摘要
周龙本科毕业于中央音乐学院。他早年给我印象最深的乐曲,是1983年在第三届全国音乐作品评比中获奖的民乐四重奏《空谷流水》。该作以鲜明的中国五声性音响和颇具中国地方色彩的音调,与多调性、泛调性音乐技术相结合,让中国的笛、管、筝等丝竹乐器音响与西方的打击乐音响相结合,还有一些新的演奏法和音色处理等,在许多方面,都突破了长久以来我国民族音乐创作的思维定式。
A span of over 20 years has passed, and when I meet Zhou Long again now, he is already a full-time professor at the College of Music, Uni-versity of Missouri in Kansas, U.S.A., and also a world -renowned composer. His music has entered the mainstream society of the West. Being a Ph.D. in music from the University of Columbia and a professor of composition in an American university, Zhou Long has undoubtedly mastered the Western contemporary composing techniques since long ago. However, interestingly, the composer Zhou Long always appears as a Chinese composer, whether it was the time when he stayed in China earlier, or during his stay in the U.S. for over 20 years. And likewise, his works reflect so much the profound Chinese cultural background and the taste of the new ' Intellectuals' Music' that they leave on us deep impressions. Zhou Long has hardly written music for big events, nor has his music directly represented major historical incidents or his personal encounters. He seemed to prefer detached eyesight and steady manners in his attempt to better understand the Chinese civilization. In his view, the long -standing Chinese civilization is solemn, sublime and admirable. This is the very reason why he chose for himself a music -composing career with the inheritance and development of the Chinese civilization as the dominant line, even though he has settled down in the U.S. and has obtained American citizenship. In his own words, 'although I am American, I am still viewed by the American music critics as 'Chinese composer', which, to me, is more familiar. In fact, I have not changed myself. The Chinese traditions that we have are so deeply rooted that they can never be changed.'
出处
《人民音乐》
CSSCI
北大核心
2007年第5期4-7,共4页
People’s Music
