China News Service, Beijing, October 20 (Reporter Ying Ni) Cheng Fangyuan, known as the "evergreen tree in the singing world," performed a wonderful "Latin American Carnival" concert for the audience on the evening of the 19th at the Sanlitun Red Hall.
At the performance site, black seats half-enclose the stage, and blue and purple lights are projected on the stage, which is more like a Live House than a concert.
"I entered the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble at the age of twenty. It is the peak of my debut. This is the first time I have performed in such a venue and atmosphere." Cheng Fangyuan said frankly.
For her, the stage of the Beijing International Music Festival has achieved the performance scene and presentation that she has been looking forward to.
Photo courtesy of Cheng Fangyuan and Band at Beijing International Music Festival
Cheng Fangyuan, bassist Huang Yong, guitarist Feng Chong, keyboardist Feng Wei, jazz drummer Liu Ziyan and percussionist Happily formed a band that brings classic Chinese and foreign pop, blues, and jazz-style songs, as well as the most popular arias in operas And songs that people are familiar with in musicals.
A well-known song "Only You in My Heart Without Him" ignited the audience with a fiery style.
The well-suited "Sanlitun's corazon" is selected from Cheng Fangyuan's "All the Way Style" album.
This album not only presents ten new singing works, but also creates the concept of "music image" for the first time. It uses both music and photography to explain the inspiration of Fangyuan and record her little mood during her travels.
Subsequently, Cheng Fangyuan and the band presented "The Baikal Lake" composed by Li Jian and "The Loved Lovers". The former has a Russian style folk music style, and the latter is elegant and ethereal.
The classic memories of "Childhood", the highly vocal popular music "Let’s Live", jazz "Autumn Leaves", etc., various styles of music works, Cheng Fangyuan is readily available, and even has a show on the spot. Drums, the enthusiastic drumbeat once again brought the audience into the land of Latin America, and the applause continued for a long time.
As the first professional classical music festival in China, the Beijing International Music Festival has been deeply involved in China’s classical music business since its establishment. However, in the history of the festival, there have been many pop singers and jazz masters who have come on stage to bring rich cross-borders. show.
For example, the appearance of the famous jazz master Kenny Garrett in 2010, the rock singer Cui Jian and Luo Dayou, the American pop star Michael Bolton took turns on stage in 2012, and even the music talent Huang Yunling joined forces with Lin Junjie to bring popular trends in Latin America in 2013. The carnival concert is also another crossover manifestation of the Beijing International Music Festival.
Zou Shuang, the artistic director of the Beijing International Music Festival, said bluntly, “Teacher Cheng Fangyuan has been exposed to all kinds of music. He is a person who dares to get in touch with new things. I hope to be able to present more types of music and present world music on stage." (End)