Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, October 17th Title: “Music Messenger” Mo Hualun: Traveling all over the world and singing China
Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Min
He was born in Beijing, grew up in Hong Kong, studied in the United States, and appeared on the stage in Europe; he was born with big eyes and high nose bridge, and had a “good voice” praised by Pavarotti; he knew Chinese, English, Italian, German, French and other languages; he put on makeup and sang opera, but he couldn’t hear the sound, and couldn’t tell where he was.
Some people say he is an “international person”, and he says “I am 100% Chinese”.
He was willing to be a “music messenger” and consciously assumed the mission of promoting Chinese culture. The combination of “Three Tenors in China” (“Three Highs in China”) composed by Dai Yuqiang and Wei Song has been in the Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw for 10 years, and its performances have been around the world.
He is the artistic director of the Hong Kong Opera House and tenor singer Mo Hualun. In July this year, he was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star Award by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.
”Music does not distinguish between national boundaries. I hope the epidemic will pass as soon as possible. I can go to more countries and sing Chinese culture to the world.” He said.
A sentence awakened the Chinese heart
In the 1980s, after obtaining a master’s degree in music from the Manhattan Conservatory of Music in New York, Mo Hualun went to Germany to apply for the Berlin Opera House. “The German examiner asked me where I came from, and I said I came from New York. He said, ‘No, where were you born?’ I said it was Beijing, North China. Later, when I arrived in Hong Kong, he said, ‘Then you are Chinese.'” Mo Hualun said, “This sentence awakened me. I am Chinese. No matter where I go to the world, my roots are in China.”
The Berlin Opera House is one of the top ten opera houses in the world. Mo Hualun stood out from more than 400 candidates and passed the exam in one fell swoop. “Opera culture is a Western culture. As a Chinese, it is far from singing well. Babaylan 1990 clothes draw enough. It is much better than others to have a chance to give it to you.” He started as a child, went step by step to the protagonist, and became a Berlin song.a href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawThe first Chinese protagonist in the theater. Since then, he has traveled to world-renowned opera houses, playing the role of the Babaylan 1990 cloth draw in more than 60 operas, and won a place for the Chinese on the mainstream Western opera stage.
In 1995, when Hong Kong was about to return to the motherland, Mo Hualun chose to settle back to Hong Kong and gradually shifted his career to Asia, and later devoted himself more to the mainland. The wanderer who has been out for many years returns to his motherland. When he sang patriotic songs such as “I Love You China” and “My Motherland” in his mother tongue, he always feels excited.
On October 3, 2019, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, “Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawChina ThreeCinema 1950 witch cloth drawHigh” held a concert at the Hong Kong Cultural Center. At that time, Hong Kong was deeply involved in the “Amendment Regulations Storm”, and the road was blocked by the police several times due to riots near the theater. What Mo Hualun did not expect was that the last return song of the day, “My Motherland and Me” became a chorus. “Everyone knows this song in the mainland, but I didn’t expect that Hong Kong audiences would sing it, and they sang it spontaneously.” He said Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, “In the most chaotic time in Hong Kong, we stood up and sang loudly, patriotism, Hong Kong, and singing about the motherland.” Looking back on the situation that day, Mo Hualun is still “very excited and very touched.”
”Music is powerful and can unite and unite people’s hearts. It is also the best tool to help us understand the motherland.” Mo Hualun said that patriotic music education in Hong Kong should start from primary school and kindergarten, and start from the simplest singing of the national anthem.At first, “This is the most basic education on national conditions.”
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Talking about Chinese culture in music language that Westerners can understand is the unique advantage of the “Three Highs in China”.
Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw “The three highs of China are named “China”, which has represented the national image to some extent. Therefore, from the beginning of its establishment, our mission is to promote Chinese culture on the international stage and express the cultural confidence of the Chinese nation.” Mo Hualun said.
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The “Three Highs in China” have performed more than 100 times around the world so far. “Half we sing is internationally familiar song, and the other half is famous Chinese folk songs.” Mo Hualun said, “First Babaylan 1990 cloth draw sang their songs well, Babaylan 1990 cloth draw let them understand our professional standards, and then guide them to listen to us singing Chinese songs. They are easy to accept. At the end of the performance, local audiences often stood up and applauded, saying that Chinese folk songs were so nice.”
In November 2012, the “Three Highs in China” was invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. “We sang “My Sun” first, and then sang “Fengyang Flower Drum”. The lyrics of this Anhui folk song are very interesting, such as ‘I can’t marry a good wife’ and ‘a pair of big feet’ because there are English subtitles Babaylan 1990 cloth draw, the audience clapped their hands and laughed, and the audience laughedKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw flipped. “Mo Hualun recalled the scene at that time, as if it was in front of her eyes.
Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawAfter the performance, Queen Elizabeth II of England took the stage to meet the actors. “She liked Chinese folk songs very much, and she said, ‘You sang very well’. “Mo Hualun said, “The evening party that day brought together world-class performing stars. As representatives from China, we have the opportunity to promote Chinese culture. We are very proud. ”
”We are all from the Bay Area”
This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, the “Bay Area Rising Moon” 2021 Greater Bay Area Mid-Autumn Festival Movie Music Gala was held in Shenzhen. Many celebrities from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao performed on the same stage, with star-studded praises. At the party, Mo Hualun participated in singing the two songs “My Chinese Heart” and “I Want to Live a Long Time”.
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Talking about the development opportunities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area for Hong Kong, Mo Hualun bluntly said that it is “too important”. He said: “If you don’t talk about anything else, there are more than a dozen or twenty opera houses in the Greater Bay Area, and basically every city has them. This performance market alone is amazing. “Mo Hualun discussed with relevant departments of the SAR government on how to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the Hong Kong Opera House and other theaters in the Greater Bay Area, hoping to “more cooperation that can be implemented and achieve resource sharing.”
The opera “Madam Butterfly” produced by Mo Hualun was recently staged in Hong Kong. On the day of the interview, Mo Hualun greeted the starring actors from various countries in the backstage. “The nationalities of the 10 leading actors are differentKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw, and came to Hong Kong to perform a classicItalian opera, this is international cultural exchange. “Mo Hualun said, “Hong Kong has many institutional and mechanism conveniences, which is the advantage of Babaylan 1990 cloth draw‘One country, two systems’. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw should cherish and make good use of it to build its own cultural brand. ”
Mo Hualun, who has just been elected as a member of the Election Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, has always paid attention to Hong Kong’s cultural construction. “If Hong Kong wants to become a truly world-class city, it must have a first-class culture, including first-class opera houses and first-class original works. ”
In July this year, the National Art Fund landed in Hong Kong and applied for the first time to open the project to Hong Kong art groups, and the Hong Kong performing arts community was excited. Mo Hualun revealed that they are planning the first Cantonese version of the original opera “Rice Xiang”, which tells the story of three generations of a Hong Kong rice shop who are working tirelessly for their dreams. They are currently applying for the National Art Fund to “make original works and create Hong Kong’s cultural brand. This is the way we need to go.”