Chapter 433 Symphony No. 3

Looking at Huang Wencan, who was excited, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Huang."

Hearing Zhou Yan's congratulations, Huang Wencan's smile became even stronger, and he quickly responded, "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Zhou."

He was about to say something to Zhou Yan, but Hu Zhaoyuan on the stage had already announced all the winning songs and invited the winners to the stage to receive the awards.

"Mr. Zhou, I'm going up."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, go up."

They were sitting relatively far back, but Huang Wencan was very active and moved quickly. He was the first to go on stage. He looked so excited, like a young man.

Zhou Yan thought Huang Wencan was doing well. Since he was happy, there was no need to put on airs.

The third prize winners had certificates and medals. After Hu Zhaoyuan announced the list, he did not go down and stayed on the stage to present the awards to the winners.

Zhou Yan roughly counted, 24 winning songs, quite a lot of people came, 23 people went up, only one did not come to the scene, and did not find someone to help receive the award on his behalf.

Among these 23 people, there are many acquaintances of Zhou Yan, such as Tang Jianping, who is also a teacher in the composition department.

Zhou Yan was quite disappointed to see that Tang Jianping only won the third place, because he had seen the score of Tang Jianping's entry "Huayun" and heard the live performance. The level was very high. In Zhou Yan's opinion, let alone the first prize, the second prize was still very promising.

The gap between the third prize and the second prize is very large, and it is a pity that Tang Jianping only won the third prize.

Most likely, it is because the work is not relevant enough.

There is also a colleague of Zhou Yan, Du Mingxin, whose winning work is "Symphonic Overture".

Compared with others, Du Mingxin's qualifications are much higher. In fact, Zhou Yan should call Du Mingxin his uncle, which is still due to the light of his teachers Shi Wanchun and Wu Zuqiang, otherwise the two of them are still separated by generations.

Du Mingxin taught in the composition department of the Central Conservatory of Music in the 1950s and served as the director of the composition department in the 1970s. He has a good relationship with Wu Zuqiang and Shi Wanchun.

At first glance, it was not easy for Huang Wencan to win the third prize. There were many big names among the third prize winners, and Huang Wencan was the youngest among them.

After the awards were presented, the winners took a group photo on the stage, and the third prize was over.

After this round of awards, two pieces were played in succession, both of which were second prize winners, one was Luo Zhongrong's "Eternal Life in the Fire", and the other was Zhu Jian'er's "Fourth Symphony".

So far, three of the four second prize winners have come out, and all of them are big names. Compared with the latter two, Xu Zhenmin's qualifications are not good enough.

Seeing these winners, Zhou Yan estimated that he should not have a prize today.

In fact, he was in a similar situation to Huang Wencan. The third prize was the one that had the best chance of winning a medal. After all, the first and second prizes were too demanding on qualifications.

However, he was not upset. He felt that it was okay if he could not get a medal, even if he only won an excellent award or a fourth prize.

After the two second-prize songs were played, the list of fourth-prize winners was announced.

This made Zhou Yan a little confused. Originally, the list of third-prize winners was announced in the first round. He thought that the fourth-prize winners would not be announced, but he did not expect that the organizing committee would announce the fourth-prize winners after the third-prize winners. He did not know what the official thought.

There were more fourth-prize winners than third-prize winners, a total of 35. The host read out the names of the 35 winning songs on the spot, and did not let the winners go on stage to receive the awards and take photos.

And Zhou Yan's name was not among the fourth-prize winners.

Huang Wencan secretly observed Zhou Yan's expression. Seeing that Zhou Yan did not react, he raised his eyebrows again, thinking that although Zhou Yan was young, he was really calm.

He was obviously a few years older than him, but he looked much more impatient, which made him feel a little ashamed.

Now the third and fourth prizes have all been announced. There are still two first-prize winners and one second-prize winner left, and only the Excellence Award is left below.

Everyone has the Excellence Award, but it is too difficult to win the first and second prizes.

Huang Wencan certainly recognizes Zhou Yan's ability, but to win the first and second prizes, it is not enough to have ability, but also requires qualifications.

Seniority is a situation in all walks of life, and musicians are no exception.

Now it seems that Zhou Yan will most likely only get the Outstanding Composition Award.

Thinking of this, Huang Wencan can't help but feel a little pity.

He actually wanted to listen to Zhou Yan's new song, but there is no way to show the excellent composition on the spot.

The key is that Huang Wencan also hopes that Zhou Yan can get a better ranking. After all, he and Zhou Yan are both young people. If Zhou Yan can get a better ranking, it can be regarded as paving the way for their younger generation.

Huang Wencan wanted to comfort Zhou Yan for a while, but he held back because he really couldn't tell what Zhou Yan was thinking. The key is that this is the first time the two of them have met, and he is also worried that his words of comfort will make Zhou Yan misunderstand.

After all, he had just won the third prize, and it seemed like he was showing off by going to comfort others at this time.

Zhou Yan didn't know the struggle in Huang Wencan's heart, he just looked at the stage quietly.

After the fourth prize was announced, two more pieces were played on the spot, both of which were the third prizes that had just been passed, one was "Early Spring Overture" and the other was "A Hundred Years".

When they heard these two pieces of music, many people at the scene were quite surprised. They thought that there would be no second-prize or lower works on display, but they did not expect that two third-prize works would appear.

However, the performance time of these two works was very short, and not even one movement was completed.

Although Zhou Yan didn't know the total length of the complete version of these two pieces of music, it sounded like it should be more than half an hour. Now each piece only played for seven or eight minutes, which felt a bit like a trial listening.

In fact, the songs played earlier are not complete versions, they are all excerpts. However, the previous songs were carefully selected. Although they are excerpts, they still sound complete.

These two pieces of music only played the first few minutes of the first movement. This also shows that the organizing committee does not attach much importance to the third prize.

The pieces played today must all be excerpts, otherwise, the two first prize pieces alone would be close to the length of a concert.

Moreover, performing it in its entirety requires too much from the orchestra. Even a top orchestra cannot comprehend a multi-movement symphony work in a short period of time.

After the performance of the two third-prize winning works, special guest Li Yinghai delivered a speech on stage.

When Li Yinghai came on stage, there was warm applause.

In selecting Li Yinghai as a special guest to deliver a speech, the organizing committee must have considered many aspects.

Among the composers of the same period, Li Yinghai is not the most outstanding, but his experience is more special than others.

Li Yinghai was born in the 1920s and experienced the Anti-Japanese War. It can be said that during his teenage music studies, there was a lot of fire.

His main achievement is actually not in music creation or music theory research, but in music education.

He first taught at Hunan Music College, and later went to the School of Literature and Art of Zhongyuan University and the Central South Military Academy of Art. However, his stay in these three schools was relatively short, and he went to Shangyin not long after.

He stayed at Shangyin for more than ten years. When the China Conservatory of Music was established in 1964, he was transferred to BJ to teach alto, becoming one of the first teachers of alto.

After that, he went to Yangyin again.

Moreover, when he was at Yangyin, it was when Yangyin exploded, and Tan Dun's group of students were all there at that time.

Guo Wenjing, who just won the third prize, is also a student of Li Yinghai.

If there are many factions in the music industry, then Li Yinghai is definitely an elder who can speak in all factions.

He is a native of Sichuan Province and has inextricable ties with the music industry in Sichuan Province. He has taught at alto, alto and central yin, and he has basically stepped on all the big hills in the music industry.

So today he stood on top and spoke as a representative of the composer, and no parties had any opinions.

The old gentleman was almost 70 this year, but he was still in good health. He walked up to the microphone and laughed heartily a few times before he spoke.

After laughing, he glanced at the audience and then said, "The event has not started yet. When I first came in, I observed it for a while. I was worried that I was the oldest person present today, but fortunately, I was there. Next to me were Mr. Zhu Jian'er and Mr. Luo Zhongrong. Compared with them, I was a little younger. Now that I was on stage and looked around, I saw Mr. Guo Zurong and Mr. Su Xia. I felt younger again. A few points, if I remember correctly, they are all older than me."

"Confucius said, at thirty you stand upright; at forty you have no doubts; at fifty you know the destiny; at sixty your ears are attuned; at seventy you can follow your heart's desires without exceeding the rules. Before I was forty, I had never doubted this sentence, but when I was forty When I was 40 years old, I suddenly realized that I was the most ambitious and confused at the same time.”

"Before I was forty years old, I was trying to get into music. I have been teaching for so many years, and the question I have heard the most is how to get into music. Over the years, I have no way to get an accurate answer, but I can say Let’s talk about how I got started in music. I have entered three.”

"I was born in Sichuan Province. I have listened to my mother and sister singing folk songs since I was a child, and I have followed suit. We have a lot of bamboo there. You can cut off a piece and poke a few holes to blow it. In such an environment, I have loved it since I was a child. Music was my first entrance. Later, during the Anti-Japanese War, I was admitted to the National Conservatory of Music in Chongqing. In 1943, I entered Western music from folk music. This was my first entrance. Two doors."

"Of course, the most important door for me is to enter the door of revolutionary music. Participating in the revolution allowed me to enter the third door..."

Li Yinghai seemed to be telling his own story, but in fact it was very relevant, and he quickly introduced the theme to revolutionary music.

Today they gathered at the Yanjing Concert Hall to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

Since we are commemorating Mr. Sun, we must talk about revolution.

Then the old man talked about the revolution, music teaching, and the characteristics of the Chinese nation. He said that both the younger generation and the older generation of musicians should learn Western music and absorb the strengths of others, but they must not lose the cultural heritage of our nation. Tradition.

"I have always told my students to always pursue creations with Chinese national characteristics. I say, as Chinese, you were born in China and grew up in China, so the traditions of the Chinese nation are engraved in your bones. This It’s your innate talent and expertise.”

"Western musicians have their own strengths. We don't have to deny them, but we don't have to envy them, and we shouldn't deliberately use what we don't have to compete with others. Each of us is like a flower seed. If we grow in such soil, we will inevitably grow into flowers suitable for this soil."

"Even if we are watered by water flowing from the west and blown by wind from the west one day, we will not become other flowers. I have to make good use of this water and wind to make myself stronger."

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At the end, Li Yinghai smiled again, "I am afraid that many people will listen to me and be too cautious about Western music, so I have to say that when creating, we should be bolder and believe in our own nationality, national feelings and national aesthetics. These are not easily discarded, nor can they be easily dispersed by contacting some Western culture later. Only with such a belief can we build up ambitions and believe that we can make new contributions to the music culture of all mankind."

When Li Yinghai finished speaking, the audience applauded.

He gave a lesson to the audience on the stage like a teacher, but everyone did not feel offended, but felt that he said it very well.

When the applause gradually stopped, Li Yinghai took out a note, "Finally, I have another task, which is to read out the list of second-place winners."

He held the note and smiled, "This list is quite interesting."

Everyone in the audience was a little confused when they heard him say this. What does it mean that the list is interesting?

Originally, everyone was a little confused. Why did the other three second-place winners have already come out, but there was still one song that had not appeared yet.

The first three winners were Xu Zhenmin, Luo Zhongrong and Zhu Jianer.

These three people should not let Li Yinghai say this, after all, the names have just been announced, so the interesting one is the last one?

Li Yinghai stirred up the emotions of the audience and then started to read out the list. "The winners are Zhu Jian'er's "Symphony No. 4", Luo Zhongrong's "Eternal Life in the Fiery Flames", Xu Zhenmin's "Reminiscence of Nanjing" and..."

He paused for a moment before announcing the answer, "Zhou Yan's "Symphony No. 3." (End of this chapter)