Zhou Ji

Zhou Ji

Zhou Ji, male, from Yixing, Jiangsu Province, Han nationality, is a member of the Communist Party of China. Born on January 7, 1943, died on May 5, 2008,. Director and researcher of Xinjiang Art Research Institute. He is the tutor of Postgraduates in the Conservatory of music of Xinjiang Normal University. Vice president of Chinese traditional music society, executive director of Chinese minority music society, vice chairman of Xinjiang Music Association, specially invited researcher and doctoral supervisor of Chinese Culture Research Institute of Yangzhou University, and international special representative of Hong Kong Folk Music Research Association.

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During more than 40 years in Xinjiang, Zhou Ji has made pioneering achievements in the research field of Uygur Muqam art and Xinjiang traditional music, and has become the leader of Xinjiang ethnomusicology and music creation theory. Young and middle-aged excellent experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country and excellent experts in the autonomous region enjoy special subsidies from the State Council. Zhou Ji presided over or participated in the completion of a number of national key research projects, such as "a large collection of Chinese Musical Cultural Relics: Xinjiang volume", "Research on ecology and morphology of Daolang Mukam" and so on, which have won many provincial and ministerial government awards, including "five one project award" and "Wenhua New Drama Award" of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee.

brief introduction

Comrade Zhou Ji has been engaged in art work in Xinjiang for more than 40 years, and has made outstanding achievements in musicology research and music creation. A total of 15 monographs and Monographs (12 have been published) such as "Uygur music history" and "music culture of the Silk Road" have been completed independently or jointly; dozens of papers such as "ten topics of Uygur Muqam", "oasis Silk Road and music and dance of the western regions" have been published in journals at or above the provincial level or read at international and domestic academic conferences; and "green pines in Tianshan Mountains" and "Qiuci" have been completed independently or jointly More than 100 music works, such as ancient rhyme, random thoughts on the theme of nawamuqam, etc.; presided over or participated in the completion of a number of national key research projects, such as "Chinese music heritage series. Xinjiang volume", "ecology and morphology of Daolang Muqam". He has won many awards from provincial and ministerial governments (including the "five one project award", "Wenhua New Drama Award" and "Wenhua Music Creation Award" of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee). Comrade Zhou Ji has made pioneering achievements in the fields of research on the twelve Muqam of Uygur nationality and the traditional music of various nationalities in Xinjiang; research on the music and dance of ancient western regions and the music culture of the Silk Road; research on the development, creation and Symphonization of music of Uygur nationality and various nationalities in Xinjiang. He has become a leader in the discipline of ethnomusicology and music creation theory in Xinjiang It enjoys a high reputation among peers and experts at home and abroad. He has been rated as an outstanding young and middle-aged expert who has made outstanding contributions to the country, an excellent expert in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and a special allowance from the State Council. before he died, he was a researcher of Xinjiang Art Research Institute, vice president of Chinese traditional music society, executive director of Chinese minority music society, and vice president of Xinjiang Music Association.

Career

In 1959, he went to Xinjiang to engage in professional literature and art work. As a new performer, he devoted himself to learning Uygur traditional music, language and writing. He has been engaged in music creation since 1965. In 1973, he was transferred to Xinjiang opera company as music composer and orchestra conductor. He studied conducting and composing in Shanghai Conservatory of music from 1979 to 1981. In 1985, he transferred to the Music Research Office of Xinjiang Art Research Institute and undertook the tasks of ethnomusicology research and music creation. Since 1990, he has been the deputy director of Xinjiang Art Research Institute (retired to the second tier at the end of 2003), and concurrently served as the vice president of Chinese traditional music society, the executive director of Chinese minority music society, the vice president of Xinjiang Uygur classical literature and Muqam society, the visiting professor of Music Department of Xinjiang Art College, and the master's supervisor of Central Conservatory of music and Music College of Xinjiang Normal University.

personal works

Works and papers: Muqam (human oral and Intangible Heritage Series), study on ecology and morphology of Daolang Muqam (National Art and science "Ninth Five Year Plan" project, I am the project leader), Xinjiang Uygur Islamic ritual music, Uygur music history, music culture of the Silk Road (cooperation), China There are about 1.4 million words in Xinjiang volume, a collection of national and folk instrumental music (chief editor ren), Xinjiang volume, a collection of Chinese musical relics (deputy chief editor ren), Muqam music phenomenon in the background of oasis culture, oasis Silk Road and music and dance of western regions. Tutored 6 Master's and doctoral students from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan and other places; participated in international and domestic musicology academic seminars for many times; held lectures in Graduate School of China Academy of Arts, Central Conservatory of music, China Conservatory of music, Shanghai Conservatory of music, etc. music works: Song "Tianshan green pines root by root" (Zhang demiao's CI), orchestral "desert camel bell" (cooperation), "random thoughts on the theme of nawamuqam", national orchestral "kuci ancient rhyme", guzheng solo "Muqam sanxu and dance music" (cooperation), dance music "spirit of the desert", "mountain rhyme", etc., and participated in Uighur drama "ailifu and sannaim", "Gulan Mu" Music creation of large-scale song and dance "Tianshan rainbow" and "towards brilliance". He has won many awards, such as the Wenhua award of the Ministry of culture, the Golden Bell award of the China Federation of literary and art circles, the literary criticism award, and the special contribution award for the Integrated Compilation of ethnic and folk literature and art. In June 2007, he was awarded the national advanced worker in the protection of intangible cultural heritage. They are excellent experts in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions in the whole country, and enjoy the special allowance of the State Council.

influence

Since 2003, he has been actively involved in the work of applying for "representative works of human oral and intangible heritage" by "Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Muqam art", and has made outstanding contributions to applying for "representative works" by Uygur Muqam. At present, he is undertaking the research of the key research project of national art research "Uygur song and dance art". Zhou Ji is another important musician who died in Xinjiang after Wang Luobin. In order to learn Xinjiang folk music and facilitate communication, he skillfully mastered Uyghur, which is admirable. He has done a lot of fruitful work in the research, publicity and creation of Xinjiang folk music, especially in the process of applying for the UN World Intangible Cultural Heritage. Xinjiang music is a heavyweight.

achievements

1. Searching for the Uzbek folk songs "eshilai" and "Yelai": the project team of "eshilai" and "Yelai" of the Uzbek people in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region conducted a four-day field survey in Ili from October 27 to 30, recording a wedding of the Uzbek people, and interviewing Uzbek mosques, folk houses, farmhouses and former Uzbek schools On the basis of collecting and recording the relevant data of "eshilai" (long narrative folk song) and "Yelai" (short folk song), this paper investigates the history, population distribution, living environment and current situation of the Uzbek people in Xinjiang, as well as the main categories and forms, reserves, folk customs and collection history of intangible cultural heritage, and comprehensively collects the first-hand data. 2. On "Uygur Muqam mode" by researcher Zhou Ji: Uygur Muqam mainly shows the following characteristics: 1), quaternion (dividing a whole tone into four parts, each quaternion interval is 50), and the use of neutral tone. 2), up and down shift (live sound) are abundant. 3) in one or several scales of a musical tune, there may be several different phonemes. as there are many "sound processes" (such as wandering sound) in Muqam music in addition to the progression of scale, Professor Zhou advocates that it is more appropriate to call "sound sequence" rather than "scale" here. Taking qargamuqam and ushakmuqam as examples, the paper explains the forms of "connection" (two groups of four tone sequences are connected one after another, without overlapping sound) and "superposition" (two groups of four tone sequences are overlapped, with one overlapping sound). horizontally, the main characteristics of Uighur Muqam are as follows: (1) the structure has a fixed plan. 2), changing the main melody in rhythm (similar to the Han Opera "plate type change style") 3), mostly compound rhythm, such as 5 / 8 (3 / 8 + 2 / 8), 7 / 8 (3 / 8 + 4 / 8), etc. In addition, in the small unit of the first three beats in each measure, there are often three beats of disyllabic, quadruple and their variants. (4) the use of increasing beat (the time value in each bar is increased by half beat). 3. Trace of the ancient rhyme in the sixth episode: among 263 Grottoes in Kizil, one is equipped with a security door. When you open the door and enter the main room, you can find that except for the renovation of the top of the multi-storey square niche, the murals have disappeared. In the process of collecting folk customs, Zhou Ji found the clue of kuci music from the twelve Muqam traditional music in southern Xinjiang. 4. Xinjiang Uygur Muqam art database 5. Research on ecology and morphology of Daolang Muqam 6. Cultural heritage can not be included in the "science" and "superstition" field 7. Search for the Uzbek folk songs "eshilai" and "Yelai"

Good journey

On May 5, 2008, Zhou Ji left, shocked to hear the news. For more than 40 years, he has been rooted in Xinjiang, sharing joys and sorrows with minority artists, and devoted himself to the protection and inheritance of minority art. His affection for ethnic minorities has penetrated into the soul of both sides, and he is the most worthy model of national unity. Send him on the road with memories, flowers and his favorite Muqam music. Xinjiang will always remember him, and the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang will always remember him. "With what? Let's use Muqam... " "my satar is a string of life,

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