On the evening of March 8, the “Chinese Art Song 100 Schools Tour Cultural Exchange - Dr. Huang Lu Solo Concert” kicked off at the Beihang Morningside Concert Hall, and the wonderful performances that night left more than 800 audience members deeply enthralled in the artistic feast of intertwining music and literature. Dr. Huang Lu's solo concert was a great success.

Huang Lu's singing was calm, graceful, meaningful and delicate, and artistic director Zhang Huan's exquisite piano accompaniment demonstrated the cultural connotation of Chinese art songs and the change of style over the past hundred years. The live explanation by Associate Professor Liu Xiaojiang also helped the audience to understand the connotation of Chinese art songs more deeply.

In order to let the audience listen to the high quality of the original sound quality, the entire concert without amplification. Huang Lu sang a total of 12 pieces, including “Almond Blossom Sky Shadow”, “Yang Guan San Yi” and other ancient lyrics and songs; there are also representative works of modern art songs, such as “Listening to the Rain” written by Liu Banong and composed by Zhao Yuanren, “Spring Thoughts” written by Wei Hanzhang and composed by Huang Zi, and also new works of classic poems and lyrics, such as “The Hairpin Phoenix”, “The Crowing in the Night”, “Jiangcheng Zi”, and “The Order of the Dreams”, etc. Each piece was brought to new life in the fusion of tradition and modernity, immersing everyone in the audience in the new life. Each piece took on a new life in the fusion of tradition and modernity, immersing each and every listener in the audience and leaving them wanting more.

At the second session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to “attach importance to artistic inheritance, and promote integrity and innovation in the arts and culture”. Chinese art songs are exactly the kind of artistic achievements that integrate traditional culture with modern forms of musical expression, and continue to explore and innovate in the process of inheritance. Huang Lu is the first person to promote Chinese art songs by touring colleges and universities nationwide.

The student group is the main force and new force of traditional culture inheritance, and we hope that the college tour will make more young people pay attention to traditional culture and Chinese art songs. At the same time, it enriches campus cultural life and enhances the effect of artistic education. The Chinese Art Song 100 Schools Tour Program was launched in 2018, and has been widely acclaimed everywhere, and will continue to enter the country's major colleges and universities for touring in 2019. It is hoped that Chinese art songs will receive wider social attention, so that the excellent traditional culture will continue to develop in innovation.

The original article was published on Sohu, and the original link is as follows:https://www.sohu.com/a/300387772_601728