China News Service, Fuzhou, February 20 (Reporter Long Min) On the occasion of the closing of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, China News Service officially released the Winter Olympics public welfare song "Snow Burning".
The public welfare song was composed by Xu Dejin, a senior reporter from China News Agency and director of the Fujian branch who participated in the 1990 Beijing Asian Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The theater's young tenor Yao Zhongyi, Fujian Song and Dance Theater young soprano Dong Di, Fuzhou University vocal teacher Bu Jin, and young singer Ye Yu sang together.
During the recording of "Snow Burning", the reporter interviewed composer Li Shiyao at the Xingfeiyue recording studio located in Gulou District, Fuzhou City.
Photo by Lu Ming
The public welfare song "Snow Burning" conveys the power of youth, raises the spirit of struggle, demonstrates perseverance, and expresses patriotic feelings and "faster, higher, stronger - more united, let's go to the future together!"
The picture shows the recording site of the public welfare song "Snow Burning" for the Winter Olympics. The composer Li Shiyao explained to the singers.
Photo by Lu Ming
During the recording of the public welfare song, a reporter from Chinanews.com interviewed songwriter Li Shiyao at the Xingfeiyue Recording Studio located in Gulou District, Fuzhou City.
When talking about the original intention of creating "Snow Burning", Li Shiyao introduced that during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, he saw a poem called "Snow Burning" published by senior journalist Xu Dejin. The beautiful lines were magnificent, so he decided to compose music for this poem. , a tribute to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
"Seeing the fierce battle in the Winter Olympics, I don't think musicians should be absent."
The picture shows the recording site of the public welfare song "Snow Burning" at the Winter Olympics.
Photo by Lu Ming
Li Shiyao has long insisted on creating public welfare songs, promoting truth, goodness and beauty, and spreading positive energy.
In 2004, his "Landscape" won two state-level authoritative awards in succession at the 9th "Five-One Project" Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction of the Central Propaganda Department and the 3rd China Music Golden Bell Award.
In 2020, a sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic disrupted everyone's work and life.
In the face of the epidemic, the people of the whole country are united to fight the epidemic together.
Li Shiyao has successively composed 30 anti-epidemic songs such as "With You", "China, You Walk", "The Party Flag Is Flying", "Retrograde for Love", "You Are the Most Beautiful", "Heroic Man", "Don't Say Goodbye", etc., fighting the epidemic with art , to gather strength, use excellent literary and artistic works to warmly inspire the medical staff galloping in Wuhan, and strengthen everyone's determination and confidence to overcome the epidemic.
The picture shows the recording site of the public welfare song "Snow Burning" at the Winter Olympics.
Photo by Lu Ming
Li Shiyao said, "I can use music to do more things that are meaningful to the society, bring a little warmth and strength to others in my favorite way, and pass some positive energy to the society."
As early as 2008, Li Shiyao began to try sports-themed public welfare songs.
In 2015, the first National Youth Games was held in Fuzhou, and Li Shiyao was the composer of the song "The Wind of Youth".
This year, the world-renowned 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be held. Athletes from all over the world will work hard to win gold and silver in the arena in Beijing.
Li Shiyao is also a follower of the Winter Olympics.
He said that Gu Ailing jumped out of the 1620 ultra-high difficulty and other scenes made us excited and cheered.
Therefore, as soon as I saw the poem "Snow Burning", I immediately composed it. The composition of this song was almost completed in one go.
"My mentality is the same as this poem, we waited for years."
On the occasion of the closing of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, China News Service released the public welfare song "Snow Burning" for the Winter Olympics.
The picture shows the recording of the song.
Photo by Lu Ming
Talking about creative ideas, Li Shiyao said that the Winter Olympics is a gathering of youth, and a youth storm roared in Beijing and even China.
It arouses my nostalgia and nostalgia for youth, and stimulates my creative desire. I hope that through "Snow Burning", I can convey the spirit of youth, self-confidence, hard work and perseverance.
"The biggest feature of "Snow Burning" is that it has both momentum and popular style." Li Shiyao introduced that the song uses a lot of copper horns and strings to show the Chinese atmosphere and the character of the sea; the rhythm absorbs the elements of European and American popular songs, Fashionable and full of rhythm, it is more international and closer to young people.
In order to facilitate singing, the vocal range of the song is also controlled, suitable for amateurs and non-amateurs to sing; I hope to guide more young people to be able to aesthetically in a healthy direction.
Yao Zhongyi, Dong Di, Bu Jin, Ye Yu and other singers all expressed in interviews with reporters that they felt the positive Olympic spirit in the song.
Bu Jin said, "Although it is ice and snow, we are very young inside, and then very excited, and then very enthusiastic. Therefore, it is called "snow burning", which is very important. It inspires our younger generation to be youthful and infinite vitality, to be positive and never give up. an upward spirit.”
On the occasion of the closing of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, China News Agency officially released the public welfare song "Snow Burning".
Pictured is the sheet music.
provided by the songwriter
Regarding the road of creation, Li Shiyao admitted frankly that he will keep walking and creating, and he will sing Fuzhou and Fujian to the world.
Over the years, Li Shiyao has traveled to almost every county and city in Fujian, and the Minshan and Minshui have become the source of his creative inspiration.
He said that musicians should know more about the local culture, and the rich and colorful culture provides valuable resources and rich materials for creation.
Musicians should be good at excavating it, and should go deeper into the grassroots and the people, so as to truly experience the local earthy culture.
"And then use it in our modern music creation and literary and artistic creation to create more works that are more down-to-earth." (End)