Yang Jingqiu held a solo Guzheng concert at Nanchong Grand Theater

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On the evening of July 24, Yang Jingqiu, a musician from Nanchong, held a personal guzheng concert "Flowing Water Like a Mirror - Qiu Yuzheng Sound" at the Nanchong Grand Theater, offering a wonderful performance to the audience. At the performance site, 10 guzheng pieces such as "High Mountains and Flowing Water", "Clouds V." and "Slow Voice" lingered around the beams, winning rounds of applause from the audience.

Yang Jingqiu held a solo Guzheng concert at Nanchong Grand Theater

Various forms of musicians perform together

At about 7:30 p.m. on July 24, when the reporter walked into the Nanchong Grand Theater, many audience members were already sitting in their seats waiting for the concert to start. At 8 o'clock, the majestic guzheng piece "Battle of the Typhoon" sounded, and the Nanchong musician Yang Jingqiu's personal guzheng concert "Flowing Water Like a Mirror, Qiu Yuzheng Sound" kicked off. Only the sound of the guzheng is sometimes majestic, sometimes beautiful and lyrical... In the exciting music, the fearless spirit of the dock workers and the heroic spirit that overwhelms all difficulties are perfectly presented, and the audience is all intoxicated.

The reporter saw at the scene that the concert also invited many musicians from Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Xihua Normal University, etc. to perform together. Together with Yang Jingqiu, they brought "High Mountains and Flowing Water", "Yunshang V", "Azalea Red", "Slow Voice", "Butterfly and Blue" to the audience in different forms such as multiplay, concerto, or ensemble. ” and other 10 pieces, allowing everyone to fully appreciate the unique charm of the collision of guzheng and piano, cello, pipa and other musical instruments.

Sections of wonderful music flowed through the fingertips of Yang Jingqiu and the guest performers, either soft or unrestrained. The lively rhythm conveys a strong sense of joy, sonorous and powerful, and the audience is completely immersed in the enjoyment of this elegant art. At the end of the concert, there was thunderous applause, which lasted for a long time.

"It is a very happy thing to be able to enjoy such a wonderful concert at the door of my house." After the concert, Wang Min, a citizen who lives in Shunqing District, said excitedly that each piece in the concert was unique in its own way. The charm of the show, combined with the wonderful performance of the performers, gives people a kind of spiritual release and listening enjoyment.

Adhere to love and let folk music continue to inherit

"I have been preparing for this concert for more than half a year." After the performance, the reporter met Yang Jingqiu. She said that in the past few days, she has been "soaked" in the rehearsal room almost every day, debugging the guzheng and practicing the repertoire over and over again, in order to bring a wonderful concert to the audience.

It is understood that in this concert, Yang Jingqiu not only invited many musicians from the province to perform together, but also invited dozens of her students to participate in the performance. "One of the students is old and not in good health." Yang Jingqiu said with emotion that the student had difficulty moving because of gout, but for this performance, he has been actively cooperating with the treatment, working hard to overcome all difficulties, and finally succeeded in standing. On the stage, it moved her very much.

In fact, this is not the first time Yang Jingqiu has held a personal guzheng concert in Nanchong. "I started to learn music since I was a child. After I came into contact with the guzheng in elementary school, I fell in love with the guzheng uncontrollably, and this love has continued to this day." Yang Jingqiu told reporters with a smile that in 2007, she was in Guozhou Hall held a personal zither concert.

"The successful conclusion of this concert is not only a summary of my years of study, but also a new starting point." Yang Jingqiu said, "The original intention of my concert was to take this as an opportunity to attract more people. Know and understand folk music." Yang Jingqiu told reporters that he hoped that through his efforts, more people would love the guzheng, inherit the guzheng culture and continue to carry it forward.

Yang Jingqiu praised Nanchong for its rich history and culture

Jialing River left the most feminine figure in Nanchong, flowing out thousands of customs, and also witnessed the vitality of the development of local literature and art in Nanchong.

Yang Jingqiu, who lived and grew up in Nanchong, has always been concerned with the development of local literature and art in Nanchong. "Nanchong, with its rich history and culture, provides a broad creative stage for the vast number of literary and artistic creators." Yang Jingqiu said that in recent years, it is obvious that the general public is more and more fond of folk music, which also makes her more determined and dedicated Do your best to build confidence in the inheritance of folk music.

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Yang Jingqiu is a member of the Chinese Musicians Association, a member of the Sichuan Musicians Association, a member of the Nanchong Musicians Association, and a member of the Chengdu Zheng Association. Under the tutelage of Professor Li Ke, the founder of modern guzheng higher education in Sichuan, and successively taught by Wang Zhongshan, a famous contemporary guzheng player in China, and Song Xinxin, a famous contemporary young guzheng player, he received professional performance guidance. In the field of guzheng performance and education, some of its students have become professional guzheng teachers in provinces, cities and counties (districts). The solo guzheng concert held in 2007 created a precedent for the professional concert of folk music in our country; in 2012, he became the only musician in our city who was invited to participate in the Wang Zhongshan Nanchong guzheng concert on the same stage.

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Involving musical instruments

Guzheng (pinyin: Gǔ Zhēng), also known as Hanzheng and Qinzheng, is an ancient national musical instrument of the Han nationality and is popular all over China. It is often used for solo, duet, instrumental ensemble and accompaniment of song and dance, opera and folk art. Because of its wide range, beautiful timbre, rich playing skills and strong expressiveness, it is known as the "King of Music", also known as "Oriental Piano", and is one of the unique and important national musical instruments in China.

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