Li Yange originally envisioned writing ten songs for his new album, but after writing "Silk Road" and "Dream of the Hexi Corridor", two works full of Dunhuang in the Western Regions, he also decided to focus on "Silk Road".

Dunhuang style music in the Western Regions, in addition to the dulcimer, huqin, the most indispensable is the "pipa"!

As a musical instrument born from the Qin Dynasty, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, because of the Western Regions came a pear-shaped speaker, curved neck, four-string instrument, some people combined it with the domestic pipa to make a "new style pipa".

It can be said that since the birth of the "new pipa", it has been full of the charm of the style of the Western Regions, although with the passage of time, after the improvement of many artists, it has become the two kinds of pipa that are now four-phase thirteen frets and six phases and twenty-four frets, and have also become a unique musical instrument for playing Jiangnan minor.

But the pipa still has a trace of the blood of the Western Regions flowing in its bones, Li Yange's "Thousand Years of Prayer", "Nightingale" and "Dunhuang" these three songs, of which the pipa is one of the most indispensable musical instruments, more important than the huqin.

Therefore, when Li Yange reported his requirements for the orchestra to Director Tang, he immediately contacted a certain leader of the Central Chinese Orchestra through the relationship of Dean Wu.

As soon as the other party heard that the purpose of the borrower was to perform at the Lincoln Center for the Arts in the United States, without saying a word, he sent all the people in the orchestra who met Li Yange's requirements, which meant that it was like letting Li Yange choose at will, as long as there was something he liked, he would take it away and use it.

In the rehearsal room of the Central Conservatory of Music, several pipa players from the Chinese orchestra are sitting on chairs resting, they have already played solo before, and everyone is waiting for Li Yange to nod and pick who will stay.

Don't look at these musicians are all from the Central Chinese Orchestra, which can be said to be the top group of folk music instrument players in China, but in the face of the opportunity to perform at the Lincoln Center for the Arts in the United States, all the pride of the past was put down at this moment, and the fear seemed to return to the situation of the first interview for the Chinese orchestra back then.

"Yan Ge, is there a suitable candidate? I think Mr. Wang is good. Director Tang and Fan Yimin, the deputy head of the Chinese Orchestra, were all staring at Li Yange to make a statement.

Li Yange said: "Teacher Wang is good, but is he a little older?" There is not much time left before we go to the art center to perform, and we may have to strengthen the rehearsal time in the future, I am afraid that Mr. Wang's body will not be able to bear it. ”

"This ......" Director Tang looked at Fan Yimin, Teacher Wang is a member of the Chinese Orchestra, and he should know a little more about his physical condition.

Fan Yimin gritted his teeth and said, "Lao Wang's health is indeed not very good. ”

Although I really hope that Mr. Wang can be selected, but I have to be realistic, Lao Wang is old and his health is not very good, if there is an accident in the high-level rehearsal, this is also something that no one wants to see.

Hearing that Teacher Wang couldn't do it, Director Tang hurriedly said, "What about Wu Man?" Wu Man is the only master of pipa in our country, and his performance skills are absolutely fine. ”

"Senior Brother Wu Man, you can." Li Yange glanced at Wu Man, who was sitting not far away, who was also a well-known pipa player in later generations, and studied under several folk music masters such as Lin Shihai, Liu Dehai, and Chen Zemin in his early years.

"And what else? Didn't you say there were at least five people? ”

Looking at the fact that almost all of the old-timers sent by the Chinese orchestra are fifty or sixty years old, to put it bluntly, Li Yange doesn't really want to use it, not that the skills of the seniors are not good, but mainly considering that they will have to rehearse day and night in the next few months, I am afraid that these old artists will not be able to bear it.

Secondly, Li Yange considered that the five pieces of music he wrote, because they were all works decades later, and they were quite different from the current domestic folk music in terms of style, I am afraid that these old-timers will not be able to accept it, or even if they accept it, they will not be as good as young people when they comprehend it.

Thinking of this, when Li Yange was having a headache, he suddenly remembered several well-known pipa players of the same era as him, and hurriedly preached: "How is Senior Sister He Shufeng?" ”

"He Shufeng?" Hearing this name, Director Tang frowned, thought for a long time and said, "I remember that she was invited by several universities in the United States to teach Chinese music in the United States last year. ”

"Then do you have any contact information for your senior sister?"

"I don't, but the school should have, she came to the school last year, and the principal should have left her contact information."

He Shufeng became famous at an early age, after graduating from CCTV, she won the first prize and the Excellence Award for Classical Music Performance in the 1980 All-China Pipa Competition, and from 1982 to 1986 she was a distinguished professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Only last year, he was invited by an American university to teach Chinese folk music.

"Then Director Tang, you can help contact Senior Sister He, and I'll figure out the rest by myself." Thinking back on the current identities of those people, Li Yange decided to contact them herself.

Director Tang asked, "Okay, but what about the rest of the orchestra members?" ”

"I'll go to the orchestra myself." Because Fan Yimin, the leader of the Chinese orchestra, is here, Li Yange is not very easy to say his requirements, what he cares about now is not how good the orchestra members play, but mainly in age.

Almost all of the young generation of performers who can become famous in this era have real materials, so Li Yange is not worried about performance, and what he values is the rehearsal work in the next two months.

"Okay." Director Tang saw that Li Yange had something to say, and also said to Fan Yimin beside him: "Head Fan, when you see it, I let Yan Ge go to your orchestra and let him come to see it?" ”

"Yes." Fan Yimin's face is not very good, as the deputy head of the Chinese orchestra, he has his pride, and today he brought people over, except for one Wu Man, the rest of the people were not selected, which made him feel that Li Yange was very faceless.

After all, several pipa musicians are the pillars of the orchestra, and they have participated in many large-scale performance activities at home and abroad.

After sending away Fan Yimin and a few old-timers with great gratitude, Director Tang said unhappily: "I said Yan Ge, what do you think about this?" How sincere the People's Orchestra is, they have brought a few teachers here, why are you still picky. ”

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