The Creative Characteristics And Performance Analysis Of Zhang Zhao’s Piano Adaptation "In That Distant Place"

With the continuous development of Chinese piano music,piano adaptation plays an important role in the development of Chinese piano works,especially the classical traditional Chinese folk songs adapted into Chinese style piano music is an indispensable part of the piano development in China.The piano piece "In that Far Away Place" by Zhang Zhao was composed by adapting a folk song "In that Far Away Place" composed by the famous Chinese composer Mr.Wang Luobin.This song is highly sung in the folk,is a very widespread folk song.Among them,Zhang Zhao pursues the creation idea of combining nationalization and individalization and the natural musical characteristics in the creation of this work.Most of his works have his own national feelings running through the music,making Chinese piano works more unique.This article mainly from the first chapter Zhang Zhao’s personal introduction and "In that distant Place" creation background to elaborate;The second chapter is the analysis of the characteristics of the creation of "In that Far Place",including the analysis of the structure of the musical form,the analysis of variations;The third chapter is the performance analysis of "In that distant Place",including the mastering of speed,the change of strength,the processing of cadenza,the use of pedals and the use of grace notes.The last part is a summary of the piano music adapted by Zhang Zhao.On the basis of the original melody,Zhang Zhao’s adaptation of this folk song has made many variations,and its unique creation has reflected the perfect combination of Chinese traditional music melody,Chinese traditional instruments and western piano skills.So that the players intuitively and deeply feel the emotional charm of this piece,so as to feel the Chinese culture,Chinese national customs.