found a vibrant, fresh and natural flower in the boundless desert land", affirming that his singing is "stable, strong, solid in skill" and "has the sweet and soft characteristics similar to male voice", which is "steady, solid, willing to work hard and painstakingly pursue The depth of the song inspires the true feelings of a touching and meticulous singer. During this period, the China Record Company recorded a solo album with Kazakh Folk Song "galalitai" as its title, and CCTV and radio station produced video tapes and movie episodes

He won the prize in Schumann international vocal music competition in Germany in 1960. After 1960, he often performed in Huairen Hall of Zhongnanhai and great hall of the people in Beijing, and participated in various social performances. He was received by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Wu Xiuquan and other national leaders, and often performed for visiting guests on behalf of his country.

Since 1963, he has often held performances, lectures and other exchange activities in the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Brazil, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and other parts of the country, which is very popular.

Achievements and honors

From 1980 to 1983, as the first group of visiting scholars sent by the Ministry of culture of the State Council of the people's Republic of China, he went to Italy for investigation, singing and teaching.

Since 1983, he has been invited to all over the world to serve as the judge of large-scale international vocal music competitions. He is the leader of the Chinese team and the leader of the judges of major domestic vocal music competitions. He is appointed by the Ministry of culture of the State Council of the people's Republic of China as the head of the qualification evaluation committee of art organizations and professionals directly under the Central Committee of the people's Republic of China, the qualification evaluation committee member of the academic committee of the Central Conservatory of music, and the director of many professional art competitions in Distinguished professors of the college. Since 1986, international and domestic radio, TV stations, professional music newspapers, overseas edition of people's daily, Guangming Daily and other news media have reported a lot about Professor Li Xinchang's special interview, teaching singing activities and teaching singing experience. He has also published and written special articles in the news media, which has had a wide influence in the field of music culture.

Professor Li Xinchang has trained a large number of vocal music talents in more than 40 years of teaching. Many of them have won gold prizes, first prizes and various awards in major international and domestic competitions. His teaching achievements are impressive. The students I have taken are Liu Weiwei, Zhang Jianyi, Zhu Jinzhuan, Zhao Dengying, etc.

From the early 1950s to the late 1990s, Professor Li Xinchang, in addition to his normal teaching and lectures, also performed frequently, recording, recording, recording VCD and CD for China record company and CCTV, recording theme songs for films and TV dramas. Many of his songs are still popular today.

Since 1997, he has been employed as an art consultant of the Xie aiming Piano Art Center in Hong Kong.

After returning to China in December 1983, he devoted himself to vocal music teaching and became the backbone of the college. Since 1986, he has been the director of the Department of vocal music for 15 years. He was promoted to Professor in 1988. In decades of teaching, he has successfully trained a large number of excellent professional students. Among them, 15 people won gold, first and other awards in various international vocal music competitions; 9 people won gold or first prize in domestic vocal music competitions; 5 people won second or third prize. At the same time, he also participated in a series of overseas performance activities according to the needs of foreign music exchange: in 1986, he went to six European countries to perform with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the college; in 1989, he went to Singapore to perform the Yellow River Cantata; in October of the next year, he was invited to Singapore to cooperate with Chen Muxi and other musicians to perform the modern style chorus "the words of the big tree head". In 1994, he was the judge of Malaysia National Vocal Music Competition and Hong Kong Asian Chinese singing grand prix; since 1986, he has been the judge of CCTV young singers TV Grand Prix, as well as the judge of the first national vocal music competition and new works vocal music competition. He has been the judge of international vocal music competition for five times. He has been invited to Hong Kong, Tokyo and other places for academic exchanges, and has given lectures in a number of art colleges and art groups across the country from time to time. He is also a distinguished professor in many universities. In 1998, China record company released the "20th century Chinese pop celebrities collection CD", with Li Xinchang's album. The world audio and video publishing house of the Central Conservatory of music also released two VCD episodes of Li Xinchang's vocal music teaching.

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