Last night, Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall welcomed a special audience - members of the Foreigner Storytelling Club. After watching the new round of resident performances of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra's Guofeng Music Live "Folk Music from the Sea", they were full of praise for the performance that brought fresh energy to traditional Chinese music by complementing each other with Chinese music, light and shadow, and architecture.

"I'm planning to create a film about China. I want to reach some cooperation with the head of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, Luo Xiaoci, and use some contemporary methods to integrate traditional Chinese music in this film." Academy Award The award-winning director Ke Wensi said after watching "Folk Music from the Sea" tonight that he couldn't wait to call some of his friends, "I hope to bring them to watch "Folk Music from the Sea", a show that combines oriental and Western music style, I really like it!"

The famous British director Ke Wensi's real name is Malcolm Clarke. It is not difficult to see his close relationship with China from the authentic way of naming. Ke Wensi has been engaged in the creation of documentaries and feature films for more than 30 years, and has filmed in more than 80 countries around the world. His works have won 2 Academy Awards and 16 Emmy Awards. He has been concerned about China's development for a long time and has created many documentaries about China, which he calls "China's Four Parts". At present, "Better Angels" and "A Long Cherished Dream" have been completed and launched.

"After the performance last night, Ke Wensi showed a strong interest in the pipa, zhongruan, Konghou and other national musical instruments." Luo Xiaoci, head of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, told reporters that she hoped that the resident performance of "Folk Music from the Sea" would not only be emotionally Resonating with Chinese and foreign audiences, it can also inspire everyone to explore and think about traditional Chinese culture.

The resident performance "Folk Music from the Sea", co-produced by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra of the Grand Theater Arts Center and the Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall, was a great success in the first round of resident performances last year. From August 19th to September 2nd, with the participation of more new-generation folk music performers, this resident performance will lead Chinese and foreign audiences to experience the cultural charm and contemporary aesthetics of the millennium Chinese music.

"Artists bring these unforgettable experiences and sway their emotions in their performances intentionally or unintentionally, making the works more plump, heavy and moving." As Ma Junfeng, director of "Folk Music from the Sea" said, when those familiar melodies are separated after a few moments When replayed by artists months later, every note is infused with a new sense of life.

This time, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra is equipped with a number of different rehearsal echelons for the nine pieces of "Folk Music from the Sea". This not only taps the potential of more young performers in the troupe, but also provides them with a broader display platform, integrating business training with performance practice.

In "Flying Bees", orchestra performers Ying Yiting, Ling Meng, Li Chenxiao, Jiang Yuanqing and Li Chunxu made their debut on stage to perform this difficult piece. The scene when the wings are flying. In the process of creating and rehearsing the piece, they constantly exchanged experiences, exchanged skills with each other, and discussed the performance techniques in the piece together.

In the percussion part of the orchestra, the performers even practiced by changing the parts of each other. In the resident performance, many pieces have used a variety of percussion instruments, and the playing methods of each instrument are very different. In addition to polishing their own parts, percussionists Jiang Yuanqing, Yang Yang, Dou Qiang and others also joined the rehearsal of other pieces, practicing each percussion part of different pieces, and trying various combinations. For every performer, this is not only a challenge, but also an opportunity to improve their skills and improve themselves. Through learning and mastering more skills, comprehending richer emotions, and using better musical language to communicate with audiences and friends we meet again.

As more performers of the orchestra join the team of "Folk Music from the Sea", each person has a different understanding of the music, different musical processing and stage styles, so that the same work will show different personality charms. Through the rehearsal format of the workshop, the original cast and new members of the first round of resident performances relayed the inheritance, helping the artists with pursuit and enthusiasm to grow rapidly, and the audience will also have the opportunity to enjoy more new generation folk music Display of the performers.

The orchestra's suona performers Yan Jinlong and Jiang Feng are both on the stage of Guofeng Music Live "Folk Music from the Sea" for the first time. In this resident performance, they will take turns to perform the solo part of Armenian flute and suona in "Crossing". This piece of music, which combines the traditional instrument suona with modern electronic music, turned the audience over and over again, and the performances of the two new members were even more distinctive. Yan Jinlong's suona performance is very powerful, penetrating and impactful, and Jiang Feng, who loves rock and roll on weekdays, meets the cool electro-acoustic band of the orchestra, showing the fashionable and trendy style of contemporary Chinese music.

In terms of artistic creation, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra has always adhered to the professional concept of integration, innovation, openness and inclusiveness, and explored more possibilities of contemporary folk music. In the second round of resident performances, some new combinations made their debut, giving the works new vitality. Last year, "Wine Song" performed the heroic pride of the overlord Xiang Yu, and this year, the orchestra's new "Yu Xi" transformed the character's perspective. Pipa performers Zhu Tianjin, Li Shengnan, and Liu Xuexian became Yu Ji, and the Peking Opera together was also written by Tsing Yi. It is changed to a colorful face, which combines hardness and softness, and tells the eternal love of a long song and an unswerving love. Before the performance, the artists discussed the deeper cultural connotation behind the works together, carefully experienced the different twists and turns of emotions and mood changes of Bawang and Yuji, and integrated them into the characters, perfectly matching Pipa music and Peking Opera.

Before the performance, Yao Shenshen, the music coordinator and rehearsal conductor, and Peng Fei, the rehearsal conductor, carefully proofread with the technical staff of stage art, costume, multimedia, lighting, sound, etc., and led the performers to repeatedly practice walking on the stage, constantly polishing and optimizing, and strive for perfection. Yao Shenshen said: "We have carefully summed up the valuable experience of the first round of 23 performances, carried out a more refined rehearsal for the second round of resident performances, and made more artistic treatment of each piece, even the details of the soft sound. Carefully crafted. Although it is a repeat performance, we will always hold the mentality of the first round and present the highest quality audio-visual experience to the audience. "