He finished high school mathematics at the age of 5, went to college at the age of 9, and received a master's degree in mathematics at the age of 19... Zhou Shanxiang's talent is not limited to the field of mathematics. As a performer, this is his third time to hold a concert in

html He completed high school mathematics at the age of 05, went to college at the age of 9, and received a master's degree in mathematics at the age of 19... Zhou Shanxiang's talent is not limited to the field of mathematics. As a performer, this is his third time to hold a concert in Shanghai. He said: " My dream is not to sit in front of the audience, but to sit aside and watch the scenery with the audience." Starting tomorrow night, Zhou Shanxiang will bring more than 70 classic tracks to start a "music marathon" in Shanghai for 3 days and 5 performances, leading the audience to Visit the Music Art Museum and travel through "Five Hundred Years of Piano".

A "musical journey" spanning five centuries

Zhou Shanxiang has become a distinguished pianist and composer with his strong brain, comprehension and concentration. He never participates in international competitions and only plays works that interest him.

During this visit to Shanghai, Zhou Shanxiang prepared a "musical journey" spanning five hundred years of piano for the Shanghai audience, selecting the most worth listening to and his favorite works from 1520 to 2020. This "music marathon" condenses a theme for every hundred years, including five parts: "Golden Age", "Contrast", "Mental Enlightenment", "Vision" and "Diversity".

In these five concerts, they not only include works by music masters such as Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, etc. that are familiar to the audience, but also focus on John Boole and Thomas Tallis in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the 20th century of George Gershwin, George Righetti, Toru Takemitsu, and works closely related to the present.

Listening to music by visiting an "art museum"

Zhou Shanxiang read a lot of music scores and documents, trying to "dialogue" with the composer across time and space, while interpreting music in a contemporary way. In his view, "Music performance is not to express oneself, but to naturally convey the composer's original intention and resonate with the audience's emotions." He believes: "Music transcends the times and is connected with the universe. So when I play, I use the power of the universe to convey the message of music."

asked how Zhou Shanxiang will interpret the work? He gave a key word - translation. Music is a language that expresses what the composer was thinking at the time, and interpretation is a kind of translation. He said: "The modern piano is not only an instrument, but also a musical tradition. It is like a blank canvas on which the performer displays his works. It can even be said that the modern piano is a kind of instrument that is used to play music that was not originally intended for music. It prepares the instrument for musical works."

The keyboard works of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, and even Liszt were not composed for the modern piano. In Zhou Shanxiang's view: "Modern pianos are used to play music from different periods." This time, he will present the concert in the form of "art museum curation". (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Yuan)