He Zhanhao is an outstanding Chinese musician and a world-renowned composer. He is currently a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China, and vice-chairman of the China Shanghai Musicians Association.
The violin concerto "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" composed with classmate Chen Gang during his studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1958 is the most famous violin work "known to all women and children" in China, and is the most performed and recorded Chinese orchestral piece in the world. It is a must-listen track for people all over the world to understand Chinese music. It is known as an "immortal (Chinese) national music classic" that "opens up a green field for China to create a nationalized symphony". Pride in Music". In a poll held by Radio Television Hong Kong not long ago, "The Liang Zhu" was rated as "The Ten Classics Most Popular with Audiences in the Millennium", together with works by great composers such as Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. musical work". A scholar once sighed: "Where there is the sun, there are Chinese people; where there are Chinese people, there is Liang Zhu!"
He Zhanhao has a motto in music creation, that is: "nationalization of foreign forms, modernization of national music". All the works of his composition career for more than 40 years, the first 20 years mainly focus on "nationalization of foreign forms". In 1959, after "Liang Zhu" became famous at home and abroad, his string quartet "Martyr's Diary", string and chorus "Never Forget the Past", symphonic poem "Longhua Tower" and other large-scale instrumental and vocal works came out one after another. During this period, in addition to being dramatic and lyrical, his works also had a strong national style.
In the 1980s, He Zhanhao took "the modernization of national music" as his goal. In addition to arranging "Liang Zhu" into Gaohu, Erhu, Pipa and Guzheng concertos, he also composed the erhu concertos "Love in a Troubled World", "Farewell", Erhu and Orchestra "Mochou Girl's Fantasy", and the national orchestra "Ili" A large number of folk instrumental works, such as "Riverside", "Festival Horse Racing" and Guzheng Concerto "Peacock Flying Southeast". In the 1990s, He Zhanhao was delighted to see the rookies in the guzheng field come out in large numbers. He composed the guzheng concertos "Lin'an Regret", "The Overlord of Western Chu", zheng, music and poem "Lu You and Tang Wan" and the guzheng solo pieces "Jasmine Fragrance" and "Sister Song". And so on, the traditional music "Moon's High" and "Spring River Flower Moon Night" have also been adapted. In addition, he also composed works such as Dizi Concerto "Long Grief", Liuqin Concerto "Flower", Yangqin Concerto "Roland Love" and other works, including Hong Kong singer Xu Xiaofeng's "It's Difficult to Say Goodbye" as well. He Zhanhao's work.
At the same time, he has also cultivated and recommended a large number of young artists who study Western classical music and Chinese folk music for the world music scene. In fact, he is a master of Chinese music who "learns both China and the West, brings forth the new, and advances through scholarship".