The colorful life in the army gave Zhang Zhenfu a place to display his talents. He is the backbone of singing, playing basketball and running blackboard newspapers. 1960165438+10, the Beijing Military Region Comrades Art Troupe rehearsed the opera Daqing River and went to the army to select actors. The colonel recommended Zhang Zhenfu to others and said, "As a colonel, I guarantee that you will be satisfied with everyone."
During the exam, Zhang Zhenfu first sang "I rode across the grassland". The comrades in the enrollment group didn't expect such talents in the artillery regiment, so they asked Zhang Zhenfu to continue singing with great interest. He sang five songs, such as "Twenty Years a Day" and "Come in February". The examiner patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good! The sound is very loud! " However, performing an opera requires not only singing skills, but also acting skills and re-examination of sketches. Zhang Zhenfu, who never knew what a sketch was, was inspired and performed the plot of hitting flies several times, which made everyone laugh. As a result, he was elected to the comrades-in-arms opera troupe.
The Comrades' Art Troupe of Beijing Military Region is a comprehensive art troupe of the army, which consists of a song and dance troupe, a traditional opera troupe and a folk art team. There are more than 500 cast members in the whole group, with abundant talents and strength, which enjoys a high reputation in China. As a new player, Zhang Zhenfu always lags behind others in qualifications. Actors can only take on small roles temporarily when they are sick or have something to do. Every performance, he has to carry a box, carry props, move the scenery, set the stage, point the stage, play a walk-on, play the masses for a while, play the bandit soldiers for a while, and be responsible for pulling the curtain. He was so tired that he was sweating profusely, but he did everything without complaint, spared no effort and was meticulous. The director said to the head of the delegation, "He has done everything well, which is a good material." .
Zhang Zhenfu is an indomitable person. If he wants to do it, he must act like one. In order to improve his singing level, every time a new song is released, he immediately buys a set of songs to practice secretly. Learn from other comrades with an open mind, learn from Wang Jiaxiang, a famous opera performance artist, and Yu Yi, a vocal professor, and study singing skills wholeheartedly to improve the performance level. In such plays as Seizing India, Visiting Family, Big Dragon and Little Dragon, he created fleshy characters and was recognized by the audience. His solo songs include Magnificent Tiananmen Square, Song of the People's Liberation Army in My Heart, Eyes Shining in My Heart, Song of the Desert, etc. After being broadcast in china national radio, he left a deep impression on the audience and was praised as "the outstanding lyric tenor of contemporary China".
In the upsurge of learning to sing model operas during the "Cultural Revolution", the gay art troupe decided that the modern Peking Opera "Taking the Tiger Mountain Outward" should be directed by the opera troupe, and Zhang Zhenfu should be chosen to play Yang Zirong. Although Zhang Zhenfu can sing a few Beijing operas, the performance of Beijing Opera is still a mountain for him. In order to perform the play well, he resisted his 20-year-old bones and became a monk halfway to train leg press. I don't know how much he has suffered. Yuan Shihai and Qian Haoliang, masters of Peking Opera, and Shen Xiang, professor of vocal music, studied carefully the "four techniques and five methods" of Peking Opera, namely "singing, reading, doing and beating" and "hands, eyes, body, methods and steps". He gets up before dawn every day and practices kicking, swinging, flying, pedaling and pedaling. Until we rehearsed together and saw his appearance, we found that he could hit 30 flying feet with such a tall figure in such a short time. I have to marvel. During the rehearsal, the delegation invited the leaders of relevant departments and many famous Peking Opera artists. The actors' performances won applause, and Zhang Zhenfu's successful performance attracted the appreciation and attention of experts. Based on this, the Gay Art Troupe established the Beijing Opera Troupe. Later, he rehearsed excerpts from The Red Lantern, a modern Peking Opera, and played Li Yuhe, which was also very successful. Long-term artistic performances have laid a solid foundation for Zhang Zhenfu. After years of exploration, he absorbed the essence of China's traditional opera art and the advantages of various ethnic groups, Bel Canto and popular singing, and gradually formed his own artistic style with wide and mellow range, pure and clear sound quality, sweet and mellow timbre, passionate and simple feelings and natural performance. 1966, in order to commemorate Chairman Mao's 73rd birthday, the Comrades Art Troupe set out to arrange a large-scale song and dance Long Live Chairman Mao, and decided to invite Zhang Zhenfu and Geng Lianfeng of the Song and Dance Troupe to perform duets between men and women. The creative team specially created a duet "Chairman Mao, We will always be loyal to you" for them. Zhang Zhenfu and Geng Lianfeng, with infinite reverence for Chairman Mao, devoted themselves wholeheartedly and sang deeply. Because of its harmonious voice and outstanding image, it became an instant hit. After being broadcast by china national radio and CCTV, it aroused strong repercussions throughout the country. Subsequently, the creative team specially wrote many new songs for them, and the first one was a success, which brought honor to the comrades-in-arms art troupe.
1972, Zhang Zhenfu was transferred to the gay song and dance troupe. The band decided to let him rehearse the duet with Geng Lianfeng. His wish is to become a solo singer, but the task entrusted by the organization and his serious and rigorous attitude decided that he had to give up his personal wish, so he devoted his youth and body and mind to duet. Zhang Zhenfu's timbre is sweet and mellow, and Geng Lianfeng's voice is crisp and loud. They made efforts in four aspects: sound, emotion, shape and taste, and reached the level of harmony and perfection, pushing the perfect combination of singing art to the peak, and creating a new era of harmony in the voice of male and female duets in China. After 20 years of cooperation with Geng Lianfeng, his songs "The New Face of the Motherland", "Chairman Mao Sent Someone" and "Visiting the New City" are enduring. Wearing Tibetan robes, singing and dancing became their specific image. CCTV and china national radio made a sound to the whole country, and nearly 500 songs were recorded by radio stations alone. Various newspapers and media published a large number of commentary articles, calling it "the edge of the music world." "Sing the national voice and express the national feelings." "Swallow the gas of mountains and rivers, carry clouds and flowing water to explain, such as dew, such as spring rain, echo and flow." "The performance is free and smooth, and the voice is harmonious and unified. It is the best pair of partners in China. " Compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao called it "China's swan song". The duet "Two Horses and One Family" by the Gay Song and Dance Troupe (Ma Guoguang, Ma Yutao, Jia Shijun, Zhang Zhenfu and Geng Lianfeng) swept the country, creating immortal achievements for shaping the artistic image of the military literary and art groups and adding splendor to the glorious period of the national vocal music performance art.
After the downfall of the Gang of Four, he and Geng sang songs such as Victory in October and people in Xizang Enjoying Singing. At the party in memory of Premier Zhou Enlai, they sang "In Memory of Premier Zhou": "You are a superstar in the sky, and you are an evergreen Jinsong. Dear Premier Zhou, we will always miss you and praise you from generation to generation ... "The song is deeply moving and makes people cry.
Zhang Zhenfu introduced his own performance experience and said, "We should integrate feelings and love into every word and note, the soul into the work, and the yearning into the artistic conception of the work." He wrote in his new song processing notes: "Singing is not only about singing the right lyrics and notes, but more importantly, singing the rich connotation outside the song and the deep artistic conception of the work, and singing self-confidence. First, I am very excited, beautiful and handsome. "
As a singer, you should not only have a brilliant voice, but also have rich life experience and profound cultural background. He was deeply influenced by folk flowers and rich folk culture, such as hours swimming, catching crabs and crickets, Liuyuan ancient method, Yan Jie Shaolin, Beicang Lions Club and so on. He likes literature, calligraphy, painting, table tennis and basketball. He appreciates basketball players such as Deng Yaping and Wang Tao and American NBA basketball superstar Jordan. He cares about politics, economy, the unification of Taiwan Province Province, the Asian financial crisis, enterprise management and so on. He is eloquent. He is also a generalist in life.
1990 Radio Beijing recorded his solo song "Beijing in My Heart". He is exploring a new singing method that is suitable for young people and combines traditional national art with modern art. He said: "The works should be contemporary and the singing should have a sense of the times."