"China Hungary Dulcimer Art Exchange Concert" was held in China Conservatory of Music.

In the warm spring, in the concert hall of the National Music Hall of the China Conservatory of Music, the well-known Chinese music "Jasmine Flower" and the famous Hungarian music "Chardashi Dance" were heard. On the stage, the melodious melody of the Chinese dulcimer and the gentle and deep timbre of the Hungarian Zimbalone add radiance to each other, giving new charm to the two classical music. In the warm applause of the audience, the Hungarian dulcimer player and the chairman of the World dulcimer association, Hrensa, together with the Chinese dulcimer player, the chairman of the dulcimer professional committee of the Chinese National Orchestra Association, and the vice chairman of the World dulcimer association, Li Lingling, walked to the stage to greet the audience. At this moment, the dulcimer closely linked two artists, two nations and two countries from the east and the west.

The dulcimer is a musical instrument with cosmopolitan and national characteristics. The Chinese dulcimer belongs to the dulcimer family together with the Hungarian Zimbalone and other such instruments in the world. They are rooted in different cultural soil and have developed into national instruments that people of all countries are proud of.

In 1991, the World Dulcimer Association was registered in Hungary and successfully held the first World Dulcimer Conference. Professor Xiang Zuhua, the first generation dulcimer artist in New China, together with her apprentice Li Lingling, professor of dulcimer at China Conservatory of Music, was invited to attend the meeting as a founding member of the World dulcimer Association. At the meeting, Xiang Zuhua was elected as the vice chairman of the World Dulcimer Association, and proposed the idea of dividing the world Dulcimer into three systems: "European Dulcimer, West Asia South Asia Dulcimer, and Chinese Dulcimer". This conference not only established the important position of Chinese dulcimer in the world dulcimer family, but also opened a new era of Sino Hungarian dulcimer art exchange.

From the 8th World Dulcimer Congress in 2005, the 12th World Dulcimer Congress in 2013, and the 15th World Dulcimer Congress in 2019, the success of each World Dulcimer Congress in China is inseparable from the strong support of Hungarian Dulcimer artists. For more than 30 years, artists from China and Hungary have exchanged and visited each other, and deepened their artistic understanding through concerts, master classes, music creation and other forms of cooperation. With the joint efforts of artists from both countries, China Hungary dulcimer art exchange has gradually become mature and stable, becoming a beautiful landscape in the cultural exchange between the two countries, and writing a new melody for mutual learning of civilizations and friendship inheritance between the two countries.

Since this year, a series of dulcimer art exchange activities have been carried out intensively: the "Night of Dulcimer" China Hungary Dulcimer Exchange Concert held at the Hungarian Cultural Center in Beijing, the Hungarian Dulcimer Master Class, lectures and "China Hungary Dulcimer Art Exchange Concert" held at the China Conservatory of Music, The opening ceremony of the Hungarian National Pavilion, the guest of honor of the 20th China International Wine Expo, held in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, and the "Music of the Dulcimer, Love between China and Hungary" concert created by Chongqing National Orchestra. During this period, Chinese and Hungarian dulcimer artists jointly presented many wonderful performances, demonstrating the profound friendship and long-term exchange and cooperation between artists of the two countries.

As a representative of Chinese dulcimer artists, Li Lingling was invited to participate in the above activities. She said, "This year is the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary, and also the 60th anniversary of the founding of the China Conservatory of Music. In this special year, teachers and students of dulcimer specialty of the China Conservatory of Music will carry out more exchanges to fully demonstrate the unique charm of Chinese dulcimer art. At the same time, Chinese dulcimer artists will continue to promote exchanges between China, Hungary and other countries in the field of dulcimer, and help international people to people and cultural cooperation through music. "

(The author is a teacher of China Conservatory of Music)

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