Ma Yong's flute career is full of legend. When I was 8 years old, I went out shopping once, and was injured and fractured by a bicycle in the street. I was forced to drop out of school and rest at home. His father Ma Qingshan is a middle school music teacher who plays clarinet, flute and other musical instruments. At that time, his father saw that he was bored at home, so he gave him a bamboo flute and taught him several notes at a time. Unexpectedly, every day when my father comes back from work, he is very bored. Yes, after Ma Yong recovered from his leg injury, his father decided to let him continue to learn flute. At that time, he traveled all over Huainan, spent 200 yuan to buy Ma Yong a flute and began to teach him. A year later, he asked him to learn flute from a professional flute teacher. Soon after, he studied flute with Hu Bin and Yang Jiangshun, heads of Huainan Song and Dance Troupe, for four years, until he was admitted to the middle school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music. That year, he was just 650. Studying flute in Beijing, far away from his parents, really bred his sadness as a lonely teenager. Therefore, in those silent nights, only playing his beloved flute can dispel his thoughts of his parents.

In the middle school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music, Ma Yong studied flute in an all-round way with his tutor Professor Wang Yongxin, from which he went to college for nine years. In the past nine years, Professor Wang Yongxin regarded him as his own son and gave him the greatest care and strict training. Professor Wang Yongxin graduated from Prague Conservatory of Music in Czech Republic in his early years and is a famous flute educator in China. It was Professor Wang Yongxin who discovered Ma Yong's innate potential and systematically taught him the skills of using qi, because the most important thing in wind music is to use qi, and only by practicing your mind can you maximize the capacity of qi. It can be said that without Professor Wang Yongxin, there would be no success today. He is always full of infinite gratitude to his teacher. On July 3rd, 1995, "Ma Yong flute solo concert" was held in the Central Conservatory of Music. Its wonderful performance made the applause in the concert hall thunderous and prolonged. Ma Yong 1996 went to the United States as a visiting scholar, and Ma Yong 1998 entered the Juilliard School of Music.

Now studying in the flute department of Juilliard Conservatory of Music, studying under the famous flute musician Carol? Professor Carol Wincenc's flute student Ma Yong is the first flute student from China in the history of Juilliard. Professor Carroll studied under the contemporary French flute master Moise in his early years. He is called "the inheritor of the French flute tradition, and an outstanding representative of the flute art that shows the romantic, free and laid-back temperament of the French."

The Juilliard School of Music, which can award a doctor's degree in flute major, selects 10 outstanding undergraduate students from hundreds of flute applicants all over the world every year, among which only two lucky students get 1998 full scholarship for flute major, and Ma Yong is one of them. When Ma Yong first entered school, he brought an ordinary flute with a value of only $65,438+7,000. Professor Carroll told Ma Yong that he needed a good flute so that he could play a beautiful flute, but Ma Yong didn't have the money to buy an expensive flute at that time, so his tutor, Professor Carroll, got in touch with a non-profit organization in Maryland and got sponsorship from the association, so he had the opportunity to buy one. "Powell" brand flute, the price of this famous flute is 15000 dollars, the flute is silver, the inner wall is pure gold, and the flute head is 14k gold, which is his favorite flute. Since then, his playing level has improved to a higher stage. Professor Carroll taught him many flute music theories and skills, such as how to express some difficult songs and how to find a real sense of music. Perhaps influenced by his tutor, he especially likes the works of French composers. Another of his teachers, Lai Jinwen, is the chief flute player in New York Philharmonic. Mainly taught him a lot of professional performance, which benefited him a lot. At Juilliard, Ma Yong was lucky enough to meet another Swiss flute master. He is the world-famous Jiang Xier. Jiang Xier has heard Ma Yong's performance. His evaluation of Ma Yong is: "Very, very good. If possible, I hope you can go to Switzerland to learn from me after graduation. " Another flute master was lucky enough to meet Ma Yong, that is Marion, a Frenchman. He once taught Ma Yong. He found that Ma Yong's fingers were unusually flexible and he could keep his balance freely. He praised Ma Yong's technology. He once said to Ma Yong, "Flute is a western instrument. You should go to new york or Paris." It was his encouragement that enabled Ma Yong to enter Juilliard as he wished.

New york Flute Association was founded on 1920 by Georges Barrere, a famous flute soloist, and Lamar Stringfield, a composer. It is the oldest flute association in America. Starting from 1994, new york Flute Association began to hold the annual Flute Expo and Young Artists Competition. At the flute Expo, flute lovers and professional players will communicate with flute manufacturers and music publishers from all over the United States, and they will be fortunate to hear solo concerts of some famous flute players and their flute master classes. The Young Artists Competition organized by the Association is open to young flute players under the age of 28. Many excellent young flute players come to the competition every year. The Association invited some well-known flute experts as referees to select the top three winners from the contestants. Ma Yong won the first place in this year's competition.

The annual Young Artists Competition held by Washington Flute Association is specially held for young flute players under 30 years old. The purpose of the competition is to discover some young flute players with special potential. Since 1994, the Association has also held the Mid-Atlantic Flute Exhibition, which is held in different cities such as Washington, Virginia and Maryland every year. Ma Yong won the first prize in the Young Artists Competition of the Association in 2000. )

165438+1In the flute solo concert held at Carnegie Hall on February 2nd, Ma Yong played famous works by romantic composers, including gabriela? Gabriel Faure's "Fantasia", the music master Paul? Fantasies in Paul Taphanel's opera Freelancer and Charles? Charles M. Vito, Op. 34. In the second half, Ma Yong played Mozart's famous flute and string quartet. Finally, he played a sonata in D major by Russian composer prokofiev. In the performance that night, Ma Yong conquered the audience with his exquisite and amazing performance. He vividly and beautifully shows the original appearance of his works with warm and cheerful melodious melodies, humorous jumps and melodious and soothing tunes. Among the audience attending the solo concert that night, there was a distinguished guest, that is, Professor Ghana, President of the American Flute Association. Professor Ghana used to be the director of the flute department of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and now he is also a visiting professor in the flute preparatory class of Juilliard Conservatory of Music. He took many flute majors to listen to it that night. In the audience, Professor Ghana kept screaming and cheering. After the performance, he said to Ma Yong, "Your qualifications are so good, and your skills are in the United States. He hopes that Ma Yong will go to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music for further study after graduating from Juilliard next year, and he will provide him with a full scholarship. Mr. Connor said excitedly, "I will make you famous!" "