What does Shanghai style folk music rely on to attract audiences to "browse"?, "Sea Life Folk Music" welcomes its 100th performance. Works | Sea Life Folk Music | Folk Music
On the evening of August 5th, the Chinese style music live performance of "Sea Life Folk Music" welcomed its 100th performance at Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall. Since its premiere in 2021, "Sea Life Folk Music" has completed four rounds of residency in three years, becoming a phenomenal original brand of Shanghai style folk music, repeatedly refreshing the history of Chinese music.
"Thank you to the city of Shanghai. Without Shanghai, there would be no form of folk music being present. It is Shanghai that has given us the courage and confidence to innovate and create." Luo Xiaoci, the artistic director of "Sea Life Folk Music" and the head of the Shanghai Ethnic Orchestra, said, "Thank you to the audience of 100 performances. We may not have met each other, but every time we can feel the feeling of mutual understanding from your applause. This is the comfort that Chinese culture brings us together."
Based on traditional Chinese music culture, "Sea Life Folk Music" is a series of nine music works with diverse styles. It not only presents rich ethnic instruments from ancient and modern times, but also integrates various artistic elements such as poetry, calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, Peking Opera, and dance. Some viewers say that this is an "encyclopedia style Chinese music appreciation", while others say that "after watching the performance, the cultural DNA engraved in the bones has moved.".
"The song 'Sea Life Folk Music' has become a phenomenon level cultural and tourism product," said Fang Liang, the general manager of the Shanghai Concert Hall. "Some viewers came to check in wearing Hanfu, some with their children and a family of three came to observe and learn traditional Chinese culture, and many out of town audiences directly dragged their luggage to the concert hall to watch. See you again next summer at the Shanghai Concert Hall for 'Sea Life Folk Music'."
Three years and four rounds of residency, allowing folk music to enter the lives of young people
During the performance, the stage design, sound, lighting, and multimedia of "Sea Life Folk Music" have been constantly refined and refined. On the closing night of the 100th performance, the band specially planned an "Easter egg": the original team and the new generation of talented actors joined forces in the first round, presenting three special edition songs together.
The special edition of "Bee Flying" is performed by 11 performers, with erhu, shaoqin, ruan, sheng, and percussion instruments taking turns to present the fun of wild bee dancing. The flashy segments of different voices were completed in one go, and the interactive humorous performance drew applause from the audience. The upgraded version of "Wine Song" is presented by the band's pipa performers Yu Bing and Li Shengnan. Bawang and Yu Ji have a dialogue with the pipa music, which is stirring and delicate.
In "Journey Through", three suona performers Hu Chenyun, Jiang Feng, and Yan Jinlong walked off the stage to interact with the audience, igniting the entire audience. Jiang Feng, who is passionate about electronic music, said, "I have always believed that folk music should enter the lives of young people. I hope to use music to make everyone forget the troubles in work and life, and have the impulse to stand up and dance once or twice."
Since its premiere, the reputation of "Sea Life Folk Music" has been constantly fermenting, attracting many viewers to do second, third, and even N rounds. "N brush" Audience He Xin said, "The first time I saw it was through a friend's introduction, and I was amazed at it. The music is both traditional and fashionable, the visual beauty of the dance is full of imagination, and the performers are young and energetic, which made me feel the poetry and beauty of Chinese music. Different seats can feel different on-site shocks, and different performers can perform different styles of works, so I repeated 'brush' many times."
"Ashi, a Nepalese doctor and member of the 'Foreigners Telling Stories' club, said,' Chinese music is so beautiful, containing profound history and profound thoughts. I believe that this kind of music has the power to heal the world. '"
In the eyes of director Ma Junfeng, a hundred performances of "Sea Life Folk Music" seem like a hundred fantastic and magnificent dreams. "Performers lead the audience into dreams with notes a hundred times, searching for kindred spirits through high mountains and flowing water. They integrate their own life experiences into performance and performance, bringing emotions and shock to the audience."
Performers constantly transform, and cultural and tourism products frequently "go viral"
Three years and a hundred performances of "Sea Life Folk Music", like a marathon, challenge all the staff in front and behind the scenes. Yu Bing, Wang Yinrui, Jin Kai, Zhao Zhen, and other chief voice actors lead the voice actors daily to practice and continuously improve. "During each performance, many colleagues come to the venue a few hours in advance to warm up and practice, discuss their performance every night, and summarize and encourage each other's performance," said Jin Kai, the chief of the flute voice department
There is a solo piece called "Mo Xi" in "Sea Life Folk Music", performed by guzheng player Lu Shasha. Lu Shasha said, "This work was composed and premiered by Luo Xiaoci. Whenever Luo Tuan has free time, she will give me professional courses to help me improve in performance skills, work expression, stage presentation, and other aspects. With her proficiency in calligraphy, she combines the rhythm in music with the charm of calligraphy, allowing me to understand that music performance can also be as implicit as poetry and leave blank spaces like paintings."
With the support of on-site performances, a group of "90s" and "00s" performers such as Zhao Yunmeng, Liu Xuanyi, Li Chenxiao, Liu Jia, and Wang Chuqing have emerged from the band. "After 1995," said Ruan performer Li Chenxiao, "I feel like I am sitting on stage as an audience. The expression of music is about to come out, and my mind becomes even calmer under the dazzling lights. I am playing and listening more attentively. Stage experience is the most precious asset for performers, and I have gained a hundred residency experiences."
During the 100 performances of "Sea Life Folk Music", Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall also launched multiple cultural and tourism products, including the "Story of Light and Sound" large-scale 3D Mapping wall show "What's Like in the World - New Chinese Music Immersion Art Exhibition". In addition, the concert hall also launched cultural and creative products such as tassel hot stamping fan, Chinese style linen bags, ceramic coasters, customized scarves, and palace music stickers, integrating creativity and practicality. The integration of architecture, traditional Chinese music, light and shadow, exhibitions, cultural and creative elements has led to the frequent emergence of "maritime folk music" tourism projects.
