Western Classical Music of China
Whereas the groups organized by, running a solely and nearly always exclusive to the colonial community in China are recorded from the ear...
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Whereas
the groups organized by, running a solely and nearly always exclusive to the colonial
community in China are recorded from the early days of the international
settlement in Shanghai in 1850s and a Russian group that was in operation in
Harbin from the early 20th century, the starting of a special
classical music tradition in China lie with the first foreign trained Chinese
conductor, like Zheng Zhisheng aka (romanized) Yin Zizhong, Zheng (Yin or Wan
depending on romanization) and was raised in China’s Guangdong area and
affected by the western church music from an early age, studying in Lyons and
Paris before returning to China in the year 1930’s began to employ the first
Chinese conductors of the Chinese groups
of the Chongqing symphonic groups .
source of picture: blogs.wsj.com
The
radical spirit of Yin Zizhong’s (or romanized Wan-Chi Chung’s) pattern has been
continued by the first generation of singers immediately following the accession
of the Chinese Communist Party to power that is known as Li Delun and Cao Peng.
The former provided the driving force and often the life force that kept the
tradition alive through the Mao years, especially in his accepted city of the
Beijing, and the latter has been instrumental in maintaining the high standard
of the symphonic music, as well as working hard for the famous of the tradition
for further into the fabric of Chinese culture, over his long education, which
continues to the present.
