Guangdong Country Singer Competition were held yesterday in Guangzhou Yi Airport Cultural Tourism Town. After 2 hours of fierce competition, ten players (combinations) including Qu Deng, Dayongning Combination, Agricultural Travel Combination, Sun Kangxin, Liu Congcong, Zhang Qin, Chen Yongyu, Li Tong, Chen Jiayi, and Chen Yinghua successfully advanced to the finals. They will take a short break Then he continued to stand on the stage, aiming for the crown, competing for the final 100,000 yuan grand prize.
The top 30 contestants sang in different styles on the semi-final stage, including original songs with strong local flavor, patriotic songs singing about the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and traditional dramas with distinctive regional characteristics. The competition invited Cui Zhengrong, a famous soprano singer, national first-class actor and soloist of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Ding Yi, a famous tenor singer and professor of the School of Music of South China Normal University, and Mu Hong, a soprano singer and vocal music professor of Xinghai Conservatory of Music. , Guangdong Song and Dance Theater soloist and national first-class actor Chang An, Guangdong Song and Dance Theater soloist and national first-class actor Pan Xu served as judges. They relied on their excellent professional knowledge and musical literacy to score the contestants fairly and impartially.
"The moon is bright at night and I feel embarrassed at this time. The drizzle falls in the early spring morning. I quietly wake up the branches and buds. I listen to the breeze ringing in my ears. I sigh that the falling flowers are hurt by the flowing water. Who can play the piano in the smoke and clouds." The game started on time last night, No. 1 Contestant Huang Jiezheng opened the competition with a melodious and poetic song "Rolling Bead Curtain". He comes from Yunfu Division and is a member of the rural revitalization team stationed in towns and villages to help towns and villages.
“Grassroots work is tedious and complicated, and we need to get close to the masses and listen to the voices of the people.” Huang Jiezheng shared his little “secret” about his work, “Sharing music with the masses and using songs as a bridge to communicate with them is very positive for advancing the work. Meaning."
The contestants used singing to convey their homesickness and used music to tell rural stories, as if taking the audience back to that quiet and leisurely small village.
"Hometown is the thread in the hand, tied to the heart of the wanderer. The rain hits the paddy field and the road is winding. I want to fall asleep in your arms." "The dream returns to the paddy field, the expectations of my parents and relatives, no matter how far I go , I want to come back to you." The original song "Shuilu Tian" by No. 9 Agricultural Travel Group, they wrote their longing and expectation for their hometown into the song, and the lyrics close to life resonated, and the fans in the audience raised their eyebrows The light sign sways to the music.
In addition to original country songs, there is also a traditional drama debut contest. Contestant No. 29 Chen Xiaoxia caught the audience's attention as soon as she took the stage. Dressed in traditional theatrical costumes and with exquisitely braided hair, she stunned the audience with her high-pitched voice, and performed the excerpt "Oars Over the Blue Waves" from the Lei opera "Diao Chan" brilliantly. Lei opera, which originated from Leizhou folk songs, is full of the public's life wisdom and aesthetic taste, and contains the spiritual sustenance and emotional identity of Leizhou people.
"Thunder Opera is a national intangible cultural heritage. I have been exposed to Thunder Opera for more than ten years. I hope more people can hear Thunder Opera and carry forward our traditional culture." Chen Xiaoxia introduced that she specially matched the performance Got this makeup.
Guangdong's rural culture has profound connotations. On the stage of the competition, the contestants sang about rural revitalization and used songs to interpret a beautiful countryside full of vitality, civilization and harmony, demonstrating the vitality of rural culture.
According to reports, this competition will deeply explore and inherit the excellent traditional rural culture, stimulate the innovation and creativity of rural culture, and continue to promote Guangdong to make strides towards building a culturally powerful province. The finals of the competition will be held at the same venue at 20:00 on December 30. In addition to the strong showdown between the top ten contestants, there will also be exciting performances taking turns on stage and a food gathering at Lufeng Sweet Potato Market.
Text/Guangzhou Daily·New Flower City Reporter: Yekas
Guangzhou Daily·New Flower City Editor: Long Chengliu
