I graduated from the vocal music department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music with a master's degree in p>1993. Learn from Professor Zhou Xiaoyan, a famous vocal educator.
He is the most outstanding singer who has been active in the domestic and international music stage in recent years, and one of the few outstanding Asian singers who are currently active in the world opera stage. He has won many awards in major domestic and international vocal competitions; Especially in 1996-1997, he won the first place in the 41st Toulouse International Vocal Competition, Domingo World Opera Competition and Queen Song Ya of Norway International Vocal Competition three times in a year. Queen Sonya of Norway once said excitedly, "Liao Changyong is a great singer among all the contestants, and I have designated today as China Day.". His outstanding talent is highly valued by Domingo, one of the three tenors in the world.
His footprints have spread all over the world, and he has performed with more than a dozen world-famous symphony orchestras, Domingo, carreras and Lucian? Svencen and many other opera masters have successfully performed more than a dozen operas and concerts.
From 1998 to 24, he was successively awarded the title of "Art Star" in the first Shanghai International Art Festival, Shanghai New Long March Breaker, Shanghai First "Top Ten Cultural Newcomers", Shanghai Model Worker, National "May 1st" Medal Winner, National "Artist with Virtue and Art", committee of 1 "Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award" and new york "Outstanding Artist Award".
He is the first contracted artist of Shanghai Grand Theatre, the contracted artist of Washington National Grand Theatre and Michigan Grand Theatre, director of Shanghai Youth Federation, member of Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, member of Shanghai CPPCC and member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
from p>1988 to 1993, she studied in the vocal music department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. From 1993 to 1995, he studied for a master's degree in Shanghai Conservatory of Music. From 1995 to 2, he was a lecturer at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Since 2, he has been the director and professor of the vocal music department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
He has the reputation of "the first baritone in Asia". He won the first place in three world-famous vocal competitions in a year, which shocked the world music scene. In the field of Chinese classical music, it is difficult to find an artist who can be praised and described with top words. Liao Changyong is one of the few artists who can convince the public. The words that describe him are suffocating to ordinary people, but Liao Changyong can afford it, because he is really outstanding, and his achievements in the world music scene are worthy of the word outstanding.
As an easy-going person, he is not arrogant. He never shows off his achievements excessively, especially his teacher-student relationship with Domingo. If he does that, his reputation will definitely be higher in the eyes of the public in China. But I often hear people in the industry talk about how he changed from a farmer in rural Sichuan to a dazzling star on a par with world masters, and almost everyone says that Liao Changyong people are particularly good. A modest good man, a rising star of the world in Ran Ran. Both sides are Liao Changyong. Just because he doesn't show off doesn't mean that he is not wonderful.
He is one of the few outstanding Asian singers who are currently active in the world opera stage. He has the reputation of "the first baritone in Asia". He is one of the "three tenors in the world" and the most admired disciple of the famous opera master Domingo. He won the first place in three world-famous vocal competitions in a year, which shocked the world music scene, including the Domingo World Opera Competition, which is considered to be the most difficult and Asians have never entered the finals. He was praised by critical Washington post and The New York Times as "this talented artist will become a treasure of the world music scene" and "this is the most beautiful baritone we have heard in recent years". He is Liao Changyong, a young baritone singer in China, and Liao Changyong, director of the vocal music department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
In the field of Chinese classical music, it is difficult to find an artist who can be praised and described with top-level words. Liao Changyong is one of the few artists who can convince the public. The words that describe him are suffocating to ordinary people, but Liao Changyong can afford it, because he is really outstanding, and his achievements in the world music scene are worthy of the word outstanding.
I don't know how much the general public knows about Liao Changyong's name, his voice and his worldwide reputation. All I know is that he is easy-going and he is not arrogant. He never shows off his achievements too much, especially his teacher-student relationship with Domingo. If he does that, his reputation will definitely be higher in the eyes of the public in China. But I often hear people in the industry talk about Liao Changyong, about his good singing and acting, about how he changed from a farmer in rural Sichuan to a dazzling star on a par with world masters, and almost everyone says that Liao Changyong people are particularly good. A modest good man, a rising star of the world in Ran Ran. Both sides are Liao Changyong. Just because he doesn't show off doesn't mean that he is not wonderful. Do artists have to have a strange temper?
One of my colleagues who interviewed Liao Changyong was puzzled. She said that as long as Liao Changyong stood on the stage and opened his mouth to sing, it would be absolutely wonderful, but off the stage, he was so nice, especially modest, and it was-so normal. She means, who is a famous artist we know who has no temper, no personality and no neuroticism? As we all know, Pavarotti must find a nail on the stage before he takes office. carreras avoided the media and never allowed others to enter his dressing room. There was also Catherine Battelle who sang the theme song for Zhang Yimou's new film "House of Flying Daggers". The tidbits of her wayward, crying and laughing at beijing music festival in those days were once talked about by people. All of these are regarded as anecdotes of artists, and people are used to using them as symbols of artists. It seems that the more famous artists are, the more different their temperament should be. Even think, is it related to the artist's extraordinary artistic creativity?
"However, Liao Changyong is too normal. It's more than normal. It's wonderful! How can a good man be an artist? " She said. Of course, a good man can be an artist. She is just surprised that artists always pay attention to sensibility and often indulge their emotions. Liao Changyong is so "normal". Where do his unconventional artistic performances and artistic passions come from?
When I conveyed her doubts to Liao Changyong, Liao Changyong smiled: "Artists are human beings, and they are famous. When people see that they have some strange temper, they feel obvious. In fact, I have met many artists, and they are all very nice. " He even thinks that as an artist, there is no need to lose your temper because people like you.
He said, "I don't think those great artists have a strange temper either. carreras avoided the media because of his illness. Singers are a little neurotic and don't want to be disturbed before the performance. It can't be said that this is a strange virtue. Everyone is nervous before going on stage, like Pavarotti looking for a nail, which is to find a psychological dependence and a way to vent his nervousness. My nervous performance is not to talk. If I want to vent, I will vent on the stage. " Everyone in the family is surprised that Liao Changyong, who is more introverted in life, will look like a different kind of passion when he arrives on the stage, and sometimes it can scare people.
Liao Changyong, a "good guy", said, "I am a person who is easy to suppress and keep in my heart, so there must always be an outlet, right? My emotional outlet is on the stage. " In life, he is a very disciplined person. He said, "No matter what happens, you must have rules first, get into the habit first, and then do other things." I asked him, the artistic imagination was originally unrestrained. If it is too disciplined, will it affect the creativity? He said: "If you start out like a runaway wild horse and then collect it, I'm afraid you won't get it back. Because music itself is created in a norm, you can't let go of those things for the sake of so-called creativity. "
It doesn't sound special to put yourself into a certain norm first, and then release your creativity at will, but it's the first time I've heard an artist talk about the relationship between art and passion. It is the key to Liao Changyong's success: "My teacher Zhou Xiaoyan once said that I should sum up my learning experience for everyone. I said that I had nothing to sum up, but' obedient'. What the teacher asked me to do, I really did it according to that requirement. " In fact, Liao Changyong can play roles that are quite different from his personality and gain him fame on the opera stage. Isn't it because of the norms? He will ponder every movement, look and turn that conforms to the character's personality, and make the movement conform to the psychological rhythm and musical rhythm of the character. That is a norm and a creation, and the key is to be really careful.
However, if we just tell the story that an obedient and good student can succeed, we can stop here. Liao Changyong is not such a simple artist.
The story that he walked barefoot into the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and finally became famous internationally is most talked about.
Liao Changyong said that being a good person is related to family happiness and contentment, as well as his own experience. He said: "I was not born in a musical family, but I am a farmer, which made me feel inferior for a long time, and so far I have an inferiority complex." A person should have a sense of inferiority. If he is always superior, he will be impatient easily. I went to Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and my musical conditions and family conditions can't be compared with others. I have to ask others for advice on everything, and I am very modest. I have been in this state for a long time. This can make up for my shortcomings. It is true that everyone has something stronger than me, including my current students. "
Liao Changyong was born in an ordinary peasant family in Pixian County, Sichuan Province. He walked barefoot into the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and eventually became famous internationally, which is the most talked about by people. From farmers to world-class singers, many people think that the long distance between them is incredible, so they are repeatedly amazed. But in my opinion, talent is not directly related to talent and birth environment. The lack of certain knowledge and congenital conditions can be changed through personal efforts. What is insurmountable is the secular vision of those who think they are superior.
Born as a farmer in Liao Changyong, he lost his father in his childhood. Without much formal music education, he ventured into the Conservatory of Music and was admitted to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music because of his outstanding timbre. It is both an honor and a test to March from rural Sichuan to Shanghai. After entering the school, Liao Changyong felt a lot of humiliation in the first year, because he was poor, he was a farmer, he was not a musical family, and his music foundation was not good.
At that time, most of the students who could enter the Conservatory of Music had some background at home, and many of them came from a musical family. In that place where respect and inferiority are clearly defined, students are always comparing with each other. Liao Changyong never plays and eats with his classmates. He said, "If people invite you to eat, you have to invite them back. I can't even eat enough myself, so how can I invite them to eat?". In this way, if I play with my classmates, I will feel weak and stressed. "
At that time, Liao Changyong only received 6 yuan's living expenses from his three sisters in turn every month. Every time he went to the canteen, he almost went last, and only bought meat once during the exam.
Poor, laughed at, afraid to play with classmates, Liao Changyong has no friends and is alone. People say that this person is withdrawn and unsociable. Even some teachers don't like him because of this. However, that's all. When someone loses his money, it is taken for granted that Liao Changyong stole it, because he is the poorest.
In the face of such insults, introverted Liao Changyong kept it in his heart. After a long time, he couldn't hold back: "You can say anything, but you can't insult my personality!" At that time, the department did not investigate and understand, so it was improperly handled. Liao Changyong had a hard time arguing, and no one complained. He finally couldn't stand it. He went to his teacher Luo Wei with a red eye. Teacher Luo Wei firmly believed that Liao Changyong didn't steal anything.
Many years later, Liao Changyong, who laughed about the past, said to me, "If that man hadn't stolen from the teacher in the department again and got caught, I'm afraid I would have to take the blame all the time." Now that he is the dean of the college, he will never easily draw conclusions about the problems among the students.
"This has something to do with my later enthusiasm." He said, "Didn't you say I was poor? The children of the poor are more promising than you, and I just learned it with this strength. " When he first entered school, Liao Changyong couldn't even play the piano, and his music foundation was almost the worst in the class. But when he graduated, he was the first in the class. His efforts and achievements made everyone sit up and take notice of him.
Fortunately, he met a good teacher. In addition to Mr. Luo Wei, who took him in the first grade, he was accepted as a disciple by Professor Zhou Xiaoyan, who was known as the "mother of China's vocal music" and trained a large number of outstanding singers in the second grade. The teacher not only taught well, but also had a good artistic morality. "Give me a good personality in a subtle way." He said. In college, he also gained love. At that time, there was always an unknown person quietly sending him money, 5 yuan a month, anonymous, but every time he wrote "buy more food." It was not until he fell in love that he realized that it was his girlfriend's silent concern. Today, Liao Changyong and this girl from a musical family have formed a happy family. Liao Changyong said that his family gave him great support and motivation, and his wife was the kind of person who pushed him forward with a whip, so he couldn't relax.
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Liao Changyong finished his undergraduate and graduate studies with excellent results, and gradually, he won prizes in various vocal competitions. In 1996, he went to France to participate in the "41st Toulouse International Vocal Competition" and won the first prize in one fell swoop. This is also the best result that Chinese players have achieved in the past ten years. Alan Longeron, the classical department manager of the world-famous EMI record company, commented: "His singing is so touching, because it comes from his heart. In the past 25 years, I have watched every competition and have never heard a baritone like him."
Winning the prize has brought a lot of honor to Liao Changyong, and made many people stop looking at him with disdain. Before that, he had won many first prizes, and many people thought that he had reached the pinnacle. However, the next year, Liao Changyong decided to participate in the world-famous Domingo World Opera Competition, which was immediately opposed by many people, because it was too difficult to win the prize in this competition, and no Asian had ever made a breakthrough in the competition. Many people advised him that the first prizes he won in the past were enough for him to lie on it and eat for a lifetime. The first prize in this competition is the most difficult one in the world, and if he can't get it, he will erase all the first prizes he won in the past. Liao Changyong said: "It's not that I don't know the mentality that China people always win the battle, but I didn't think so much, so I thought I'd just take a look. You know, in the eyes of opera learners, Domingo is a figure like God! "
He went and won the first prize, which is rare for Asians, and that contest was a sensation. Domingo was particularly excited, calling him the biggest discovery and surprise of this competition and praising him as "the most I have ever seen."