Xu Shuya's Media Reports

At present, the TV series Teahouse based on Lao She's original work is being broadcasted. Careful TV viewers may have discovered that the composition of the play is from Xu Shuya, a famous composer and president of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. This is another masterpiece of Xu Shuya's personal work for domestic TV series after such popular TV series as Painting the Soul, Scenes of Jiangshan, Goujian of Yue King, Prequel to Lotus Lantern and Special Struggle.

most people in China understand and know "composer Xu Shuya" from the theme songs of these film and television dramas. From the early "Thousand Colors" and "The Flowing Water" to the recent "Dreams in the Territory", "There is a Mountain in the Distance" and "Going to Yan 'an", all these works have strong vitality, and they still sound perfect and beautiful to this day. However, if you read Xu Shuya's resume carefully again, you will be surprised to find that his works abroad are more valued by the world. Xu Shuya is like an "Oriental Music Messenger" abroad.

Living in France for more than 2 years

Xu Shuya graduated from the Department of Composition and Command of Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1983, and studied under the famous composers Zhu Jianer and Professor Ding Shande successively. After graduation, Xu Shuya stayed in school to teach. In 1988, 27-year-old Xu Shuya was lucky enough to win an art scholarship from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and went to Paris for further study in the form of Sino-French cultural exchange between the Ministry of Culture. In 1989, after obtaining the diploma of the advanced composition class of the Paris Higher Normal School of Music, Xu Shuya was admitted to the advanced composition class of the Paris National Higher Conservatory of Music in the same year.

When she first arrived in Paris, France, Xu Shuya felt a little lonely. "(Almost) people from all countries in the world have it, but it is difficult to find a music colleague from China. I am the only one from China in a class." Coupled with some language barriers in learning, he felt a great psychological gap. "Paris National Conservatory of Music is one of the best conservatories in the world, and even the best people have to start all over again when they get there." Xu Shuya said that the strictness of the college teaching system made him unable to adapt for a while, "it simply drove people crazy."

However, Xu Shuya is a diligent and attentive person. He soon learned to adapt to his study and life in Paris. Through her continuous efforts, in 1992, Xu Shuya won the first prize diploma (master's degree) in the advanced composition class and the diploma (doctor's degree) in the third stage composition graduate class in 1994. Later, he was admitted to the world-famous Music and Audio Institute of the Centre de Pompidou (IRCAM) in France for internship research. In 1996, Xu Shuya was hired as a composition professor at the Royaumont International Annual Meeting and Composition Summer Camp in Paris, France. He has started to teach students and prepare music samples in French.

Xu Shuya, who has achieved success in learning, also met his wife in France. He decided to settle in France and devote himself to music creation.

His works frequently appear on domestic screens

But Xu Shuya did not disappear in China. As an overseas distinguished professor of composition at China Conservatory of Music, he often flies back and forth between China and France. In addition, he is also writing theme songs for movies and TV dramas that interest him.

China is one of the countries that produce the most TV dramas in the world. Some domestic TV dramas with historical themes have great appeal to Xu Shuya, who loves literature. "Some of them reflect the fate of the whole country with the story of a little person, and I am very touched by this. In this case, the songs written are more emotional. " Xu Shuya told reporters that he asked for a sense of picture when creating the theme song of TV series, "because the picture will make me sing." You put this feeling into the plot, and the works you write will have a * * * sound with the audience. "

It is this unique feeling that makes Xu Shuya write theme songs of TV series that are familiar to the audience, such as Thousand Colors, Running Water, There is a Mountain in the Distance, Going to Yan 'an, and so on, and have been sung ever since. Xu Shuya composed music for the TV series Teahouse this time. In order to ensure the mellow "Beijing flavor" in Lao She's Teahouse, his music is also "full of Beijing flavor".

In Xu Shuya's view, he is still different from some composers in western countries. In European countries, composers are not keen on composing music for film and television dramas. "Sometimes they are quite repulsive to the music of film and television dramas." However, Xu Shuya believes that "you can relax your music creation" without giving up academic research.

Although Xu Shuya doesn't write songs for singers, he doesn't reject the current pop music. "Pop music has its own category, and the reason why it is popular must have its own reasons, and there are also places worth learning."

He has won numerous awards on the international stage

If the success of domestic music creation made China people know Xu Shuya, his frequent awards abroad made the whole world know him.

After listening to some of Xu Shuya's early music works, it is not difficult to find his profound musical skills and creative ability. In 1982, as a student, Xu Shuya won the first prize in the composition competition of the Alexander Qi Erpin Foundation in the United States for her debut violin concerto, which caused a sensation in the seminar of young composers in China. The work that made him stand out in French and European music circles was Fall of Autumn, which attracted the attention of Pompidou Art Center in France.

In p>1992, Xu Shuya's symphony "Sunset, Crystal" won the first prize in the 5th Bezanzong International Symphony Composition Competition in France, and it was later selected as a Chinese music classic in the 2th century. In 1993, Xu Shuya's "Taiyi No.2" for flute and electronic music won the second prize in the 21st Bourges International Electronic Music Composition Competition, while the first prize was vacant. This work also won the second prize in the 15th Luzi Luso Rowe International Electronic Music Composition Competition and the "Shiro Music Award" in Tokyo, Japan.

In p>2, the landmark work of Xu Shuya's musical career, the modern dance drama Tears of Kyle Poirot, was successfully premiered at the Lyon International Art Festival in France, and began to tour the world, covering Marseille, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro and other international art festivals as well as Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo and other places. The audience responded enthusiastically everywhere and was rated as a masterpiece by many media around the world.

In western countries, Xu Shuya is an active contemporary composer in China. His music creation involves symphony, ballet music, indoor music, computer music, vocal music and folk music. Therefore, he was selected into the New Grove Dictionary of World Music in London, England and the Dictionary of Twentieth Century Musicians in Paris, France.

the president's musical dream

In p>28, Shanghai Conservatory of Music publicly recruited the president for the first time in the world. Xu Shuya seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After layers of selection, Xu Shuya and seven Chinese musicians and artists from the United States, Germany, France, Japan and China entered the final interview session. In the end, Xu Shuya was hired as an "oriental scholar" and became the dean of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. It was this opportunity that prompted Xu Shuya to embark on a flight back to China.

The reason why Shanghai Conservatory of Music chose Xu Shuya is that on the one hand, the school praised his ideas in the field of music professional education and scholarship; On the other hand, I take a fancy to his artistic achievements and reputation in the world over the years, hoping to play a leading role in academics.

Xu Shuya, who has made great achievements in electronic music, actively established a composition and electronic technology music creation studio after taking office, and studied and developed a new mode of music creation on the basis of maintaining the tradition of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In June 21, the 7th EMS International Electronic Music Seminar was held in Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Researchers from some electronic music research institutions all over the world and electronic musicians from famous universities gathered in Shanghai to conduct extensive exchanges and in-depth discussions on the development of electronic music. During the period, the series of concerts of the eighth anniversary of the establishment of the Electronic Acoustics Music Center of Shanghai Conservatory of Music was also successfully held. Xu Shuya's "Taiyi Ⅱ" for flute and electronic music also premiered in the world at the concert. Participants believed that the work fully demonstrated the development level of electronic music in China today.

In Xu Shuya's view, China's electronic music has a great prospect of catching up. "Electronic music has a history of more than 2 years in Europe, and we are not backward in technology. If we can systematically study this aspect and tap the characteristics of local music, it is very likely that the' Oriental School' representing China will be born." At the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo, Xu Shuya also used a lot of electronic music elements.

Musicians' World Expo Feelings

As the music director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 21 Shanghai World Expo, Xu Shuya is now fully engaged in the music creation and organization of the closing ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo. According to its disclosure, the framework of the closing ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo has basically taken shape, but many details have not been finalized.

The opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo, where China and foreign countries are integrated, is impressive and has been talked about by many people so far. Especially the music arrangement, the music design is warm and atmospheric. The theme of music not only contains the elements of China, but also embodies the characteristics of international vision and the integration of China and foreign countries. Of course, this also benefits from Xu Shuya's research on Expo music.

In the development history of the World Expo in the past century, music, as an indispensable art form in the World Expo, has always played a decisive role. The history of the development of the World Expo is also the history of the development of Expo music, which has changed from opera, symphony to electronic music. Xu Shuya believes that this trend is closely related to the development trend of music history. In 1855, when the World Expo was held in Paris, France, the composer Verdi wrote Evening Prayer in Sicily, which had obvious characteristics of grand opera. At the same time, the type of operetta was born in this period; Johann Strauss II's famous Blue Danube was played at the Paris World Expo in 1867. "At that time, the World Expo selected many classic works of famous composers."

The theme songs "To the Expo" and "BetterCity Better Life" of Shanghai World Expo have gathered the painstaking efforts of many outstanding music producers at home and abroad, including Quincy, the American "godfather of music". Jones and Tan Dun, the "cultural ambassador" of the Shanghai World Expo, etc., "The excellent music production concept at home and abroad collided with the humanistic spirit of the century-old Expo, reflecting the meaningful melody of songs and becoming a bridge of friendship and soul across all corners of the country." Xu Shuya also praised this.

As the terms of the closing ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo require confidentiality, Xu Shuya did not disclose too many details in the interview, but he told reporters that new music works will appear at the closing ceremony. "To be sure, the closing ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo is as worth looking forward to as the opening ceremony."