About ten years ago, "zhang jia zhuang, ten miles away from the city, my father called Zhang Baishan, my mother called Xian Gao, and there was no brother to go down and no brother ..." Unexpectedly, a cantata of "zhang jia zhuang, ten miles away from the city" made the Xi 'an Liberation Theatre almost boil at that time and won a full house applause. Her voice, articulation, line cavity and charm are all like Su Ruie's, crisp and mellow. With the end of the aria of Meet the Flower Pavilion, in the prolonged applause of the judges and the audience, Zhang Ning, who is childlike, stood out in the "Xifeng Cup" Shaanxi Radio and Singing Competition and won the first prize for three times in a row. That year, Meet the Flower Pavilion became an instant hit, and Zhang Ning became an instant hit. Zhang Ning, who just graduated from Shaanxi Art School, was overjoyed at this achievement, but she knew that her strength was still very weak. "The audience and the judges gave me memories of Su Ruie and old artists. In fact, I didn't sing the soul of the play at that time, just imitating it. " The earliest idea of learning "Su School" singing was when I was in an art school. "I overheard Teacher Su (Rui E) and the teacher sing" Meet in the Flower Pavilion "on the radio, and learned to sing a few words, but my classmates joked that my voice was particularly like Teacher Su." Since then, Zhang Ning has been fascinated by the "Su School" singing. Listening to tapes, reading materials and learning singing have become her daily compulsory courses. However, art lies in individuality, and blindly imitating predecessors will only narrow your own path. This, Zhang Ning deeply felt. "The artist's first step should be to imitate, and then go out of the stage of imitation according to his own conditions, and form his own unique style on the basis of inheriting the tradition. "Therefore, Zhang Ning not only inherited the singing characteristics of" Su School ",but also integrated his own voice and performance, and made some lyrics in Meet in the Flower Pavilion clear, which sounded euphemistic and delicate. Today, Meet the Flower Pavilion has become Zhang Ning's masterpiece. It can be said that it is sung everywhere and performed for more than a thousand times. At the beginning, in order to play a good role in the play, Zhang Ning also specially tailored a set of "targeting top" and clothes. Today, "targeting top" is still dazzling, and that suit has long been worn out. Zhang Ning didn't expect that learning to sing unintentionally once put him on this unrepentant road. "As long as you find the right direction, you will never give up halfway. "
Zhang Ning has been trying and exploring since he entered the art school on 1980. He is like a diligent bee, searching in the garden all day, collecting the most essence, precious and valuable things, and then processing, brewing and dedication. She tried to collect their tapes and CDs, listened, watched and pondered word by word over and over again, and then chose some classic aria to practice and learn to sing according to her voice and preferences. Many of them are famous. In addition to going to the live show, she also went to the door for advice and asked them to teach orally. When rehearsing Susan Qi Jie, she worshipped Xiao Yuling as a teacher and asked her to rehearse for herself. Teacher Quan Qiaomin performed The Edge of the Tiger's Mouth. Say that finish, she sat in the audience and watched it carefully. After that, she went backstage to learn singing face to face and asked for advice ... She studied drama with Xiao Yuling, a famous Shaanxi opera artist, and arranged for Su San to give a 10% discount on Xiao School's masterpiece Yu Tang Chun. Xiao Yuling's tactfully fluent, elegant and fresh singing and delicate and vivid performance made Zhang Ning appreciate the artistic style and unique charm of famous artists, so Zhang Ning paid special attention to studying drama. People who are familiar with the Shaanxi Opera like Zhou Ren Hui Fu. In Night Escape, Zhou Ren was misunderstood by the old housekeeper, but her sister-in-law could hear clearly in the dark. The indignant and sad life situation often arouses many people's voices. 200 1 In the drama of Shaanxi Spring Festival Opera Evening, Li Xiaofeng, a national first-class actor, plays Zhou Ren and Zhang Ning plays Zhou's sister-in-law. Both of them performed the play in a heartbreaking way. The audience applauded endlessly. Zhang Ning's two sad "brothers" made someone cry in the audience. When Zhou Ren was escorting her sister-in-law to escape in the dark, an opera fan rushed to the stage with flowers in his hand and caught up with him obliquely, which made "Zhou Ren", who gradually became behind the scenes, want to escape and had to "give in easily" and make a curtain call again. The "brave" movie fan's action immediately aroused a burst of well-meaning laughter and applause from the audience.
After graduating from 1987 and entering Shaanxi Opera Academy, Zhang Ning received careful guidance from Ma Youxian, Hao Caifeng and Quan Qiaomin. Similarly, the rehearsal of "Today's Daughter" has been supported by everyone, especially the director Zhicheng Cai. "Yu Jin Nu" is a classic of Xun Huisheng, one of the "four famous dances" in Beijing Opera, and also one of the representative works of traditional Shaanxi opera. Because the looks and sounds are close to the characters in the play, Zhang Ning is very optimistic about the play and has made great efforts to rehearse it. Looking for a director, looking for a partner, making clothes ... In August 2006, Yujinxin University was finally established. Although I haven't had time to meet the vast number of opera fans, experts and leaders have given high praise when I was reviewed. Some experts said that this drama will become another masterpiece of Zhang Ning. But who would have thought that in the initial rehearsal, Zhang Ning encountered many obstacles. "What age is not appropriate, long difference. Many people say that this drama cannot be done. " Faced with these words, Zhang Ning cried all night. The next day, she immediately called the director Zhicheng Cai and threw herself into the intense rehearsal with her partner and Duan Minjun. "Well, wait until the play comes out." With this momentum and dedication to the art of Shaanxi Opera, Zhang Ning finally vented his anger. Although the looks and sounds are similar to those of the characters in the play, Zhang Ning felt great pressure when describing the characters' psychology. "A 16-year-old girl has experienced the hardships of love at first sight, full of joy, being abandoned and eventually being killed, and the psychological gap is particularly large." Although the play was difficult, Zhang Ning was patiently guided by Zhicheng Cai. "One stroke, one action, one look, Teacher Cai is very particular about it. Although it is a traditional play, he used modern rehearsal techniques, whether as a singer or as a Taoist. "
For a young actor, it should be enough to know this step, but Zhang Ning is a little dissatisfied and "restless". He is still trying, pursuing and broadening his career. Where there is a will, there is a way. The aria she plays, The White Snake and Princess Chai, are equally interesting and touching. In recent years, she studied with singer Feng Jianxue, set foot in the music world, sang folk songs in northern Shaanxi, released albums, and successfully held a solo concert in Hong Kong, making herself an amiable and lovely "sweet girl" in northern Shaanxi. At first, I thought she was after the "market effect". After listening to her songs and opera CDs several times, I realized that she wanted to make the charm of Shaanxi opera sweeter. Sure enough, in many aria of Shaanxi Opera, there are both lingering and euphemistic folk songs and the characteristics of coloratura jumping and cheerful, which adds modern color to the ancient Shaanxi Opera. "Clear water comes to the sky, and Qin Xiao washes my clothes and comes to the river ..." When Zhang Ning, dressed in an orchid costume, appeared on the stage of the China Western Folk Song Competition with a song excerpt from Little Black Married, the audience cheered. Zhang Ning won the bronze medal for her outstanding performance and singing. Zhang Ning said, has singing always been her dream? "When I was a child, I didn't learn to sing because of poor family conditions. It is not easy for my mother to raise our four children by raising chickens. Now that the conditions are good, I can finally realize my dream. "
From June 5438 to/kloc-0 to October 065438, 2005, in the "Experimental Traditional Art Festival" held in Hong Kong, Zhang Ning, a research institute of Shaanxi Opera, was a great success with a refreshing folk song concert in northern Shaanxi, which featured traditional opera arts such as Shaanxi Opera, Kunqu Opera, Beijing Opera and Hebei Bangzi. Speaking of performing in Hongkong, Zhang Ning said with a smile that it was a real process of "inadvertently inserting willows into the shade". It turns out that in June 2005, Mr. Zeng Nianrong, the planning and artistic director of the Hong Kong Experimental Traditional Art Festival, came to negotiate to participate in the performance of the "Experimental Traditional Art Festival" held in Hong Kong. He overheard Zhang Ning singing folk songs in northern Shaanxi, and was immediately attracted, so he temporarily decided to join the performance of folk songs in northern Shaanxi in the whole performance composed of Shaanxi Opera, Kunqu Opera, Beijing Opera and Hebei Bangzi. In this way, the "strongest voice" of Shaanxi or Northwest China, Shaanxi folk songs, also entered the performance stage of the international metropolis Hong Kong, where Zhang Ning completed her first concert and album premiere as a folk singer. In fact, things have to start from August 2003. In 2005, Rong Nian, the project director of Hong Kong Contemporary Cultural Center, came to Xi 'an to discuss with Li Xiaofeng about going to Hong Kong to perform. He was surprised to hear Zhang Ning's folk songs in northern Shaanxi. When he learned that Zhang Ning was also a Shaanxi opera actor, Rong Nianzeng admired Zhang Ning even more and jokingly said, "You can't sing so well." . Later, Rong Nian put forward the idea of inviting Zhang Ning to hold a folk song concert in Hongkong. This frightened Zhang Ning, because he had never received systematic vocal training, and it was impossible to hold a concert. After Rong Nianceng left, Zhang Ning didn't take the concert seriously, but took vocal music seriously with Zhan Yunhua, a teacher of Shaanxi Art School. No matter how busy she is, she never stops. Until later, Zhang Ning still insisted on studying with Teacher Zhan Yunhua. Long-term contact has made Zhang Ning respect Zhan Yunhua more and deepened the friendship between teachers and students. "Teacher Zhan has the virtues of traditional women in China, and her perseverance, tenacity and love are difficult for ordinary women to achieve. I am very touched that she continues the life of a terminally ill lover with love, so I especially respect her. " Zhang Ning benefited a lot from the subtle influence of the exhibition China. "What I learned from her can't be bought with money. It can be said that Zhan Yunhua is my mentor. " In August 2005, Zhang Ning received an invitation letter from Rong Nianzeng, who was far away from Hong Kong, inviting Zhang Ning to hold a folk concert in Hong Kong. Zhang Ning was pleasantly surprised when he got the invitation. "I didn't know I could have a folk concert in Hong Kong! Just like dreaming. " At this time, after more than one year's preparation, the folk album recorded by Zhang Ning will be officially released in June 2005, 165438+ 10, which happens to be the time for Zhang Ning to hold a concert in Hongkong. Two happy events, two gains, just for a childhood dream. Zhang Ning conquered the Hong Kong audience with her sincere singing and entered the hearts of everyone who liked and supported her. As Zhang Ning wrote on the album: Don't be praised for its good color, just leave it full of dried kunxiang. Shaanxi Opera and folk songs, as two indispensable art forms in Zhang Ning's life, have been closely linked with Zhang Ning's life for a long time. "Shaanxi opera is my major. Since I am a major, I must sing well; Although folk songs are hobbies, I want to sing folk songs as a profession, and I have to sing results. " Zhang Ning has been using this sentence to motivate himself. The success of the performance in Hong Kong made Zhang Ning feel a little gratified, and it also made the audience in Hong Kong once again appreciate the unique charm of folk songs in northern Shaanxi. According to her introduction, after the performance, many foreign performance agents actively expressed their hope to promote the performance of folk songs in northern Shaanxi to the domestic market. Although they cancelled a performance in Jordan on February 3rd, 65438 due to insufficient visa time, the performance plans in the United States, South Korea and other countries are under negotiation. Talking about his future artistic career, Zhang Ning said that Shaanxi Opera and folk songs in northern Shaanxi are his favorites, and he will not concentrate all his energy on singing, so he should do his job first.
On the evening of June 5438+February 30, 2006, in Xi People's Theatre, the second performance of young and middle-aged actors in Shaanxi Opera, sponsored by Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture and co-organized by Shaanxi Academy of Art, Culture and Art Newspaper and Shaanxi People's Broadcasting Station, was a special performance of the passbook drama starring Zhang Ning, such as Meet the Flower Pavilion, Su San Qi Jie and Yu Jin Nv. Holding "Shaanxi Young and Middle-aged Shaanxi Opera Actors' Special Show" is an important measure to protect and inherit Shaanxi Opera since it was listed in the first batch of representative works of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. The purpose is to implement the development strategy of Shaanxi Opera, actively build an art platform suitable for the growth of talents, make outstanding young and middle-aged Shaanxi Opera actors stand out, prosper the stage art of Shaanxi Opera, and enliven the cultural life of the masses, thus strengthening the protection of Shaanxi Opera. In this regard, Li Xiaofeng, a famous Shaanxi opera actor, said: "She has been unknown for 20 years, and it is really not easy for her to concentrate most of her energy at home. In this special performance, I want to always serve her and let her show herself well. " Zhang Ning met Li Xiaofeng at the art school and rehearsed Meet the Flower Pavilion together. 1990, the two took this classic to the Spring Festival drama evening of Shaanxi TV Station, which made more audiences know them. On the sixth day of the first month of the same year, Zhang Ning and Li Xiaofeng entered a happy marriage hall.