Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 6 - Feature articles: Epidemic Without Borders heartwarming music - music note in the Egyptian people to join hands in the fight against SARS interpretation of "cloud Symphony"
Xinhua News Agency reporter Gu Kang Xu Yang Wu Danni
The epidemic spread violently, breaking through national borders and endangering lives.
Music, soothe the pain, travel through time and space, inspiring!
At the critical moment when the New Crown Virus raged across the world, Chinese and Egyptian musicians thousands of miles away performed the world-famous "Triumphant March" in an ingenious "cloud ensemble" way, inspiring people to be brave with symphony symbolizing victory For the predicament, optimistic to meet the dawn of victory over the epidemic.
Emerging creative music
"I play in the piano room at home, and the trumpet player in Egypt plays in his home. At different times and in different places, we can share the joy of playing together with music as the carrier." This "transnational cloud The creative side of the ensemble, the trumpet chief of the Liaoning Opera House (Liaoning Symphony Orchestra), Yuan Ye recently recalled the scene of the ensemble not long ago to Xinhua News Agency reporters.
Zhu Xinyu, deputy dean of the Liaoning Opera House, said that last year the Liaoning Symphony Orchestra was invited to perform in Egypt to form friendship with colleagues in the Cairo Opera House. After the outbreak, they learned that the musicians of the two opera houses were working at home, so they developed the idea of a piece in a ensemble.
"After receiving the idea of the Liaoning Opera House, I proposed to choose the" Triumphant March ", which is well known to both China and Egypt, and immediately received a positive response." One of the master planners responsible for the central coordination of the "Cloud Ensemble", China Shi Yuewen, Minister Counselor of the Egyptian Embassy and Director of the Cairo Chinese Cultural Center, said.
"Triumph march" is one of the most famous march in the world, selected from the famous masterpiece of Italian opera master Verdi "Aida", tells the story of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh. The melody of the music is so high and exciting that it shows the majesty of the heroes of the triumphant soldiers, which is very consistent with the desire of the people today to overcome the epidemic.
The director of the Cairo Opera House, Majidi Sabir, believes that this song at this time can most inspire the people of the two countries to "sound the horn of solidarity and cooperation for us to fight the epidemic."
Cloud ensemble sincere collaboration
"The key to the Cloud Ensemble is the neat rhythm." The first attempt of such an air ensemble was "the first time" for Li Qiu, the chief of the Liaoning Symphony Orchestra who has been engaged in music for more than 30 years.
"We usually have a unified conductor for performances." Li Qiu said, while recording a song at home alone, "It's difficult to complete stepping on a rhythm exactly. Many of us recorded seven or eight times." .
"Yun playing is mainly based on remote communication. Shooting a video requires coordination of many technical details. We have conducted a lot of phone and email communication." Shi Yuewen said. There is a 6-hour time difference between Egypt and China, and Cairo's internet speed is often unstable, which makes the job more difficult.
After the filming plan was determined, the five musicians at the Cairo Opera House quickly recorded performances at their homes and passed them on to the Chinese Cultural Center in a timely manner, and repeatedly communicated details such as images, videos, and translations.
Zhu Xinyu said that the "Cloud Ensemble" video, which lasted only 1 minute and 34 seconds, had been communicated, selected, recorded, and edited for nearly half a month. "We recorded repeatedly, and finally presented this complete work to everyone."
"The willingness of the musicians of the two countries to work together to complete the music works to overcome difficulties and to unite and cooperate deeply moved me deeply." Majidi Sabir wrote in an email in response to an interview with reporters.
Implies a good life together
Jiang Haisheng, chief of the second violin of the Liaoning Symphony Orchestra, who participated in the "Cloud Ensemble", said that "The Triumph March" has a very good meaning. After the song was uploaded to the Internet, many industry colleagues called him and said that this ensemble is too meaningful: "My daughter who studied in Germany also praised me and said that I was very touched after listening to this special ensemble."
On April 22, after the ensemble video was broadcast on the official website of the Cairo Opera House and the Chinese Cultural Center, it was generally well received by Egyptian audiences. Many audience members said that during the time when the people of the two ancient civilizations were fighting side by side against the epidemic, the musicians loved to play, which not only transferred confidence and strength to each other through the online method, but also enriched the cultural life of the audience during their stay at home. Egyptian Minister of Culture Abdul-Dayam believes that this event is a tangible expression of the spirit of cooperation and sincere friendship between the two peoples.
"Both countries are different, and they share a common ground." Shi Yuewen said that after the outbreak, China and Egypt have been watching each other for help and overcome the difficulties together, confirming the long-lasting friendship between the two peoples.
At the end of the interview, the inspired Maggie Sabir wrote a message: "Bless Egypt and China!" (Participating reporters: Zhao Hongnan, Jiang Jie, Lin Yan, Duan Minfu)