Li Zhen

Organized by 天井 on 2022-04-11
Introduction to Li Zhen(dizi)Master performer

Li Zhen, born in 1944, from Hequ County, Shanxi Province, moved to Inner Mongolia with his family when he was a child. He is the king of Mongolian flute and enjoys special allowances from the State Council. Now he is a national first-class actor, vice chairman of China Bamboo Flute Professional Committee, and member of China Musicians Association. , Executive director of the Chinese National Orchestra Society, member of the Chinese Minority Musicians Association, director of the National Wind Music Research Association of the China Music Association. Mr. Li Zhen is currently a member of the Inner Mongolia Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, an executive director of the Music Association, a director of the Inner Mongolia International Cultural Exchange Center, and a director of the Inner Mongolia Overseas Friendship Association.

He began to learn flute art from Mr. Liu Xinghan and Huang Shangyuan, and graduated from Inner Mongolia Art School in 1965. Because he has accumulated a solid foundation of folk music, his flute rhythm has strong Mongolian music characteristics and singing artistic style; at the same time, he inherits the new-style dizi charm of Mr. Liu Sen, the master of the new school of flute art, and is unique in the flute world. Research, extensive collection, performance skills have long been perfected. Over the years, he has repeatedly visited Japan, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and other countries and regions, and his successful performances have been highly appreciated and warmly welcomed.

In 1994, the flute piece "Walking to the West Mouth" composed by him was selected as the designated piece for the preliminary and final rounds of the 3rd Taipei National Music Competition. Through his special concerts, such as the Mongolian matouqin master Qi Baoligao performed on the same stage at the Beijing Concert Hall in October 1987, and held a solo recital at the Hong Kong City Hall in September 1996. May 1997 In the solo concerts at the National Music Hall in Taipei, etc., his unique flute skills were brought into full play, and he was highly praised by the music industry.

After decades of tempering and performance practice in his artistic career, Mr. Li Zhen has composed many well-known and excellent pieces. His main works are: flute performance "Spring in Ordos", "Under the Daqing Mountain", "Hoot Bonfire" and "Missing in the Prairie". . The flute suite "Prairie Lyrics" and the flute concerto "Going West". Bawu's music "Pastoral Song", "Dase Lake Fisherman's Song", Xun performance "Aobao Festival", etc. In addition to winning many awards in music competitions in Inner Mongolia and China, his works have been listed in many art schools or groups in China. As a teaching material, the warm invitation to invite him to give lectures in person has never ceased.

Mr. Li Zhen is not only outstanding in flute performance and repertoire creation, but also spares no effort in the research and improvement of musical instruments, and has made a lot of achievements. As early as 1976, he successfully tried and promoted the use of Yunnan Hani musical instrument "Bawu" to play Mongolian music; in the early 1980s, he developed a traditional six-tone hole bamboo flute to extend seven tones (pure fifth) The fingering method makes the usable sound range reach three octaves (for the fingering, please refer to the second issue of "Chinese Music" in 1987, page 48); In addition to retaining the traditional tone of bamboo flute, the flute body and the low-single big flute series made of the same material are sturdy and not cracked, with good sound quality, but are sensitive and excellent in pitch, which has successfully solved the problem of the current flute industry. The problem of dry and cracked brain has won rave reviews among peers, and thus won the first prize of Inner Mongolia Culture and Science and Technology Progress Award in 1991 and a Chinese national patent. Due to Mr. Li Zhen's combination of virtue and art, passion for teaching flute skills and careful mentioning, he has cultivated many outstanding children, among whom he may have become the backbone of outstanding achievements in the music industry, or be rated as having unlimited potential. A rookie in the music world, Mr. Li Zhen has contributed greatly to his efforts and achievements for the inheritance of Chinese music.

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