China News Service, Beijing, September 1st (Reporter Ying Ni) "Cloud Thunder" Nie Yunleisheng's work concert was staged at the Beijing Concert Hall on the evening of August 31st.
The concert showed the audience the original works accumulated by the famous sheng performer Nie Yunlei with music for decades, showing Nie Yunlei's excellent playing skills and his love and dedication to the sheng instrument.
Nie Yunlei and Gong Linna and Zhang Hao
The concert features the famous Peking Opera artist Chi Xiaoqiu and the founder of Chinese New Art Music Gong Linna.
The famous conductor Zhang Ming, together with the Beijing Chinese Orchestra and Nie Yunlei, "weave" the most wonderful sheng concerto national symphony picture.
The first half of the concert will be Sheng's chamber music works, and the second half will be performed by Sheng's concerto in cooperation with the Beijing Chinese Orchestra, a famous Chinese national orchestra.
"Clouds and Thunder", "Like You and Me", "Wind Flower Snow Moon", "Yun Shao", "Sheng Sheng", "The Bright Moon on the Sea" and many other works with different styles were performed in this concert, showing the Chinese Sheng as a Chinese The unique charm of traditional musical instruments presented a moving musical feast to every audience present.
Photo by Zhang Hao at the performance site
Sheng performer Nie Yunlei is a national first-class performer, the leader of the Beijing Peking Opera Youth Troupe, the leader of the Gong Luoxin Art Orchestra, and a visiting professor of the Music Department of the China Academy of Drama.
He has studied folk music and opera music since he was a child, and is keen on the performance of national chamber music. He can freely apply the performance method of opera to the cooperation of the band, and is known for his "flexibility" in performance.
The sheng he plays is different from the traditional sheng, combining the advantages of the key sheng and the traditional sheng, widening its range and enriching its expressiveness.
In addition to studying and studying the inheritance and improvement of the musical instrument itself, Nie Yunlei pays more attention to the new music works of Sheng, and hopes that through his own efforts, more contemporary "sheng" sounds will be heard by the audience.
Many new works commissioned by him for Sheng premiered in this concert, and the audience responded enthusiastically.
Photo by Nie Yunlei and Zhang Hao
Nie Yunlei said: "In Cao Cao's "Tan Ge Xing", 'I have guests, the drummer blows the sheng', it can be seen that the sheng has a long history. There should be more possibilities to explore in music. Therefore, this concert has made a diversified attempt on this instrument. Composers create for Sheng, and I will continue to discover new things. ."(Finish)