Wang Yougui, a famous composer. Perhaps people are not familiar with this name, but a "Spring Story" has spread all over the world and resounded through the land of China. As the theme song of the large-scale TV documentary "Deng Xiaoping", it once sounded when hundreds of millions of viewers shed tears, making people tremble and unforgettable. Its songwriter is Wang Yougui. Wang Yougui's music works, such as I will be you when I grow up, I belong to China, China Soldiers, Passion for Dongjiang Water, Footprints, Xiaolangdi of the Yellow River, Spring Breeze and Peach Blossom Still Laughing, are also widely known and circulated.

Chinese name: Wang Yougui.

Nationality: China.

Birthplace: Jingkou Village, Yizhang County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province

Date of birth: 1949

Occupation: composer

Graduate school: Hunan Normal University

Masterpieces: Affectionate Dongjiang Water, Homesick Time, Story of Spring.

Character experience

Wang Yougui, a famous composer. 1949 was born in Jingkou Village, Yizhang County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province. 15 years old, graduated from high school, admitted to the county art troupe, as a bamboo flute player. During the Cultural Revolution, the Art Troupe was dissolved and returned to the small mountain village where he was born and raised. After many twists and turns, he was admitted to the art department of Hunan Normal University in 1978 and stayed there to teach after graduation. . Being a teacher is Wang Yougui's long-cherished wish since childhood. After he really tasted the hardships of being a teacher, he wrote "I will be you when I grow up". 1982 entered Wuhan Conservatory of Music for further study, 1986 transferred to the Conservatory of Music of Beijing Institute of Art, 1988 entered the Composition Department of Central Conservatory of Music for further study. That year, his "Brother Tie You to My Heart" was an instant hit and won the gold medal with a song "It's not easy to live" in the "Ruyi Cup" song contest held by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In 2000, he was transferred to China Song and Dance Troupe as the director of the creative editing center.

Representative works include more than 100 popular songs such as Passion for Dongjiang Water, Time for Homesickness, Story of Spring, I belong to you, Three Gorges, I will be you when I grow up. Among them, I will be you when I grow up, the story of spring, coming back and true love forever won the MTV gold medal in succession, becoming the only winner of four consecutive championships. In 2004, singing "The Story of Spring" won the Golden Eagle Golden Melody Award. In 2007, he served as the judge of Nanchang Division of China Red Song Club.

intelligence

The son of a Hunan farmer, his story is as simple and honest as his character, so humorous. Behind his glasses, there is a moving light of wisdom.

"Mother gave me the soul of music"

"In fact, I grew up in my mother's songs. My mother not only gave birth to me, but also planted a seed of music in my heart and gave me the soul of music. " Wang Yougui's words are full of gratitude and reverence for his mother.

Wang Yougui was born in Jingkou Village, Yizhang County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province. My mother is a Hakka and loves singing. The first thing Wang Yougui heard as a baby was his mother's lullaby. Whether washing clothes by the river, watering the vegetable garden, cooking in the kitchen, and taking the soles at the door of the main room, my mother kept singing one song after another. Some of my mother's songs are cheerful and jumping, some are sad and sad, some are light and elegant like catkins dancing, and some are passionate like mountain torrents. When Wang Yougui was a child, she could tell the emotional color from her mother's singing.

Mother not only taught Wang Yougui to sing, but also taught him how to be a man. Wang Yougui still remembers his mother's famous saying: "If you don't work hard when you are young, you will be worthless when you grow up;" Making others happy is the real happiness; It is the general's mind to give others more opportunities. " Under the guidance of his mother, Wang Yougui developed an enterprising, tolerant, open-minded and optimistic character.

He said affectionately that without his mother, there would be no him today.

On May 6th, 2007, the Wang Yougui Hakka Folk Song Symphony Concert, which lasted for ten years, premiered in Shenzhen, causing a great sensation.

When asked about the creative motivation of this group of Hakka songs, Wang Yougui replied: "This is my unique complex about Hakka culture. When I was a child, my mother and I went to Hakka several times a year. In my mother, I saw the greatness of Hakka women: diligence, hard work and wisdom. In my mind, Hakka women are the most worthy of praise. The theme of the choir is to praise Hakka women. In addition, my mother is a local singing fairy in the style of Liu Sanjie, and my creative source is largely attributed to her. This work is also a gift for my mother and a reward for her deep maternal love. "

Break into the door of music with bamboo flute

"I broke into the door of music with a bamboo flute," Wang Yougui told the author calmly. The school is 30 miles from home. While resting on the road, Wang Yougui took out his bamboo flute and played a song sung by his mother. A few years later, he developed skillful flute playing skills.

15 years old, Wang Yougui, who graduated from junior high school, is catching up with the enrollment of the county art troupe. With his homemade bamboo flute, he made the recruiting teacher smile and became a professional performer in the county cultural and art troupe. Later, due to various reasons, Wang Yougui returned to the small mountain village beside Xiushui River where he was born, and bamboo flute became his good partner. After farm work, he always goes to Xiushui River to sit on a stone and play some songs. "One day, a friend in the county told me that Zhou Jiali, a teacher from Hunan Normal University, came and wanted to recruit ethnic students in the province. When I arrived at the county seat, Teacher Zhou left Yizhang for Chenzhou. So, I chased all the way to Chenzhou Normal University and found Miss Zhou. After listening to my bamboo flute performance, Teacher Zhou gave me special permission to take the cultural examination. So I became a student of the art department of Hunan Normal University. " Wang Yougui told reporters, "If I hadn't chased the teacher last week, I wouldn't have entered Hunan Normal University."

After going to college, Wang Yougui was like a duck to water, studied hard, graduated with excellent results and stayed on as a teacher. After becoming a university teacher, I went to Wuhan Conservatory of Music, Music Research Institute of China Academy of Fine Arts and Central Conservatory of Music for further study, and constantly accumulated and enriched myself.

From 65438 to 0989, Wang Yougui, who was nearly 40 years old, entered the forefront of reform and opening up with an adventurous spirit. Shenzhen, a tiny place, has gathered hundreds of thousands of sailors. When Wang Yougui first entered Shenzhen, he suffered a lot. Just when he was in distress, a company asked him to organize a literary evening. He readily agreed and successfully completed, and got the first payment. Then, he served as the music designer of Shenzhen Art Festival, which was a rare opportunity. He seized this opportunity and successfully compiled a satisfactory answer sheet. He was hired as the director of Shenzhen Entrepreneur Art Troupe with a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan. He finally became famous.

After two years of struggle, Wang Yougui bought a piano. He can sit quietly on the piano stool and sort out a thousand things. Write a song! Write what? He, a child in the mountains, really let him know that there are mountains beyond the mountains. It was the teacher who taught him to read and be a man. Just write a song praising the teacher. So, I wrote a song "I will be you when I grow up". On 1994 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, "I will be you when I grow up" was sung by Song Zu Ying and spread all over the country. Wang Yougui received nearly a thousand letters from people's teachers. A teacher and his wife wrote in the letter that they listened to the song in tears. They had already arrived in Hainan and didn't intend to teach in mountainous areas, but after listening to this song, they embarked on the journey of returning to the teaching world.

Wang Yougui has created many excellent works, such as The Story of Spring by Dong Wenhua, Lights by Tang Can and You When I Grow Up by Song Zu Ying.

The Story of Spring changed the writing mode of ode.

"What inspired you to write such an elegant, ingenious, lyrical and touching Story of Spring?" In response to the author's question, Wang Yougui explained, "I/kloc-0 wrote this song in Shenzhen in 1994. This is a song that feels very similar. After the reform and opening up, we saw hope, which was brought by Deng Xiaoping's coming out to preside over the work. Deng Xiaoping visited the South several times in spring, so the author named it "The Story of Spring". I put a lot of effort into composition, but I always feel something is wrong. When I slept until 3 o'clock in the morning that day, I suddenly remembered the scene of a great man in a Chinese drama, and there was an atmosphere where I couldn't make a sound, let alone such a great man. I quickly ran downstairs to open the piano and added a chorus of' Spring Story', which also combined the beauty of the south with the roughness of the north. " It can be said that Wang Yougui created this century's musical masterpiece entirely with enthusiasm and sincerity.

After several tempering, the story of spring was finally born. Touching lyrics and cordial and soothing melody not only show the heartfelt support of the masses to the leader, but also show the personal charm of the leader.

1994 10 this MTV film, which was planned by Meng Xin and directed by Zhang Guoli, became an instant hit after it was broadcast on CCTV. /kloc-won the gold medal in the second MTV competition of CCTV in 0/2, and was sung nationwide. Later, this song became the theme song of the large-scale documentary "Deng Xiaoping", and won 1995 "Five One Project Award", "Golden Bell Award", 1996 China Music Award, and "Gold Award of the Most Popular Movie Song in 1990s", making it one of the "golden songs" with the most national awards.

As the song goes: "Spring tides roll between heaven and earth, and sail on the journey." This song has spread all over the world where there are China people, and it has become a song that truly represents the voice of China people and records the style of an era. Therefore, Wang Yougui's name is recorded in the history of China music.

The Story of Spring has changed China's creation mode of ode for many years. Why has Wang Yougui changed so much? Wang Yougui said: "Our generation, from the 1970s, 1980s to 1990s, heard high-profile carols. What I want to show most in my creation is the people's multiple feelings towards the leaders, and I also want to express my inner gratitude. Our generation is the same age as the Republic of China in Otawa. It can be said that we have experienced all the events that have taken place in our country since the founding of the People's Republic of China, which makes us know how to cherish and be grateful. Therefore, I wrote this song entirely out of emotion and chose a mode of great lyricism and freehand brushwork. "

Main work

His works include quartets, fugues, pianos and bands, symphonic poems, operas, TV plays, anthologies and films.

Representative songs "The Story of Spring", "Sunny Days in the New Century" and "Three Gorges" won the "Five One Project Award" in Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China.

"I belong to China" was nominated by the "Five One Project Awards" of the Propaganda Department of the CPC;

Works such as "I am you when I grow up" and "Deep Dongjiang Water" won the gold medal in CCTV MTV Competition for five consecutive years;

"Follow Your Team for More and More Time" won the Government Award of China Radio New Song.

Nineteen episodes of TV series Marry Africa, Melia azedarach Blooming Season and Radio Drama Plumbing Hong Kong (composition) won the Five One Project Award from the Propaganda Department of the CPC respectively.

The TV series "Guan Jing" and "Flying" (composition) won the first and second prizes of the TV series Flying Award;

1997 Wang Yougui, who won both talents and talents in March, was awarded the title of "Top 100 Artists with Virtue and Art" by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

200 1 12 attended the Seventh Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and was cordially received by General Secretary Jiang.

classic quotations

I am a groundnut, no matter how barren the soil is, it will take root deeply, blossom and bear fruit, and have its own voice!

Peanut-that's a crisp copper bell.