Cao Pai Guzheng Art Special Concert and Lecture Series Public Welfare Activities were held in Zheng Zheng

‘Henan Daily client reporter Wen Xiaojuan

On the evening of July 12, "Country Fragrance -Cao Pai Guzheng Art Special Concert and Lecture Series public welfare activities ended successfully in Henan Art Center. This event was advocated by Mr. Cao Guifen's son, Mr. Cao Bo, and with the strong support of the Henan Musicians Association, in order to inherit, promote, and develop Henan Guzheng art, to tell the story of Henan Guzheng, the Guzheng Professional Committee of the Henan Musicians Association joined hands with the Cao faction The disciples of Mr. Cao Guifen held this public welfare activity.

With the unremitting efforts of Mr. Cao Dongfu, Mr. Cao Guifen, and the older generation of zheng people, the Cao Pai four generations have continued to become an important part of our zither in the zither of my country. It has made great contributions to the national music cause in China.

Before the concert began, Mr. Cao Guifen's son, Mr. Cao Bo, brought you a lecture on the theme of "Talking about the main style and technical characteristics of Henan Cao Pai Zheng Qu".

The concert kicked off with Mr. Cao Guifen's masterpiece, one of the masterpieces of Cao Pai Guzheng's masterpiece, "Big Board". This highlights the lively and cheerful scene. As the opening track, it brought a warm atmosphere to the scene, which was shocking.

Subsequently, classic tracks such as "Bitter Music", "Fighting Goose", "Su Wusi Township", "Henan Song Brand", "Little Flying Dance", "Ding Qian Qian" and other classic tracks also took turns. "Going upstairs", "Going down", the concert ended in the famous song "Alpine Flowing Water" and "Lantern Festival". It is worth mentioning that in the song "Chen Xingyuan and Fan", Zhongzhou Zheng also entered with the violin, cello and Zhongyin flute to make the audience refreshed.

The concert also presents the inheritance power of Henan zither. The [Happy Z • T Chu Chuang Troupe] based on the Jinshui District Art Elementary School, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, combined with the [Zhongzhou Guyunzheng Orchestra], brought the dual play "Cut the Flower" "It is especially exciting. The second generation of Cao School, Mr. Cao Yongan, polished meticulously, and was carefully rehearsed by the famous guzheng player educator Du Yu and Cao Guifen's disciple Wu Lijun. The first historical Henan folk music with a long history, conciseness, simple and gentle style shows their vitality. At the same time, under the interpretation of the youngest generation of zheng children, people could not help but feel that there was a succession of Henan Zixi, and the meaning of inheritance was flowing in the tender notes.

Even under the epidemic, this event cannot stop everyone's enthusiasm for this event. Many colleagues came from other places to watch the music event from other places, only to feel the purest Cao Pai performance techniques, which fully demonstrated the charm and value of Cao Pai Guzheng art.

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