On February 26, there were bursts of melodious piano sounds from the Lushan Central Hall of Changsha Concert Hall. On the stage, an elegant woman was playing dulcimer intoxicated. This is the 65th "People's Stage" folk music special session of Changsha Concert Hall in 2022 - the "Hundred Strings" dulcimer concert. More than 100 Changsha citizens and dulcimer lovers came to listen to the concert, and the atmosphere was warm.
As the guide of this concert, Tan Zhu, the president of the Dulcimer Society of Hunan Musicians Association, a national first-class performer, and a dulcimer professional teacher at Hunan Vocational College of Arts, led the audience to appreciate the dulcimer through the explanation and performance of the dulcimer. A dulcimer concert for both refined and popular tastes.
"In the new era, dulcimer, as a national and international musical instrument, deserves to be known and loved by more people!" In the past 25 years, Tan Zhu has devoted himself to conveying Hunan culture with dulcimer and cultivating more outstanding folk music talents. , carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese music, and show the charm of Chinese national music to the world. Tan Zhu, as the guide of the concert, led the audience to enjoy a dulcimer concert that was appreciated by both the refined and the popular.
In order to promote the spread of dulcimer culture, Tan Zhu has conducted many exchanges of dulcimer culture.

Falling leaves return to their roots to promote the development of folk music in their hometown

"I hope that I am worthy of my hometown and worthy of myself." In 1996, Tan Zhu graduated from the China Conservatory of Music and won the honors of an outstanding graduate of the Ministry of Culture and a three-good student in Beijing. With deep nostalgia for her homeland, she resolutely returned to her hometown of Hunan from Beijing and returned to teach at the alma mater, Hunan Art Vocational College (formerly Hunan Art School).
During the winter and summer, Tan Zhu trained hundreds of dulcimer students. Some of them competed for gold and silver in national and provincial competitions and won honors, some grew into teachers in colleges, middle schools and primary schools, and some were admitted to professional troupes and embarked on the career path of dulcimer performers.
In recent years, more than 40 students under the guidance of Tan Zhu have won gold, silver and bronze awards in national and provincial competitions. In June 2018, Tan Zhu's student Huang Jun won the national first prize in the National Vocational College Skills Competition held by the Ministry of Education, and she was named "Excellent Instructor". In December of the same year, in the competition of informatization teaching design at the annual meeting of the China Art Vocational Education Association, the teaching design "Dulcimer Glide Finger Techniques" completed by Tan Zhu won the national first prize in the vocational group of professional courses.
Since serving as the president of the Yangqin Society, Tan Zhu has successfully organized, planned and participated in a series of influential activities in the whole country and the whole province. Including the 1st Yangqin New Works Selection and New Works Performance Competition in Hunan, China in 2015, the 3rd China Yangqin Art Festival in 2016, and the 2018 "Golden Jincheng Cup" Yangqin Selection and Performance in the Central South Region.
In addition, Tan Zhu has been awarded as "Excellent Teacher", "Award", "Excellent Lesson Plan" and "Excellent Classroom Record" by Hunan Art Vocational College for many times. In 2019, she was awarded the title of "Outstanding Communist Party Member" and "Advanced Worker" by the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism.

Eclectic, inject life into art inspiration

"When I was collecting folk music in Yunnan, I learned that 'Adain' is a transliteration of the Bai language, which means that everyone is welcome to visit the Bai people." Tan Zhu composed the dulcimer solo "Adain" based on the folk music of the Bai nationality, which was published in the third This piece was introduced at the National Dulcimer Works Symposium, and it was well received by colleagues in the industry.
Tan Zhu's dulcimer solo "Xiang Ling Yun Shui" is based on the tunes of Hunan folk songs and Huagu Opera, depicting the image of a passionate and agile Xiang girl, and the combination of glissando fingertips and plucking makes the melody more melodious and melodious. tactfully. This work won the "Excellence Award" for the original work in the 1st China Hunan Yangqin New Works Selection and Dulcimer Performance Competition in 2015, and was included in the "Yangqin Award-winning New Works Collection" published by China Publishing Group and Modern Publishing House.
At the same time, Tan Zhu used theory to connect with practice, and his paper "The Application of Glide Fingers and Techniques in Dulcimer Performance" won the "First Prize" in the 2021 Excellent Paper Selection of Hunan Educational Research Workers Association, and hosted The research work of Hunan Provincial Department of Education's education and teaching reform project "Research on Teaching Innovation and Practice of Instrumental Music Major "Combination Training" Course in Colleges and Universities - Taking the Teaching Reform of Ensemble and Ensemble Classes in Hunan Art Vocational College as an example".
Based on years of teaching experience, Tan Zhu has extensively collected and sorted out, compiled a large number of basic etudes, and independently edited the book "Introduction to Yangqin", which was published and distributed by Hunan People's Publishing House. There are more than 150 etudes, which are favored by dulcimer teachers and students.

Attach importance to exchanges and carry forward the Chinese dulcimer

"The dulcimer originated in the Middle East and spread to more than 30 countries in the world. It was introduced to China from Persia about 500 years ago. It is the only musical instrument in the world of folk music." Always gushing.
In order to promote the spread of dulcimer culture at home and abroad, Tan Zhu has gone abroad for many times to conduct dulcimer cultural exchanges. She visited Ireland, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands with the Changsha Municipal Government Friendship Group, where she conducted cultural and artistic exchanges and performances of dulcimer, and spent the Chinese New Year with local Chinese.
In April 2016, invited by the Hungary-China Art and Culture Association and the European "Belt and Road" Economic and Cultural Development Promotion Association, Tan Zhu brought his original Hunan-style dulcimer works to Austria with the Chinese dulcimer award-winning teachers and students' European tour group , Hungary and Romania to carry out dulcimer music cultural exchange activities, and held two public performances and three academic exchange activities in Vienna European Times Agency, Budapest Music Center, Liszt University of Music, Seidegg Center Theater, and Bucharest State University of Music respectively. Performed and exchanged with European dulcimer players on the same stage and played a song together.
"I love my ethnic music education career very much, and regard cultivating outstanding students as a continuation of my artistic life. Although I have achieved some achievements, I am skilled in diligence and playfulness, and my learning is endless." Tan Zhu told reporters that in the future, she will continue to regard every honor as a driving force to move forward, and every harvest as another starting point for her educational career. She will use Yangqin to show the characteristics of Huxiang, carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and let Huxiang Yangqin Better to go to the world.