A few days ago, Mr. Jean-Francois Maljean, a Belgian musician who was hailed as one of the "Top Ten Music Masters of the New Century" by the "Grammy", came to Beijing specially to invite Shang Wenjie to compose and sing with him. The theme song of the Belgian Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. It is reported that this song, composed by Mr. Jean-Francois Maljean, with Chinese lyrics written by Shang Wenjie and sung by the two, was premiered and promoted worldwide by the Belgian government today.
Heroes Know Beauties communicated many times to promote cross-border cooperation
It is understood that the cooperation originated from the two people’s first acquaintance at a media event in late 2009. After learning about Shang Wenjie’s music background and With his amazing language talent, Mr. Jean-Francois Maljean, who is the music producer of the theme song of the Belgian Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo this time, took the initiative to contact Shang Wenjie and hoped to collaborate with her on this musical work. During the initial contact, due to work schedule arrangements, Shang Wenjie was unable to accept the appointment to go to Belgium, which resulted in the cooperation being stranded. But the other party did not give up. After many negotiations, Jean-Francois Maljean came to Beijing to record in the studio with him.
Language talent becomes the lubricant of "barrier-free cross-border cooperation"
During the recording, the world-renowned musician spoke English mixed with broken Chinese: "working with Shang Wenjie is very happy amp;amp; wonderful!” Although the two are in different fields of music, the recording work went extremely smoothly. This surprised the producer who originally thought that considerable directional communication was needed before formal recording. What surprised the musician even more was that during the recording process, since Mr. Jean-Francois Maljean spoke French very well but did not understand Chinese, Shang Wenjie naturally took on the translation work between him and the recording engineer. During the conversation, he explained various questions raised by the recorder in both English and French.
Adhere to the "Chinese first, then overseas" plan and work steadily
Shang Wenjie said she was very happy and proud to be able to contribute a small amount to the World Expo held in her hometown. At the same time, the fact that she has once again been actively invited to cooperate by the world's top music masters also proves that China's truly highly educated and highly educated artists are beginning to be recognized and sought after around the world. Mr. Yuan Tao, general manager of Huayi Brothers Music Company, said: "Shang Wenjie's international route is to strike later. As early as 2008, we determined to stabilize the Chinese-speaking region within three years and leave overseas markets to foreign friends. As Chinese, we will definitely Don’t take the initiative to flatter the overseas market! On the contrary, we have declined many invitations from music masters in the past few years. Shang Wenjie still has to work hard in the future before we can reach the European market.”
Open your arms to Shang Wenjie
It is reported that tomorrow (June 13) is the "Belgian Pavilion Day" at the World Expo. The Crown Prince of Belgium specially invited Shang Wenjie to go and sing for the King of Belgium together with Mr. Jean-Francois Maljean. "Our Song", the Belgian anthem with "China-Belgium Friendship". In addition, Shang Wenjie also received an invitation from the French Consulate to serve as a "trilingual host" for the French Expo Music Festival. The French Consulate also specially invited Shang Wenjie to sing its new "Chinese-English-French trilingual" fashionable electronic dance song "Lianka" Miss Buddha". I believe that through the simultaneous live broadcast of global media, this highly qualified singer representing China's white-collar workers will soon open up the European market!
Introduction to Jean-Francois Maljean
Jean-Francois Maljean comes from the Belgian Music Kingdom and graduated from the School of Music at the University of Berkeley. He is a well-known pop pianist in Europe and is loved by contemporary music fans. He is known as one of the top ten music masters in the new century (including Yanni, Jean Malone, Vangelis, Kitaro, George Winston, etc.), and is known as the supreme piano king in the new century.
His piano has an elusive yet instantly mesmerizing quality, combining the solemnity of classical music with the human touch of jazz. Every time he plays, he can interpret the essence of the music vividly, making the audience intoxicated and get the most perfect artistic enjoyment. It can be said: He has both the fashion of Richard Clayderman and the magnificence of Elton John. He is a poet who writes beautiful things on the keyboard, and he is a musician who plays and sings by himself.