Talk about singer Li Shuangjiang

It is said that singer Mao Amin is a star. Who can say that Mao Dun is a star? Mao Dun is an artist. Li Shuangjiang is not a star either. He is a well-deserved singer and one of the few great artists in contemporary music. He is also a music educator, who has trained a large number of military singers such as Han Hong, Wei Jindong and Xia Mili. Li Shuangjiang always remembers that he is a military artist. He often says, "Serve the soldiers and sing for the people"!

Teacher Li Shuangjiang has always been a tall figure in my mind, with a passionate singing style and a natural timbre like metal. Personally, I don't think any singer in China can surpass the "double river height", especially his natural and smooth timbre in the high-pitched area, which is unparalleled. He really speaks with emotion, using "the heart is singing" ...

I remember that in the mid-1990s, I was lucky enough to know Mr. Shuangjiang at work. Since then, I have cooperated with him many times, and I have learned more about his old people. I also admire his tireless spiritual pursuit in art, his extremely serious attitude towards music teaching and singing works, and his personality charm full of blood and passion in life.

Many classic songs sung by Mr. Li Shuangjiang, his artistic experience and various social legends are both positive and negative, including hearsay, rumors and so on. I think most of my friends are familiar with them, even more than I know and understand. If you want to say more, please elaborate. But I know very well that there have been many rumors slandering him on the Internet for many years, and even false personal attacks have been made on him, especially after the accident between him and Li Tianyi, the son of Dream Pigeon, the news of slandering his old man's house on the Internet was overwhelming. In the face of the sudden negative public opinion many years ago, Mr. Shuangjiang has always been indifferent. His old man's house has been silent, neither coming out to refute rumors, nor standing up to clarify the facts to defend himself, and investigating the legal responsibility of those who spread rumors and confuse people. Every time I talk to Mr. Shuangjiang about those things, he always tells me with a faint smile for the world to comment on!

Here, I want to tell my friends a few little things that have never been reported by the media. I remember 1997, a large-scale literary evening was held in Shaanxi Province. Teacher Li Shuangjiang was the music director that night, and I was the chief planner. The performance went well and the cooperation with Mr. Shuangjiang was very pleasant. It is unforgettable that dozens of cast members will return to Beijing the day after the performance. I can't fly back to Beijing because of the foggy weather in Xi 'an for many years. That morning, dozens of people arrived at the airport and were arranged to return to the hotel. Teacher Shuangjiang and I rushed to Xi 'an Railway Station non-stop with the local leaders in charge of reception. The leaders of the coordination station asked the railway superiors for approval as soon as possible, added soft sleeper cars and arranged for many actors to return to Beijing. On the way back to Beijing by train, Mr. Shuangjiang thanked the railway department for its support, and organized Han Hong and other young singers to get together with the crew and some passengers in the dining car. He personally went to the broadcasting room to sing songs for the whole train passengers. That's really Lu Ge who laughed all the way ... Little things reflect Mr. Shuangjiang's lofty spirit of "singing for the people"!

One day many years ago, I was lucky enough to have lunch with Mr. Shuangjiang and his old squad leader and company commander when he was a soldier in Xinjiang. At that time, his old company commander was an on-the-job general, while his old monitor was a factory fitter who was about to retire. What is a profound friendship? After the meeting, Mr. Shuangjiang held his former squad leader in tears and told them interesting things when he was in the Xinjiang army. That exciting scene not only touched the friends present, but also impressed me so far. Soon after, he specially invited the old class leader to CCTV's character interview program and invited his old brothers to talk about the unforgettable years at home. Teacher Shuangjiang always likes to do such affectionate and righteous things.

Teacher Shuangjiang takes good care of his students, but he is very strict with his major. I remember in the late 1990s, we invited one of his students, Han Hong, to sing a song at a party. When he was making in a military art studio, he personally came to the studio to direct Han Hong's recording. After listening to the demo of this song, Mr. Shuangjiang asked Han Hong to re-record it face to face. The stern eyes directly made Han Hong criticize and cry. Han Hong is teacher Shuangjiang's favorite student. She is very serious about singing art. At that time, after drying her tears and stabilizing her mood, she quickly plunged into the recording of songs and sang them over and over again until the teacher Shuangjiang in the prison shed was satisfied. ...

You are busy and I am busy, so it's hard not to see you. I haven't seen Mr. Shuangjiang for years. Although I always call him or send a text message to greet him on holidays, I have never been able to get together. A few days ago, a friend invited me to a party for a drink. Li Shuangjiang was mentioned during the dinner. I dialed the telephone for Mr. Shuangjiang and invited his old man to have a light meal at noon the next day to catch up. Mr. Shuangjiang accepted it gladly. As a result, at noon the next day, some friends and I waited for his old man in the hotel, but he didn't come. We dialed his cell phone twice, but no one answered. What happened? Later, we were all on the way to evacuate, and his old man's phone finally came. It turned out that I didn't make it clear after drinking the night before. His old man made a mistake at the appointed noon or dinner time and immediately asked me to meet for dinner. This time, Mr. Shuangjiang asked his driver to book the time and place. I believe the old man will never make mistakes again.

At six o'clock that night, Mr. Shuangjiang arrived as promised, with two bottles of old wine. After entering the door and giving me a warm hug, he shook hands with other friends with a big smile and invited everyone to taste the old wine from his hometown. During the dinner, we talked about the past and the vast sky. When he told the news that his eldest brother, the famous tenor Li Guangxi, had just died, the old man's voice was obviously low, and he repeated to himself, "He is too tired, he is too tired …".

Of course, there is another topic that can't be avoided in the dinner, and that is his youngest son, Li Tianyi, whom I bought a hundred-day gift. Teacher Shuangjiang told us affectionately that his son will come back next year, and the child is almost 26 years old. It's time to grow up ... maybe I was a little excited after drinking a few drinks that night, so I couldn't help singing a few words for everyone and taking photos with all my friends present enthusiastically, wishing everyone health and happiness every day. ...

Li Shuangjiang's singing has influenced several generations, and his classic songs will continue to spread in the music world. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a symbolic symbol of contemporary China singers and a benchmark artist that vocal music can hardly surpass. Now, he is an old man, but he still maintains an optimistic and cheerful attitude towards life and a positive passion for sunshine, which really makes me admire the younger generation! Teacher Shuangjiang said, "People say that we sing with great lung capacity and can live long ...". Here, I also sincerely wish the people's artist Mr. Li Shuangjiang a long and healthy life and eternal artistic youth!

The author and Mr. Li Shuangjiang