Liu sola

essential information

Character experience

He graduated from the composing Department of the Central Conservatory of music in 1983 and stayed in the school to teach. He once wrote Interludes for films, produced cassettes and held solo concerts in Beijing. He was admitted to the composing Department of the Central Conservatory of music in 1977 and was assigned to teach in the Central Institute for Nationalities after graduation in 1983. In 1982, he began to publish his works. In 1985, he published his representative novella "you have no choice", followed by novella "blue sky and green sea" and "looking for the king of songs". He joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1986, and has published novels such as Nuzhen Tang and infatuation curse in recent years. He lived in England after 1988 and now lives in New York. In 1997, he set up his own music production company in New York, which is committed to making Chinese traditional music enter the world music world with a new image. The main music works are "blues in the East", "Chinese collage", "entanglement", "snow in June" and so on. In 1985, she released her first singing album, my song for you. But two years later, Liu chose to go abroad and continued to compose and write music overseas. She once went deep into the tribe of American black blues and tried to blend Chinese musical elements into Jazz. In 1997, Liu sola founded his own record company also productions, aiming to introduce traditional Chinese music into the world music with a new style.

In addition to jazz, blues, rock and roll, Liu's works also include film soundtracks, music and dance dramas, musicals, operas, symphonies and modern chamber music. Her recent major music works include the CD "blues in the East", "Chinese collage" and her own company's "entanglement", "snow in June" and "snow in spring". Among them, "blues in the East" has been in the top ten of the new world music charts in the United States for several weeks, and has been highly praised by jazz experts.

Lau Sora also regularly participates in music festivals around the world, including the South Korea Olympic music festival in 1988, the International Vocal Music Festival in London, the international rock music festival of the former Soviet Union, the international rasco Music Festival in Scotland, the WOMAD World Music Festival in England, the Central Park Summer Music Festival in New York, the New York pioneer composer Music Festival, the American modern female composer Music Festival and the Hong Kong Art Festival wait. She is the daughter of Liu Jingfan, former Vice Minister of civil affairs.

Sola - composer, vocal performer, writer. Liu sola graduated from the composition department of the Central Conservatory of music and studied under Mr. Du Mingxin. After graduation, she has composed music for film and TV drama, and was nominated by the Golden Rooster Award for film composition. Her piano solo works also won prizes in the national piano competition. In 1985, she wrote the novel you have no choice, which was once called "Liu sola whirlwind" by Hong Kong media, and this novella won the national novella award. In 1987, she visited the United States at the invitation of the U.S. information administration. After returning home, she wrote China's first rock opera based on the award-winning novel of the same name. From 1988 to 2002, she settled down in London and New York. She once went to Memphis to study blues. After moving to New York in 1993, she was directly instructed by free jazz masters. She organized her own bands in Britain and the United States, performed her works in major international art festivals, and cooperated widely with famous artists of various schools in the world. Her record (U.S. poly King record company) was released as a focus record by billboard, an authoritative music magazine in the U.S. and Britain. She called it "the brewing of a new genre" and was listed in the top 10 of new world music in the U.S. and Britain. The record attracted the attention and discussion of many American media, and called Liu "the only Chinese musician qualified to play in the New Orleans Jazz Festival (New York Review)". Later, her (Japan's avant-garde record company) attracted the attention of the avant-garde music industry because of its "extreme Madness (Zhou sak)" and "rich and powerful expression of the differences of the same culture (New York Times)". Then she made a number of records in the United States, including, and so on. In 1997, she founded a band in New York, mixing folk music, rock jazz and new music styles. The band broke the ground at the 1999 Beijing Jazz Festival. In 2000, Liu sola, together with percussionist Mr. Li Zhengui and his disciples, gave an impromptu national instrumental "Jazz" concert in Beijing's Shoutu concert hall. In 2003, he performed as an opening music team in Germany's new sound modern music festival in the form of a combination of American rock jazz musicians and Chinese folk musicians, attracting the attention of German media: "Liu sola is seeking to avoid learning from western classical music and music The road to the total surrender of pop music. (South German daily) "such globalization can be ignored by the West. (Nande daily). After 2005, "tradition has dominated Liu Suola again. (Nande daily) "the band has completely become a folk band with a unique style and" Chinese style Ecstasy ". (Nande daily). In 2006, Liu sola created a large-scale Chamber Opera, which was performed by the famous German Modern Chamber Orchestra and Chinese Orchestra. She herself is a screenwriter, composer and chief director. In the opera, she boldly used "various genres of traditional and modern music and pop music (Frankfurt review)", and the music language was "surprisingly clear and compact (Frankfurt review)". In 2007, as a key musician, Liu sola was invited by the Danish ring ring music Biennale. The Royal Danish Academy of music percussion orchestra performed her new works for the first time in the world. The Danish film center and writers' Association introduced her film music works and her literary works. The band's performance became a hot spot in the music festival.

From 2002 to 2006, Liu accepted the invitation of the German Minister of culture and media, served as a member of the world advisory group of the world culture building in Germany, and planned the 77th concert of the composition department of the Central Conservatory of music with the participation of American talented musician John Zong. The concert has become a world tour project of German Modern Chamber Orchestra for many years, and has been performed in Beijing International Music Festival. In 2009, in an interview with our program of Tianjin satellite TV, the host was very embarrassed because of the word "unconventional".

In recent years, Liu sola's film music works include: Ning Ying's award-winning films (participating in screenwriting and performance), LV Le's award-winning films and so on.

As a writer, Liu sola's works have won many awards and been translated into many languages. Because he likes to use different styles of Chinese to construct novels, the English version won the British comparative literature translation Award (Richard King translation). The latest version is the French version of the novel (Sylvie Gentil translation), which was published by the famous French publishing house seuil. In recent years, Liu sola's new books have been published by Strait publishing house, Kunlun publishing house and Shanghai Wenhui publishing house.

Liu Suola is currently living in Beijing, China and Ewan, USA.

Emotional life

marriage

Liu sola is also a talented woman. Her ticket playing novel "you have no choice" makes many professional writers inferior. But Liu sola herself is not here. She is thriving in the music world. It is said that after Liu sola's ex husband divorced, he wanted to remarry again. Liu sola replied and went to the back of the line. If beauty makes a woman glorious, talent makes a woman charming. Another well-known love affair of Liu sola happened after she arrived in Beijing. The hero of this love affair is Qu Xiaosong, a famous composer. Qu Xiaosong graduated from the composition department of the Central Conservatory of music, and is in the same class with famous composers such as Tan Dun, Chen Qigang and ye Xiaogang. Qu Xiaosong's ex-wife is his classmate, and he was famous in the literary world for his "you have no choice" in the 1980s It is not known whether the love affair between Liu Suola, Bai Ling and Qu Xiaosong led to the divorce of Qu Xiaosong and Liu Suola.

love

Solla's husband, Akbar, was then the head of the Department of comparative literature at the University of Hong Kong. He usually lived in Hong Kong. When Solla lived in New York, he would fly to New York. When Solla lived in Beijing, he would fly to Beijing on Two Mondays. Akbar speaks English and Cantonese, but Mandarin is not good enough. Every time Liu Suola and Hong Huang meet and chat, Akbar, furang and Xiaoping listen to each other in the middle of the night. Xiaoping must have relied on beer to listen. Franc was wandering, but Akbar didn't understand and didn't want to.

Published works

cinematographic works

Infinite motion (2006)... Lala

"Big star" (1985)... Composition "acacia tree in minefield" (1986)... Composition "acacia tree in minefield" (1986)... Composition "youth sacrifice" (1985)... Composition "human gratitude and resentment" (1987)... Composition "human gratitude and resentment" (1987)... Singing

literary works

He began to publish his works in 1982, published his masterpiece and novella you have no choice in 1985, and joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1986. His main literary works include the novel you have no choice, the blue sky and the green sea, the search for the king of songs, the chaotic Galen, the story of a street in Hong Kong, the little story of the great stepfather, the prose "the fate of the blues", the dialogue prose collection "walking Liu sola" and "Manhattan essays", etc. The novel has been translated into English, Japanese, Italian and other foreign languages. It has won the national excellent novella award and many literary awards. At present, he has returned to China for development and published novels such as Nuzhen Tang (2003) and infatuation · curse (2011).

Music works

"Blues in the East", "Chinese collage", "entanglement", "snow in June", "snow in spring", "looming" and other chamber music works "shape"

Chinese PinYin : Liu Suo La