On June 12, the 12th Guangdong Music Invitational Awards Concert of "Yunshan Zhushui Ode to the Party" was held in Shawan Cultural Center, Panyu District, Guangzhou.

This concert is sponsored by Guangzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Guangzhou Musicians Association, which brings Guangdong music back to its birthplace, Panyu Shawan, and interprets the road of inheritance and innovation in recent years with a masterpiece.

Photo: Folk Music Small Ensemble "Thunder in Dry Sky"

Cantonese rhythm in concert spreads masterpieces

The concert featured the gold-winning team program of the 12th Guangdong Music Invitational Competition, and invited famous musicians, young singers and conductors such as Chen Fangyi, Yu Lefu, Xiong Sijia, Li Yiwen, Sun Minghao and Luo Zhongyun to perform. Xinghai Conservatory of Music and Shengsheng Ensemble, Panyu District Bangjiangdong Primary School, and Taishan Guangdong Music Troupe respectively performed the Sheng Ensemble "Cottage Wind", the folk music ensemble "Dry Sky Thunder", and the "Wujiatou" group "Childhood Time", Weng Yonghui and The Panyu Serious D Orchestra performed together the popular Hong Kong classic songs such as "Pearl of the Orient".

The concert also staged recently created Cantonese music works such as the wind and percussion ensemble "Sail the Great Bay", and the flute solo "Treading the Rain and Heart Clear".

Wind and Percussion Ensemble "Sail the Great Bay"

In this concert, Guangdong Music Troupe and Guangzhou Wind Music Society Youth Wind Orchestra brought the authorized repertoire "I Believe in You" Guangzhou original group songs "Kapok Red", "Oriental Spirit", "Drunk to Hometown" and "Dream" "The Pearl River Flows Slowly", etc., through the symphonic fusion of national musical instruments and Western musical instruments, the influence and dissemination of the group songs have been enhanced and enhanced, which has become a highlight of the concert.

Chen Fangyi, vice-chairman of Guangzhou Musicians Association and inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong music in Guangzhou, said: "There are 6 newly created repertoires in this concert, and 4 repertoires based on traditional Cantonese music. There is one music adaptation. The purpose is to hope that Guangdong music can inherit and innovate on the basis of tradition, and hope that it can play a guiding role in the industry.”

Invitational sowing the seeds of folk music

Guangdong music has a history of more than 100 years and is the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage announced by the State Council. It originated in Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta, and then spread to the whole country and the regions where Chinese people from all over the world go. It has formed its own unique musical instrument and playing style in the continuous reform and enjoys a high reputation in the world.

Awards to winning teams

According to reports, since 2008, the Guangdong Music Invitational Competition has been successfully held for 12 consecutive sessions under the support and guidance of the Guangzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The competition insists on promoting Cantonese music among young people, sowing the seeds of folk music in the hearts of the general public, and gathering and gathering a large number of school students and social orchestras.

In recent years, the scale of participation in the Invitational Tournament has continued to expand, with an annual number of more than 5,000 people, including teachers and students from primary and secondary schools, military units, institutions, enterprises, and civil society from all walks of life. The participating teams are from Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The Greater Bay Area, as well as folk music teams in Hunan and other places.

The Guangdong Music Invitational Competition has become an important carrier for the Guangzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles to promote the inheritance and innovation of "intangible cultural heritage" traditional music, allowing the public to appreciate and inherit the essence of Guangdong music in the study and interpretation of Guangdong music, and further promote the development of Chinese folk music.

Luo Hong, vice chairman of Guangdong Music Association and chairman of Guangzhou Music Association, said: "The creation of Guangdong music must keep pace with the times, play more beautiful melodies, move people's hearts, make Guangdong music more grounded, and people love and appreciate it more."

The birthplace nurtures and inherits Guangdong music

As the birthplace of Guangdong music, Shawan is the area with the most active Cantonese music cultural activities and the richest preservation of music historical relics. , "The Three Heroes of the He Family" (He Liutang, He Yunian, He Shaoxia) represented by the pioneers of Cantonese music, and there are a large number of classic Cantonese music such as "Raining Banana", "Dragon Race" and "Hungry Horse Rattle". , which had a profound impact on the formation and development of Guangdong music genres.

Live concert photo

In recent years, Shawan has actively carried out a number of Guangdong music brand activities such as "Shawan Guangdong Music Special Concert", "Shawan Guangdong Music Private Partnership Competition", "Shawan Primary and Middle School Students' National Instrumental Music Performance Competition", etc. The atmosphere of Cantonese music has become increasingly strong. The social benefits of mass culture have become more and more prominent, and it has been awarded the "Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art (Guangdong Music)" in 2021-2023, which has promoted the inheritance, dissemination and development of Guangdong music.

Yu Lefu live performance

Yu Lefu, a young gaohu performer and a master tutor at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music, said: "Shawan is one of the birthplaces of Guangdong music, and the many classic works left by the three masters of He's family are always worth learning by our contemporary and future generations of Guangdong musicians. , research and inheritance of valuable musical cultural heritage. We want to inherit their innovative spirit and make Cantonese music prosper.”

Zhang Jinwei, founder of "Qingluo Music Square" of Panyu Shawan Local Private Partnership Bureau, said: "I hope that in the future, more young people from different places will pay attention to or learn Cantonese music, and inherit Cantonese music together."