Cui Shiguang Piano Music Creative Path To Explore

Cui Shiguang,a famous Chinese musician, has his good reputation worldwild. He is good at music composition as well as piano playing. With his great contribution to the music field, he is outstanding and influential.Cui Shiguang's life experience can be divided into four stages: first, enlightening period(1948～1973); second, working period after graduate from The Music School Attached to the Central Conservatory of Music(1973～1984); third, studing abroad period(1984～1994); fourth, home-coming composing period(1994—now). It is ever changing in his study, his upgrowing, his life experience and the social circumstances, so all these elements have influence to his music works though every period. To take a whole view of his four periods, we can make out a clear track of his music composition.Cui Shiguang's life experience manifests the typical upgrowing form of a Chinese great musician, from a little child's playing hard on piano to going to an professional school to study systematically, from studying abroad to going back home for further contribution. Because of his in and abroad experience, his work combine the oreign taste and the western taste as well. His works are the great ones to show the balance between the musical content, musical imagination and "pianolization", and show as a model in Chinese modern piano music composition. He communicates with the common people through his musical works, which are accordingly countrywild spreaded, and are the speaker of the Chinese piano art and spirit to the out world. For nearly 40 years' hard working and exploring, Cui Shiguang has become a representative as a musician. His works have been served as the important part of the Chinese piano compositions. As a exploiter, he has give great inspiration and set up a model for the young generation to follow.