Xiao Baiyong

Xiao Baiyong

Xiao Baiyong was born in Chaoyang, Guangdong Province. National first class actor.

Life of the characters

Xiao Baiyong was admitted to Shanghai National Orchestra in 1959. After learning erhu from Xiang Zuying, he also studied Banhu with Liu Mingyuan as his teacher. He also received the guidance of famous teachers such as Jiang Fengzhi, Wei Zhongle and he bin. His playing style is mellow, the sound quality is pure, and the timbre is beautiful. In May 1963, he won the second prize in the national erhu competition "spring of Shanghai" and "excellent performance award for new works" (Red Army brother came back). In August of the same year, he went to the Soviet Union, Romania, Poland and Mongolia with the central song and dance troupe to perform solo. In 1977, he was the chief of the orchestra, and in 1987, he was approved by the central Ministry of culture as a national first-class actor and top performer. He settled in Hong Kong from Shanghai in 1989. He came to Taiwan to settle down in 2002.

Art experience

In 1964, he performed with Chairman Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese troops on behalf of Shanghai artists. In 1965, he performed solo for Chairman Mao Zedong in Shanghai Jinjiang auditorium. In March 1979, Xiao Baiyong's solo concert was held in the auditorium of Shanghai Conservatory of music. He played more than 20 pieces of music with different styles and themes with erhu, Zhonghu, Gaohu and Banhu stringed instruments, creating a precedent of this kind of concert with outstanding performance. In September, she played a solo for former British Prime Minister Margaret Hilda Thatcher (Baroness Thatcher) at the friendship building in Shanghai. Chai praised Shaw's performance for its charm. In 1993, he signed a contract with Hong Kong's BMG record company to release the record "Manjianghong". In just three months, he has won a platinum record and become a miracle in the history of Chinese music and classical music. In 1994, Mr. Daisaku Ikeda, President of Japan's price creation society, performed in Elizabeth Stadium. He called Xiao Zhi's performance "sounds of nature". In 1997, he performed in Tokyo at the invitation of the price Creation Society of Japan and was awarded the artist certificate medal. He performed in Taiwan for the first time in 1991. Lin Gufang, a Taiwan music critic, called Xiao an outlier among folk musicians. Another Taiwan music critic, Mr. Yang Zhongheng, said that Xiao's performance was exciting, and he could hold the listeners' heart with his own composition. In addition, Hong Kong music critic Li Jian said that Xiao is a very special performer. He pays more attention to the inner charm than the surface score. His characteristics lie in "having score in mind", "score in mind" and "integration". His music seems to be a mixture of nature, coming and going naturally. As for the music point of view, Xiao thinks: "at present, most of the performers and conductors only complete the notes but not the music. Music can't be seen or touched. It is Tao. Tao depends on perception rather than research. 」