Hu Xiaoping really began to learn vocal music in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution. At that time, her father was sent to work in a brick factory, and the daughter of a famous vocal music professor Gao was also a worker there. Once, her father said to Professor Gao's daughter, "My daughter likes singing very much. Can you ask your mother to guide my daughter's study? " At that time, Hu Xiaoping was a textile worker in Shanghai Guomian No.25 Factory. Professor Gao's daughter is very enthusiastic and took it to see her mother. In this way, I stood next to Professor Gao's piano. After she finished singing a song, Professor Gao accepted her as a student.
Every Sunday, I go to Professor Gao's home for class on time. Gao Gao/kloc-returned from Juilliard School in new york in 949, and was the first singer to perform the opera La Traviata on the stage in China. Under her careful guidance, Hu Xiaoping has made rapid progress. Professor Gao said to him, "Your natural conditions are very good. The key is to train strictly and not study hard. What a pity! " She always warned Hu Xiaoping that singing should not only rely on voice skills, but also use her brain and heart to sing. Professor Gao likes to work hard, but she never says a good word to her face and always finds fault with her. Under the careful guidance of Professor Gao, his singing skills have been continuously improved, and he was admitted to Shanghai Orchestra on 1972.
After officially becoming a singer, Hu Xiaoping modestly started from scratch and devoted all his energy to study and practice. Because of this, he never saw a movie during 15. Many works that others are unwilling to sing, even if there is only one word, she is willing to sing. She doesn't care if she is put in the G corner in the opera. Chorus, duet, solo, put her where you need her. After some efforts, Hu Xiaoping finally stood out. Two years later, he became a soloist in the orchestra and won the 1978 Shanghai Young Actor Excellence Award. 1September, 1979, the group sent her to Shanghai Conservatory of Music for full-time study and officially became a student of Professor Gao. Since then, Hu Xiaoping's vocal music level has advanced by leaps and bounds. Later, Professor Gao, who has always been strict, couldn't help but praise the diligent and talented student, which made her satisfied: "I have traveled abroad for a while and haven't heard your good timbre. You still have potential, you have to keep your feet on the ground and move on. "
Opportunities always favor those who are prepared. 1980, the famous French conductor Pirisson was invited to rehearse Haydn's oratorio Genesis in Shanghai. In order to choose a soprano, he chose Shanghai all the way from Beijing and Guangzhou. Finally, he turned to Hu Xiaoping with approval.
Genesis is a classic work with high artistic value in the history of western music, full of hope and joy. The music is unpretentious, smooth and harmonious. The soprano solo is very soft and the melody is very beautiful, which is very close to Hu Xiaoping's singing characteristics. After the performance was a great success, when she was about to leave Beijing, Pirison told the person in charge that it would be good for her development if you let her go out to compete.
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1982, Hu Xiaoping signed up for a competition held in France. Our country will send three athletes to take part in that competition. Hu Xiaoping was unsuccessful in the domestic selection, and the top three were students of trial judges. Hu Xiaoping's level in the competition is obvious to all, but her performance came last, which made other candidates question the fairness of the selection. Professor Gao, who loves talents, wrote to the leaders of the Ministry of Culture, proposing that students should not be regarded as private property, and young people who may win glory for the country should participate in the competition.
Later, the Budapest International Vocal Music Competition was held in Hungary, and the competent authorities sent Hu Xiaoping to participate. Before going to Hungary, Miss Gao looked at Hu Xiaoping, who was wasting away after several months' hard work, quietly bought her nutrition, and gave Hu Xiaoping her favorite beautiful lake blue long gauze skirt, so that he could go abroad to participate in the competition.
When I first stepped into the competition hall of Liszt Conservatory of Music, the colorful national flag hanging on the wall attracted Hu Xiaoping. She glanced quickly: "Why is there no national flag of China?" Hu Xiaoping asked. The friendly Hungarian quickly explained: "Because China's vocal music has never participated in this international competition, your national flag is made up." Indeed, before Hu Xiaoping, China's vocal music art had been unknown in the world. The New York Times of198/kloc-0 also analyzed: "In terms of instrumental music, orientals came up, but in terms of unique vocal music, China people could not come up, and language was also an obstacle." Starting from 1965, the first prize of Budapest International Vocal Music Competition is a European patent.
The competition was divided into three rounds, and three works were selected from 16, 17 and 18 respectively. It was very difficult for * * * to sing nine operas and arias. Many actors from all over the world are experienced on the stage, but Hu Xiaoping has never even performed a foreign classic opera in China. When Hu Xiaoping finished the first round, foreign journalists stared at her. A Hungarian journalist told her, "I really hope the Hungarians will win the prize. After listening to your first round of singing, I knew that this award must be yours! "
In the second round, Hu Xiaoping sang Margaret's aria "Song of Jewelry" in the third act of Cournot's Faust. She mastered her own voice, just as a superb instrument player mastered her own instrument. The first part of the song is subtle, gentle and lyrical, and the second part is passionate and gorgeous, which vividly interprets the image of the girl's joy after getting the jewelry and performs so naturally and luxuriously. As soon as the song was finished, it was as quiet as a theater without people, and there was a storm of applause. Some viewers shouted: "China people, good job!" Many viewers exchanged surprised eyes and expressed sincere admiration: "We have never heard such a smile!"
There is only one grand prize in Budapest International Vocal Music Competition, regardless of gender. The winner of the final is Hu Xiaoping and a tenor from the former Soviet Union, who has performed 100 operas. Tenor is also a favorite to win the championship. Coincidentally, both of them chose the first scene of Puccini's opera "The Artist's Life" at the same time, and the judges asked them to perform together.
The Artist's Life is an enduring classic on the opera stage, which tells the tragic love story of a poor poet and an embroidered mother. The first arias "Cold Hands" and "People Call Me Mimi" are familiar in the west, just as China people are familiar with "Susan Leaving Hongtong County". Hu Xiaoping knows very well that the more familiar the aria is, the more it can test the singer's skill.
Probably because he was eager to win the championship, when the music started, the tenor shook Hu Xiaoping's hand badly. "Cold Hands" is an aria of the poet Rudolph when he happened to meet the hand of embroidered female Mimi in the dark. It requires the singer to be full of emotions, sincere feelings and full of praise and yearning for love. The tenor's performance was also excellent, but his voice was interrupted at the most brilliant tenor. Obviously, this is not a question of skill.
Next, Hu Xiaoping sang People Call Me Mimi. She speaks fluently, enunciates clearly and accurately in Italian, and the high-pitched area is pure and clear, which has the effect of clarinet. The bass area is soft and rich, as if from the cello. Her voice is rich in color, and even the smallest faint voice can be heard clearly by the person sitting at the last and highest place. What is more commendable is that her image is simple and natural, which is very in line with the role. People were fascinated by Hu Xiaoping's perfect breasts, and applause and flowers flooded in. She thanked her five times in a row. In the end, Hu Xiaoping won the only first prize and the special opera prize in this competition.
"Hu Xiaoping flew out like a shell. How come we never knew there was such a good soprano! " At that time, some of the most influential foreign newspapers published a series of comments, marveling at China people's unexpected voice ability, and thought that the biggest gain of this competition was the discovery of Hu Xiaoping! The Hungarian People's Freedom newspaper commented: "It is rare for the audience and the judges to agree that Hu Xiaoping won the first prize."
After winning the prize, Hu Xiaoping began a frequent singing career, holding solo concerts in major cities in Europe, North America, Southeast Asia and China, and performing with famous orchestras all over the world. At the Prague Spring Music Festival, she made a guest appearance with karajan and Minla Franny. She held a solo concert in 2 1 cities in the United States, which was unanimously appreciated by the audience. ...
Music critics from all over the world spoke highly of Hu Xiaoping's singing art: "The voice is clean, sweet and natural, the performance is sincere, and the typhoon is generous ..." Mei Niuyin, a violin master, predicted when playing Prague Spring: "Twenty years later, the music center of the world will move to Beijing." Western European critics will compare it with the world-famous soprano Mingla Franny: "Hu is the newborn sun, Franny is the dusk sun, and both are so gorgeous", "Hu's Mimi describes the character more accurately, so she should be called Mimi Hu", "The beauty of the East is integrated into the western opera" and she is "a lark flying from the East".
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On August 5th, 1984, Hu Xiaoping, who had just returned from performing abroad, performed with some singers in his hometown of Chaiqiao. At this time, many people in Chaiqiao knew that Hu Xiaoping, a world-famous singer, turned out to be "a native of Alachai Bridge". People rushed to tell each other, beaming. Chaiqiao Shadow Play Theater with more than 1000 seats was packed.
Like any routine performance, Hu Xiaoping appeared in front of the villagers wearing a long short-sleeved gauze skirt in lake blue, and thunderous applause rang out from the audience. Hu Xiaoping presented four songs to the villagers, including "I Love You China" and "Song of Jewelry". Some listeners here may not know what Bel Canto is, but they know that they have heard the most beautiful songs in the world. At the end of the performance, many people rushed backstage to ask Hu Xiaoping for autograph. Many female employees of a children's wear factory in Xiapu also invited Hu Xiaoping to take photos with them, and Hu Xiaoping warmly accepted them one by one. Later, it was rumored that the photos of Hu Xiaoping and the female workers became the commercial advertisements of the factory, and the children's wear business of the factory increased greatly.
Hu Xiaoping's foreign opera arias are vivid, and her China works are equally wonderful, complete and pleasing to the ear. For every China song, she treats it according to the characteristics of her singing, which gives people a refreshing feeling. Many domestic audiences fell in love with bel canto after listening to Hu Xiaoping's China songs.
For example, the art song "I live at the head of the Yangtze River", when many singers sing it, is generally graceful, soft and lingering, while Hu Xiaoping sang this song with a meaningful and distinct voice of homesickness. What is more innovative is that the high notes at the end of the song are sung with the strongest voice, which highlights the feelings of missing and has far-reaching artistic conception. In the song "Red Bean Ci", Hu Xiaoping gave this song a new meaning and sang it repeatedly in a semi-soft way. She sang the folk song "Dripping Water from a Stream" in Midu, Yunnan Province. This song is unpretentious, free-paced, affectionate and imaginative, just like a delicate landscape painting, and it is very popular.
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From 65438 to 0986, Hu Xiaoping, the mother of a 7-year-old child, won a scholarship from Manhattan Conservatory of Music. She went to the United States and studied with Caleri, who was once one of the top ten singers in the world, for three years, and gained a lot. During this period, she is often asked to give demonstrations that many teachers can't do. The student joked, "You are not a student, you should be a teacher."
At the end of her study in the United States, she once performed in Canada, where the environment was very good and the quiet atmosphere was very suitable for her to continue studying opera and vocal music. 1990, Hu Xiaoping moved his family to Toronto. 1992, she founded the "Xiao Ping Choir" in Toronto, as a conductor and engaged in teaching. In its heyday, the choir had more than 70 members, and their performances were everywhere in Canada.
Music is Hu Xiaoping's favorite occupation in his life. For more than 20 years, she has been active on the stage, holding solo concerts every year and never stopping to practice her voice. In the late 1990s, Hu Xiaoping held a concert in Hungary, and once again performed The Artist's Life with the Hungarian Opera House, and recorded a record, which is still widely appreciated by music critics and audiences. Later, she successfully held solo concerts in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vienna. In view of Hu Xiaoping's important contribution to Sino-Russian cultural exchange, the Russian government named a newly discovered asteroid after Hu Xiaoping on 1998.
In recent years, Hu Xiaoping frequently returned to China to perform, and established Shanghai Hu Xiaoping Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Xiaoping Choir and Xiaoping Art Training Center in Shanghai. At the end of 2006, Ningbo University hired Hu Xiaoping as a visiting professor and established the Hu Xiaoping Art Center of Ningbo University.