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The shining pearl on the silk road -- inspired by the special concert of "One Belt And One Road" music education alliance · xinjiang muqam

In early May 2017, the central conservatory of music grandly held the founding conference of "One Belt And One Road" music education alliance and the international grand event of music academic discussion and performance. As part of the performance, more than 10 countries' professional and civil performance groups participated in the performance. On May 6, the organizing committee specially opened the "xinjiang muqam concert" for the muqam performance group of xinjiang art academy, which was warmly welcomed by the audience both at home and abroad.

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Five programs were prepared for the concert. The first was the fifth volume of the "twelve muqam", panjgarmuqam, which was clearly recorded in the uygur musical literature history of musicians (AD 1854) and was written by the great scholar pariwan muhammad kushtenge of the 14th to 15th centuries. It will take about two hours to play the whole suite. As the performance of the cycle is continuous, this time the segment of about 45 minutes is selected. The main ones are "dome neymen" (overture, little selak, peshgevi), dastan (first, third), and meshgevu (first, second). You can hear the ever-changing rhythm of the classical music "domnae", the lively and narrative "dastan", and the lively and folkloric "macihot". Although it is an excerpt, the arrangement and connection between the three parts of the music are handled very naturally. As the soul instrument of muqam music, tabla (" darb "in uygur) plays a major role in the emotional transformation of each piece of music.

The prologue of panjgara (mukediman) is a kind of sanban rhythm, the melody is slow and long, with chanting characteristics. Music mood is more pathos, some phrase "duplicate sound" use of more, seem to be telling the past. In the past, the overture was started by the male solo, listening to the male version of the song, this time by the female voice to sing the overture, it was refreshing, even a little surprising. Because, in muqam music, men seem to have a central place. But the female voice is reasonable again, according to "musician history" record, 12 muqam's mother amanisha khan (1526-1560) and her husband (ye er chang han's king abdu hot siti) first meet, sing is "phangjgara", and play "phangjgara" "extraordinary".After the sanda prologue, it goes to the front panel, where it begins with the high-pitched "little selleck," a 20-minute piece sung by three people. We can hear the rich and unstable trills of the muqam, as well as the complex rhythmic rhythms. These are the han music did not hear, and this is also the music phenomenon and characteristics of xinjiang located at the intersection of eastern and western cultures. Lead singer yi xian mu guli rich lasting appeal, emotional singing, delicate and elegant, there are two singers singing together, the muqam classical music broad, deep interpretation is very in place, after listening to very moved.

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The second program is the duet "aijam" performed by tubal and tubal (abdura shathar, alifu sedecek). Aijiam is a love song popular among the uygur people. Famous performer yu sanjiang · gami once adapted into the tubal solo, and widely spread. This performance is based on twelve muqam's seventh "ejime" fragments and folk song fusion, the music is compact and warm. The superb skills of the two performers can be described as amazing, or hurried or lyrical, the performance is very wonderful, the audience applause thunderous. Tutur and tutur are both pizzicato stringed instruments, widely played by the uygur people, and also important plucked instruments in central Asia. From the instruments they play (pear-shaped and long-necked) to their exquisite skills, they can appreciate the richness of the diversified culture of the Chinese nation and the talent and wisdom of ethnic minorities in singing and dancing.

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The third program is the yili folk song "urgurai", sung by yixian muguri muheimadi, accompanied by a duthar. The melody is graceful in tone and characteristic in mode. Yixian muguli, a singer, won the gold medal of "the first China original ecological folk song TV competition" with the uygur folk song "yaru" in 2007, and published the album "peony khan", a folk song of yili. This time we witnessed the high level of yi xian muguri singing.

There are many famous songs in yili folk songs, such as "ana er khan", "my white horse" and so on. One of the country's most popular songwriting songs, "a night on the prairie", was based on the yili folk song "lover's pain" (also known as "black eyes", named after the lyrics "your dark eyes are shining").

The fourth program is the solo "is there a moon in your sky" by ai Czech, which is adapted from the kuqa folk song. The music begins with a big octave jump. After entering a free solo, the tabla joins in and the rhythm is full of movement. The music is expressed vividly by the player abudu kilian usman. This piece of work once had tubal's performance, with the aiczech string instrument performance, because the tone is very unique, especially the use of slide, do not have a flavor. The shape of the eichelk is a "spherical sounding box" with a four-tuned string. The panel is made of wood, and it is a bowstring instrument. Compared with a string instrument with a softer sound, the sound is loud. If metaphorically necessary, the timbre is a bit like a violin, and the brightness of the timbre is a bit close to the banhu of the han nationality, but softer. This instrument is popular among uygur and uzbek.

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This by xinjiang art institute teachers 10 people composed of the muqam performing troupe, it can be said is a luxury lineup. Most of them have won the highest awards in international and national competitions and have participated in the CD recording of muqam's classic albums. The concert was hosted by professor abdusaimi abdusaiman, a former postdoctoral fellow in musicology at Tokyo university of the arts. Ai is the Czech player abdul Crimea, I, is the xinjiang art college music department, deputy director of the teaching and research section of folk music mukam was involved in the third edition of the twelve mukam "Abby qian seaman", "with grace when hot bring this mukam" (written by the mother of twelve mukam Oman nisha khan) such as music notation.

The finale of the concert was the kashgar folk song "dedication to all", sung by ai mai ti jiang mai mai ti. The long tone and dynamic rhythm seem to switch between the endless desert and oasis, showing the diligence and optimism of the uygur people.

Kashgar, is the hometown of muqam, kuqa, yili are twelve muqam main spread area. The uygur people, with their reputation of "ocean of melody and poetry", have contributed a world-class intangible cultural heritage to mankind. Known as the pearl of the silk road, the uygur muqam is still shining brightly. This muqam concert shows the group's affection for muqam's hometown, and shows the achievements of muqam music's inheritance in xinjiang academy of arts after it was listed as a world heritage. The wonderful performance won the audience's warm cheers.

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