A song "Jiangnan Jiangnan" is amazing "The Voice of China". Jiashan guy wins Mao Weitao's turn
N Evening News reporter Huang Ye
"Jiangnan, have you been here? When I came to Jiangnan again, I dreamed of unforgettable Jiangnan, a poetic Jiangnan, beautiful Jiangnan ... "With the beautiful singing of Yue Opera, the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan with poems and paintings came to my eyes.
On November 13th, Zhejiang Satellite TV broadcasted the third program of the special season of Yue Opera with the Voice of China. Zhang Aijia, an outstanding young actor from Shanghai Yue Opera Art Training Institute (Shanghai Yue Theatre), a member of the Chinese Quyi Artists Association and the fourth representative inheritor of Jiashan County's intangible cultural heritage, sang a song "Jiangnan Jiangnan" that combined pop songs with Yue singing, which brought refreshing feelings to the judges and the audience and won the turn of the mentor Mao Weitao.
Yesterday, Zhang Aijia told the folks in Jiaxing through the Evening News that he would do his best to promote Yue Opera and Jiashan Xuanjuan and spread the profound Jiaxing culture.
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Recalling the original intention of participating in the special season of Yue Opera in Zhejiang Satellite TV's "The Voice of China", Zhang Aijia said that his Shanghai Yue Opera Art Training Institute (Shanghai Yue Theatre) fully respects the development of young Yue Opera actors and supports them to participate in their own play.
In terms of competition system, the special season of Yue Opera "The Voice of China" is similar to the previous "The Voice of China" watched by the audience, and the contestants can only advance after the instructor turns around.
In the first round of competition, Zhang Aijia prepared a number of tracks, both traditional excerpts from Yue Opera and innovative songs. Finally, the program group and he chose this song "Jiangnan Jiangnan". "In fact, I also want to choose this song in my heart, but I am not sure whether the program group and the audience can accept this combination of pop songs and Yue Opera. The affirmation of the program group has relieved me half."
"Jiangnan Jiangnan" was jointly created by Zhang Aijia and Jiashan local musician Sizhou Man, and was first released on June 3th last year in Reading Jia APP. Zhang Aijia and Sizhou men are opera and musicians in Jiashan. Last year, they came up with the idea of making a song for Jiaxing, especially through the cross-border combination of Yue Opera, Jiashan Xuanjuan and pop music to show the details and beauty of poetry and painting in the south of the Yangtze River.
"In fact, the combination of Yue Opera and pop music is not easy. Pop music is generally' tunes first', while Yue Opera is' lines first'. You have to run in and try again and again to get the final harmonious version." It is Zhang Aijia and Sizhou men who planted the seeds of innovation and integration that led to the brilliant bloom on this stage.
This time, Zhang Aijia also invited Sizhou men to sing together. Although I can't remember how many times I have been on stage and participated in performances, Zhang Aijia is particularly nervous in the face of this unknown stage. It is unknown whether the four mentors, Mao Weitao, Tao Huimin, Fang Yafen and Zheng Yunlong, will turn around and whether the audience will accept such opera innovation.
"But there is a voice in my heart that keeps echoing, that is, no matter what the result of the competition is, I promoted Yue Opera as an actor, and Jiashan Xuanjuan as a non-genetic inheritor, so that more people can feel the charm of traditional art, and my goal will be achieved." Zhang Aijia said.
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The meaning of Jiangnan minor is long and popular music is catchy, and they are combined in a song "Jiangnan Jiangnan" to show the beauty and vitality of Jiangnan.
At the end of the song, Mao Weitao turned around and Zhang Aijia was pleasantly surprised.
Mao Weitao is from Tongxiang, Jiaxing, and Zhang Aijia is from Jiashan, Jiaxing. They are fellow villagers of Jiaxing. As soon as he turned around, Mao Weitao said, "I think this style is too novel. An old actor is very creative with pop music and R&B music."
Zhang Aijia told reporters that he was particularly moved when Mao Weitao turned around. Mao Weitao, known as the "first female student in contemporary Yue Opera", has won the Plum Blossom Award in Chinese Drama for three times. She is a pioneer in the reform of traditional Yue Opera, breaking the content framework of "talented people and beautiful women" and creating refreshing works such as Kong Yiji and the new version of Butterfly Lovers.
"When I was a child, I was very opposed to innovation, but as I studied more and more deeply, when I went to the countryside to perform, I heard the villagers singing the new version of Butterfly Lovers, and I began to understand Mao Weitao's innovation. When I started to innovate myself and felt the difficulties, I admired Teacher Mao Weitao very much. " Zhang Aijia said that the creation and performance of "Jiangnan Jiangnan" is actually under a lot of pressure. "The innovation of traditional art often coexists with support and opposition, and controversy can sometimes promote our growth."
Now, Zhang Aijia's inner joy is self-evident.
After joining Mao Weitao's team, they will have more contact opportunities. "Teacher Mao Weitao was very familiar with Jiashan. There are many learning opportunities in her team, and she can meet more opera lovers and have a broader opera circle."
What impressed the audience in Jiaxing was that Zhang Aijia's Jiaxing element was "full" in this performance, which not only sang a song with Jiashan local singers to show the details of Jiaxing Jiangnan, but also promoted a Jiashan propaganda volume in the program. Jiashan Xuanjuan is an intangible cultural heritage in Zhejiang Province. In 215, Zhang Aijia took Yuan Yunfu, the representative inheritor of Jiashan Xuanjuan, as his teacher, and then he learned Jiashan Xuanjuan across disciplines, striving to bring this once-declining ditty back into the public's field of vision. Today, he is a representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage in Jiashan County.
"It is the responsibility of contemporary young opera actors to innovate in inheritance." Zhang Aijia said that in the next competition, he will, as always, make efforts to comprehensively display traditional operas and innovative operas. Opera lovers in Jiaxing can also look forward to what Jiaxing elements he will show next.