Tickets for the Shanghai sharing event are instantly available, and this American tycoon is composing a musical for a Chinese musical. | Human Disqualification | Chinese

On August 4th, the "Frank Wildhorn Music Sharing Conference" for "Life and Death", "100 Scenes of Tokyo", and "Dust Falling into the Sea" was held at the Shanghai Grand Theater. Frank Wildhorn, the composer of the original Chinese musical "Human Disqualification", played the steel piano live to accompany actors such as Bai Jugang and Liu Lingfei. The songs of "Human Disqualification" received warm applause from the entire audience.

Due to his surname "Wildhorn," Frank Wildhorn is more affectionately referred to as "Uncle Wild Horn" among Chinese musical fans. His representative work "Transforming into a Doctor" has been translated into more than 30 languages and has over a hundred performance versions. He has also achieved impressive results in works such as "Dracula," "Death Note," and "The Smiling Man.". As early as the 1980s and 1990s, Frank Wildhorn composed music for several pop stars, and Whitney Houston's "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" earned her the seventh consecutive Billboard single title.

Frank Wildhorn was invited to China by Ran Space, the producer and producer of the musical "Human Disgrace". On August 2nd, he was invited to perform the entire show live for the first time after composing the music for "Human Disgrace". "The stage space exceeded my imagination." Unlike Frank Wildhorn's previous creations, "Human Disgrace" is a typical Eastern style story, which made him feel very challenged. "As my Chinese original debut, composing passionate and extreme music for this story full of life meaning is not entirely my credit, Ran Space and all the creative efforts are very important."

Liang Yibing, the producer and producer of "Human Disqualification", smiled and said that after being admitted to the theater and passing by the Shanghai Grand Theatre, when he saw a video of Frank Wildhorn's works, he never thought there would be intersections in the future. In 2019, the two sides discussed cooperation for the first time in Tokyo. "We feel very close to each other and want to create a moth to flame passionate work to discuss the topic of life. After Tokyo, we held an online meeting for a year and wanted to add our own content on the basis of the novel 'Human Disqualification'."

"Music, like love, has no borders. For the sake of" Human Disqualification ", I work hard every night and online discussions continue until they become bedtime chats." Frank read the novel "Human Disqualification" and various movie versions, "The novel" Human Disqualification "is a dark story, not me, I am optimistic. In my creation, I found light that contrasts with darkness." When asked by the audience on site which song I like the most in the drama, he said it was like asking parents which child they love the most. "I like" Summer Fireworks "and" Life and Death "."

Frank found the alternating portrayal of the two male leads in "Human Disqualification" very interesting, and frankly stated that due to differences in personal temperament, there are subtle differences in the same character, which is very interesting. "Pax and Liam are both outstanding, and I am glad that they can perform my music. Liam's Taizai is fanatical and conceited, controlling everything on stage; Pax's Daiting Ye Zang is like an innocent young man, with direct and passionate emotions. When the characters switch, Pax is a gloomy and profound writer, while Liam struggles to fall into the trap set by fate. This innovative setting makes the quality of the entire drama very special."

Liu Lingfei once collaborated with Frank in the Chinese version of the musical "Transforming into a Strange Doctor". "After listening to the music of" Human Disqualification "for the first time, I felt that it was very different from the novel style. Taizai's life is like a fighter, he loves life, and it matches passionate songs." The alternating performances of the two male leads made Liu Lingfei want to give up. "The long time, many tracks, and huge workload of the entire drama made rehearsal feel like a war, extremely anxious. After the premiere, all of this turned into pride and emotion."

Bai Jugang's first performance in a musical was very exciting with the affirmation from the composer. "The performance of 'Dust Falling into the Sea' impressed me the most. Da Ting Ye Zang is like a dolphin in an aquarium, yearning to soar and going wherever he wants."

Arranging partner Kim Shaenberg, who has been working with Frank Wildhorn for nearly 40 years, also came to China together to serve as arranger and music director for "Human Disqualification". Arranging music is a crucial step from a beautiful melody to becoming an integral part of a musical. Kim Shaenberg meticulously choreographed and created over 30 music samples created by Frank, once again amplifying the expressive and atmospheric functions of the music. Frank bluntly stated that Jin's arrangement is the feeling he wants.

Music director and arranger Sun Yuzhuo collaborated with a live band to demonstrate the most popular song "Tokyo's 100 Scenes". "Due to the time difference, we held online meetings day and night for four months until our first face-to-face meeting two days ago." Screenwriter Wen Ya, Zhang Mingzhu, director and performance director Xu Chongye, lyricist EZ-VEN, Huang Yajie, and Yang Jingyi shared their feelings about working with Frank. "Language or time and space did not become obstacles to creation, but instead allowed us to collide with many different sparks."

The quota for the sharing session was snatched up within a few seconds of invoicing. Many viewers have been closely following the musical "Human Disqualification" since its official announcement, creation, and premiere in 2021. "Human Disqualification" will be performed at the Shanghai Grand Theatre until August 13th. Frank bluntly stated that this trip to China for "Human Disqualification" has made him feel the production ability of dyeing space, and also left a deep impression on him about the development potential of the Chinese musical industry and the enthusiasm of the audience. He is also a spoiler and plans to bring the "Frank Wildhorn and His Friends" musical music festival to China.