It is really rare for a farmer to walk into ten sets of CCTV's "Telling" columns. What is even more rare is that this farmer is not telling how he raises cattle here, but telling the national TV audience about his extraordinary musical life. What makes a farmer who raises cattle like western classical music? What supported him to overcome many difficulties and step onto the CCTV stage to become a famous peasant singer? With these questions, the reporter walked into past lives of Liu. Sing a song with the singer Dai Yuqiang.
A strong, dark-faced middle-aged farmer. If there is any difference between him and ordinary middle-aged farmers, it is that he has the temperament of an artist. He just finished feeding the cows and sprinkled some handfuls of corn on a group of pigeons.
One night at the end of 2004, Liu was preparing "dinner" for cattle. His wife came home excitedly from the outside, and she handed a registered letter from the cultural department. Liu took the letter and stood there looking up. This is an invitation sent to him by CCTV National Farmers' Spring Festival Gala. It has been his dream for many years to truly step onto the national stage as a farmer singer. Now that his dream has come true, he can't believe it. To his surprise, he was asked to perform with the famous tenor Dai Yuqiang. This is not a dream. Liu walked into the studio of CCTV and performed on the same stage with the famous singer he admired. They sang the most famous aria in the Italian opera Turandot, and Calaf's aria No One Sleeps Tonight. Their successful singing won endless applause from the audience at the party.
After the recording of the program, Liu hurried home. On New Year's Eve, relatives came and neighbors came. They gathered in Liu's modest room to share the joy of success with him. When the last slide of the aria broke into warm applause, Liu went outside alone and recalled his arduous journey on the art road. Liu Liu shed tears ... Liu, a "small farmer", lived in Lushun for 52 years and was an out-and-out farmer. From the day he became sensible, he had a special feeling for songs, because he placed too many hopes and longings in them.
After graduating from primary school, he was in a difficult period of "three-year natural disaster" and his family could not support him to continue his studies. He joined the ranks of farmers prematurely. It seems too heavy for a child to herd cattle, mow the grass and help his family clean up the side dishes in front of and behind the house, but he doesn't feel tired because he has a beautiful vision in his heart, and all this comes from his favorite songs.
At the age of seven, Shiliu Liu had already taken on the burden of family life. He studied carpentry and bricklaying and became an indispensable helper for the master. With income, he not only gave it to his parents, but also saved a little and bought a flute and erhu. At this time, singing had a new meaning for him, and he began his own artistic pursuit unconsciously. In addition to singing by himself, he also pulled up his younger brother who was five years younger than himself. The father didn't understand and said, "How can a peasant family complain all day? Vegetables are planted, not sung. " But he refused to give up his ideal and was determined to sing his beautiful life with his own voice. Every day before dawn, he took his brother to the orchard to practice singing.
Later, both brothers became families. Even after he became a family, Liu asked his brother to practice singing in the orchard across the gables at four or five o'clock every morning. To this end, I also provoked my sister-in-law to great dissatisfaction. He told reporters: "I always feel that singing has become a part of my life. Without singing, it seems that life is meaningless. "
Hard work pays off. 1986, my younger brother was hired as an official singer by Haicheng Song and Dance Troupe, and Liu was hired because he was older. But this did not shake his confidence in singing. He believes that he is a good singer, and he will dedicate his singing to his hometown and fellow villagers. From "Pretending" to Returning to Self
After the reform and opening up, I began to like western classical music. After the Liu family got better, they bought a transistor radio first. Once, he heard the famous Italian singer Pavarotti sing My Sun on the radio, and he was immediately conquered by the singer's rich and generous range and beautiful singing voice. Since then, he has been fascinated by Bel Canto. He worships a man who has worked in the army for many years.
A fellow villager who works in literature and art, as a teacher, went to the district cultural center to ask the teacher for advice. In his study, he gradually found the feeling of singing western classical songs.
Liu became famous in an obscure place. Around 1990, dancing and karaoke started in Lushun. One day, on the way to deliver milk, Liu heard someone singing on the second floor, so he set up his bike and went upstairs, despite the fact that milk from several families had not been delivered. Several people are singing karaoke. When they saw that Liu delivered milk every day, they invited him to sing a song. Liu sang with a microphone for the first time. He sang "The Moon of the Fifteenth". His singing attracted people downstairs to run upstairs. They were surprised that the milkman sang so well that he was not inferior to those big singers at all. The news spread like wildfire, and Liu became a "star" in Lushunkou District.
1995, Liu officially stepped onto the stage. That year, Lushunkou District organized a choir to go to Beijing to participate in the national workers' chorus competition, and invited singers Man Yuhua and Wang Kejian to guide the rehearsal. At that time, several lead singers selected from the organs and institutions in the whole region were not ideal. In a dilemma, the teachers in the cultural center thought of Liu, who raised cattle. Sure enough, the two tutors attached great importance to this simple farmer with a dark face. So he took part in the performance as an employee. And it was out of control, and I participated in the performance in other capacities again and again. 200 1 A unit in Lushunkou District participated in a special activity organized by a TV station, and Liu was awarded the status of "Demobilized Cadre". The song he sang that day was Our Soldiers. He sang so well that he was deeply involved, and the applause rang again and again. At the end of the concert, an elegant lady came up to him and asked kindly, "Which army do you serve in?" Seeing his face flushed, Liu blurted out: "Haicheng garrison." Liu told reporters that he still doesn't know whether there is a garrison in Haicheng. However, since then, Liu has ended his experience of not being able to perform in his true identity. This lady is the program director, and she has expanded the stage for Liu.
Liu has a bright future in singing, but he is still a farmer. From 1984 to now, cattle have been raised for more than 20 years. He can't live without his own cattle and the hot land where he was born. But his heart is high. He said that he hoped that one day, the songs of farmers in China would be put on the international stage, so that the world could appreciate the elegance of farmers in China.