The Bingcheng music lover who enthusiastically points out the “Fate of One Side” gives lectures in Daqing and interacts with the audience.
March 15, 2022 11:14:35
Source: Daily Life
Author: Wu Haiou and Wang Xiaochen
Han Libo and Li Guangxi
Li Guangxi Visited Daqing Oilfield Library
On the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2020, Li Guangxi and Jiang Dawei and other old, middle-aged and young singers shared the stage and brought the song and dance “Dear China”. At that time, Li Guangxi was 91 years old.
Life News reporter Wu Haiou and Wang Xiaochen
Li Guangxi, a famous tenor and opera artist, died of a sudden cerebral infarction in Beijing at 17:25 on March 13 at the age of 93. Standing on the stage for 69 years, he brought too many familiar works to the audience. After he became famous as the leading actor in China’s first classical opera “La Traviata”, he has sung more than 100 popular songs over the years, such as “The Toast Song”, “On the Songhua River”, “The Sun Comes Out Joyfully”, “The Sun Is Bright”, “Song of Shepherd”, “Ode to Yan’an”, etc., won the first prize in the performance competition of the Ministry of Culture, the “First Golden Disc Award” and other major awards. He is a well-known singer in China.
Before his death, Li Guangxi came to Heilongjiang many times to participate in activities. After the news of Mr. Li’s death came out, Harbin singers, dancers, and music lovers who had worked with Mr. Li all mourned and expressed their dismay in their own ways. In an interview with this reporter, they all said that in their impression, Mr. Li was always in good spirits and in high spirits. “He is always full of sunshine and warms everyone around him.”
Bingcheng music lovers who point to “The Fate of One Side”
“The singer’s blood is boiling, and it can infect the people who listen to the song”
The 69-year-old Han Libo is the head of the “Dream Team” dance troupe in Harbin. When the province held the Spring Festival Gala in 2017, he invited the dance troupe to accompany the dancers. The dance team rehearsed in the morning, rehearsed in the afternoon, and then officially performed in the evening. Teacher Li Guangxi came during the rehearsal. In my impression, he was tall, with a straight waist and a red tie. And very friendly.” Han Libo recalled.
As a music lover, Han Libo said that he always liked Li Guangxi’s songs very much, and he took the liberty to ask Li Guangxi how to sing “The Toast Song” well during the rest of the performance, “I tried singing a few lines, and Mr. Li carefully instructed me, Let me first understand the creative background of the song at that time, and then I must sing the joy of the people and the good expectations for the future, and said that only the singer’s passion and enthusiasm can infect the people who listen to the song.”
Han Libo said that when he recalled the scene at that time, he was still vivid in his mind, “Mr. Li Guangxi is always smiling and very amiable. Many people at the scene rushed to take pictures with Mr. Li, and he met everyone’s requirements one by one. Mr. Li is also a good teacher. People who are full of sunshine, we were in the background at that time and the light was dim, but when I was with Teacher Li, I felt very warm.”
When giving a lecture and interacting with the audience in Daqing, he said
“I just want to live every day and try to be useful”
Wang Di is the head of the activity promotion department of the Daqing Oilfield Library. In 2018, the Daqing Oilfield Trade Union invited 89-year-old Li Guangxi to participate in the “Weekend Lecture Hall” activity of the Oilfield Library, and told about his “singing experience and life insights”. Although it has been almost four years, Wang Di still has a fresh memory of the scene at that time. “On that day, the lecture was full of seats, and Mr. Li Guangxi gave a speech in the “Toast Song” that everyone sang spontaneously. As soon as Mr. Li took the stage, he paid tribute to our Iron Man, his apprentices and colleagues, and the vast number of oil people. , Say hello! It’s really no air at all.”
According to Wang Di, that day, Mr. Li was talking about the development of literature and art in modern China, and then by telling his own experience, he expressed his unremitting pursuit of art and culture. “Mr. Li has repeatedly emphasized in his lectures that the best teacher is ‘love’. Loving art, establishing ideals, studying earnestly, and applying what they have learned are his magic weapons. In the interactive session, when the audience asked about Li Guangxi’s lifestyle At that time, Mr. Li answered eloquently: ‘I just want to live every day well and strive for something useful’.” Wang Di recalled that during the wonderful lecture of more than 90 minutes, Mr. Li was witty and humorous, and the scene was full of laughter and applause. Li Guangxi also sang “Revolutionaries Are Always Young” for the audience, and the audience sang along with them, and the singing became a sea of joy. What impressed Wang Di deeply was the deep love between Li Guangxi and his wife. “At that time, Mr. Li Guangxi and his wife came to participate in the activity. After the lecture, the wife also walked to the podium. The two were very sweet in their words and deeds. Young people are all holding their mobile phones to take pictures, and everyone is moved by the deep relationship between Li Guangxi and his wife.”
He told the Harbin singer who performed on the same stage
“The art of vocal music can’t be fake, even if I can’t sing it, I have to sing it”
Mr. Gao (surname changed) is a singer who came out of Harbin. In some large-scale performances, he and Li Guangxi have performed on the same stage many times. When interviewed by reporters, he said: “Mr. Li always stands upright and in high spirits. It’s not easy for an elderly person to stand on the stage and sing loudly.” As a professional singer, he said that with age, a person’s vocal cords will gradually become loose and less elastic. Small gaps are prone to appear, which in turn leads to poor closing ability, which makes the sound sound muddy, old, and unclean. “But Mr. Li Guangxi is not like this. I remember that at the ’90th Anniversary of the Founding of the Army’ party, when we performed on the same stage, Mr. Li’s voice was as loud as our young people. Later we heard that even if there was no performance, Mr. Li usually still He maintains the habit of practicing his voice every day. Open his voice first, and then sing all the past songs along with the accompaniment tape. He will practice a dozen or twenty songs every day. His spirit of striving for excellence and pursuing art is really worthy of our young people. Learn.”
According to Mr. Gao, just over a month before Li Guangxi’s death, he also attended a literary event and sang “The Toast Song” on the spot, “At that time, I felt that Mr. Li’s high pitch was obviously a little difficult, after all, he was so old, but Mr. Li said, ‘The art of vocal music cannot be faked, even if I can’t sing well, I have to sing it for real’.”
As a junior, Mr. Gao said that he can learn a lot from Mr. Li Guangxi, and he is a role model for young singers in both life and work. “Mr. Li once said that it is enough to accomplish two things in one’s life, one is enough. There is a career that you love all your life, and the other is to have a happy family. The old man has both. Mr. Li is gone, but the old man’s singing still reverberates in his ears, and those warm memories will be remembered.”
Key words-teacher, Li Guangxi, then, singer, performance
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