China News Service, Beijing, March 14 (Reporter Ying Ni) The Chinese music industry has recently bid farewell to masters: the former president of the Central Conservatory of Music and composer Wu Zuqiang passed away on March 14 at the age of 95; tenor singer Li Guangxi 3 He died on March 13 at the age of 93; Zhou Guangren, a tenured professor of the piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music, passed away on March 7 at the age of 94.
Wu Zuqiang was born in Beijing in July 1927. In 1950, he entered the Central Conservatory of Music, and after graduating in 1952, he studied in the Department of Theoretical Composition of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. He returned to China in 1958 and taught in the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, where he served as teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor and professor. In 1978, he served as the vice president of the Central Conservatory of Music, and in 1982, he served as the dean.
In terms of creation, Wu Zuqiang’s most well-known work is the modern ballet “The Red Detachment of Women” in collaboration with Du Mingxin, Wang Yanqiao, Shi Wanchun and Dai Hongwei. In addition, the pipa concerto “Little Sisters on the Prairie” by Wu Zuqiang, Liu Dehai and Wang Yanqiao, and the pipa and orchestra music poem “Spring River, Flowers and Moonlight Night” with Liu Dehai are also very popular. His “Erquan Reflecting the Moon” and “Listening to the Pine” based on A Bing’s erhu solo, and “Good Night” based on Liu Tianhua’s original erhu piece are also classic works that are often performed.
Li Guangxi was born in Tianjin in 1929. He was admitted to the Central Opera House in 1954. Since 1956, he has starred in foreign operas “La Traviata”, “The Merchant and the Lady”, “Evgeny Onegin” and Chinese operas “Ayguli”, “Liu Hulan”, “Liu Hulan” The Hundred Bride, etc. In 1964, he sang the song “On the Songhua River” in the large-scale music and dance epic “The East is Red”. In his more than 60 years of artistic career, he has performed many repertoires such as “Ode to Beijing”, “The Most Beautiful Praise to the Party”, “Premier Zhou, Where Are You” and “Toast Song”. He has won the first “Golden Record” Award in China, the “Golden Bell Award” Lifetime Achievement Award issued by the Chinese Musicians Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Opera Art, the Lifetime Achievement Award of Deyi Shuangxin Artist, and the Outstanding Achievement Award of Vocal Art of the World Artists Association, etc. . As a singer, Li Guangxi is well known in China.
Zhou Guangren was born in Hannover, Germany in December 1928, and returned to Shanghai with his parents when he was a child. In 1951, she won the third place in the piano competition of the 3rd World Youth Student Peace and Friendship Festival, becoming the first Chinese pianist to win an international competition. Over the years, Zhou Guangren has served as a judge in major international piano competitions such as the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the Leeds International Piano Competition. She has devoted her life to piano teaching. In the past 70 years, she has cultivated a large number of piano performers and piano educators such as Dan Zhaoyi, Yang Yunlin, Sheng Yuan, etc. She was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” of the 7th Golden Bell Award of the Chinese Musicians Association. recipient. The Central Conservatory of Music praised her as “the leader of China’s piano music career” and “the soul of China’s piano education” in her obituary. (over)Return to Sohu, see more
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