归来还是那个爱唱歌的少年

胡婷

姜明

Jiang Ming

中国音乐家协会理事，中国民族男高音研究会副会长、著名男高音歌唱家，重庆市音乐家协会秘书长、西南大学音乐学院客座教授。先后获得文化部“国际科学与和平周”声乐大赛二等奖、全国首届推新人大赛十佳歌手、全军文艺汇演一等奖、第七届金钟奖优秀奖、第八届青歌赛优秀奖、东南歌王等荣誉，重庆首届青年歌手大赛金奖、重庆市第二届十大青年文化名人。

Director of China musiccianss Association. vice chainnan ofChinese National Tenor Research Society， a famous tenor，secretary general of Chongqing Musicians Association.visiting professor of College of Music. Southwest University .He took houme several awards for successive years includingthe secod prize in the vocal commpetition of "InternationalWeek of Science and Peace" held by the Ministry ofCulture， the Top Ten Singers in the first National NominateNewcomer Competition. the first prize in the MilitaryLiterature and Art Performance，the excellence award inthe 7th Golden Bell Awards and the 8th CCTV youth singerTV Grand Prix，the Canto Pop King， the gold medal in thefirst Chongqing Young Singers Competiton， and the secondChongqing Top Ten Young Cultural Celebrities.

初夏的一天，天氣闷热。下午两点，重庆市流行音乐协会的录音棚里，姜明一面认真端详着手里的一页纸，一面身子微微前倾，慢慢踱着步，不时停下来，用笔在纸上勾勾画画。那上面，是他即将录制的一首歌曲。

姜明有着一张典型男高音的脸——由于长期用口腔练声，面部肌肉发达，脸显得圆圆的。姜明说话时声音清亮，语调平和，但当他伴着音乐放声高歌时，激情瞬间爆发。只见他挺胸仰头，挥舞手臂，仿佛此刻正站在高高的舞台上，面对着千万观众，又仿佛是面对着故乡晨雾缭绕的大山;而他，还是当年那个爱唱歌的少年。

It was an early summer day and the weatherwas sweltering hot. At 2 pm， in a recording studioof Chongqing Pop Music Association. Jiang Mingstared at a page in his hand. paced slowly with hisbody leaning forward slightly， stopped from time totime. and made some sketches on the page with apen. On the paper is the song he's about to record.

Jiang Ming has a typical tenor's face-due tolong-term oral practice， he got muscular and roundfaces. When speaking， Jiang Ming's voice wasclear and his tone calm. but when he breaks intosong with music， his passion bursts in an instant.Chin up and chest out. waving his arms， he seemsto stand on a stage at the moment， facing tens ofmillions of spectators. and facing the morningmist-shrouded mountains in his hometown. And hehimself was still the young man who loved singing.

归来的音乐“少年”

Returning“Juvenile" of Music

姜明今年50岁，已经到了知天命的年龄。但那个唱歌的少年，一直在他心中，从未离去。

姜明至今仿佛依然能清晰地听见，40年前，故乡开州的那个小村庄里，从水泥桩上的高音喇叭传出的《红星照我去战斗》《船工号子》的歌声。这歌声，为山村带来了外面的世界，也把音乐的梦想种到了少年姜明的心里。

从此，清晨的山上，经常会有一个孩子对着大山和朝阳，“咿咿呀呀”地练嗓、唱歌。

高中毕业后，姜明先后报考了重庆歌剧院、万县地区歌舞团（现重庆三峡歌舞团）等十多个单位，但由于没有经过系统的训练，最后都名落孙山。

他到了万州，准备在这里跑“摩的”。但他心有不甘，再一次报考了来万州招生的湖北艺术学校。

这一次，命运终于眷顾了这个心怀梦想的少年。

姜明非常珍惜能够学习音乐的机会。空余时间，他都在琴房练歌、练声;骑着同学的旧自行车，到十几公里外的武汉音乐学院学习专业课程;也曾一个星期呆在房里没有出门，放着录音机，将中国所有男高音的歌曲一首首仔细地听、细细地琢磨。

正所謂越坚持越幸运。

1992年，21岁的姜明从学校毕业，进入了宜昌县歌舞团（如今的宜昌文化馆）工作。

一天早上，一个军人来到单位，对他说，“听说你唱歌很不错，能不能唱一首？”听说有人慕名而来，姜明很高兴，现场高歌了一首《三峡情》。

听完后，来人开口就问他愿不愿意去部队文工团。姜明这才知道，眼前那位军人是解放军某部文工团团长文华，专门来挖他。

于是，因为歌声，姜明又成了一名军旅歌手。

Jiang Ming gets 50 years old this year， theage of knowing the mandate of Heaven. But thesinging boy has been engraved in his heart andnever left.

He still seems to be able to clearly hear thesongs of "The Red Star Shines Me to Fight" and"Boatman Song from the Yellow River" from theloudspeakers on the concrete piles in that smallvillage in his hometown Kaizhou 40 years ago.The songs brought the outside world to the villageand planted the dream of music in the heart ofyoung Jiang Ming.

From then on， early in the morning， therewould always be a boy "babbling" to practicesinging in front of the mountains and the rising sun.

After graduating from high school， JiangMing applied for more than 10 units such as theChongqing Opera House and Wanxian DistrictSong and Dance Troupe （now Chongqing ThreeGorges Song and Dance Troupe）. However. due tolack of systematic training. he failed repeatedly.

He then headed to Wanzhou， hoping to be amoto-taxi driver here. Being somewhat resentful.he once again applied for the Hubei Art School.which came to Wanzhou to enroll students.

This time. fate finally favored this young manwith dreams.

Jiang Ming cherished this opportunity to leammusic. He spent most of his spare time practicingsinging in the piano room; or going to the WuhanConservatory of Music. which was more thanten kilometers away， riding his classmates' oldbicycles to take professional courses; or staying athis room for a week without going out. listeningcarefully to a tape recorder and pondering thesongs of renowned tenors in China.

Persistence brings lucky.

In 1992. the 21-year-old Jiang Minggraduated from the school and joined YichangCounty Song and Dance Troupe （now YichangCultural Center）.

One morning， a soldier came to his unitand said to him. "I heard that you sing very well.Can you sing one for me？" Jiang Ming was verypleasant to hear that someone came here admiringhis fame. He then sang the song "I Love theBeauty of the Three Gorges".

After hearing the song， the soldier asked himif he would like to join the army art troupe. Onlythen did Jiang Ming knew that the soldier in frontof him was Wen Hua. head of the art troupe of aPLA department. who came to poach him.

As a result， Jiang Ming became a militarysinger because of his singing.

一直在路上

On the Road

如今，很多和他同龄的演唱家都已很少登台、录歌，但姜明仍活跃在舞台上，一如40年前，少年时候的梦想一直激励他前进。“唱歌，会让自己一直年轻！”

不仅是唱，最近几年，姜明越来越多地参与歌曲的创作。

今年疫情期间，姜明在家两个月，完成了《中国好医生》《我们》等四首抗疫主题歌曲的谱曲和演唱。

在创作《中国好医生》时，姜明把自己关在书房里，看着屏幕上一线医护人员奋战的场景，久久沉浸于创作激情中，在钢琴前一遍遍朗诵、弹唱：“说走你走就走，松开拥抱的手，含泪的牵挂，在你身后流，从来不曾有这么多的好战友，天南地北来聚首，一起去战斗……”

一天天、一遍遍，一首谱子往往要修改三十多遍。“有时谱子刚打印出来，我就会琢磨音调对不对，再作修改，用钢琴伴奏，再录音，试效果。”

从早上进书房，姜明常常一呆就是一整天。时间久了，11岁的儿子有了意见，悄悄把门锁了不让他进书房，希望他能出门多走走。

姜明准备从明年开始，每年创作几首歌曲，举办一场音乐会。“音乐会可以是小型的，也可以是大型的，每年一次，直到80岁，希望传递更多好音乐、好声音。”

Nowadays， many singers of his age rarelytake the stage or record songs， but Jiang Ming isstill active on the stage， just as 40 years ago. It'shis childhood dream that has always urged him tomove forward. " Singing will keep you young ！ "

Besides singing， Jiang Ming has become moreinvolved in the creation of songs in recent years.

During this year's epidemic outbreak.Jiang Ming stayed at home for two months andcompleted the composition and singing of fouranti-epidemic themed songs. including "Doctor ofChina" and "We".

When writing "Doctor of China". Jiang Minglocked himself in his study. looking at the sceneswhere first-line medical staff fighting the epidemicon the screen. He was immersed in the passion ofcreation for a long time. reciting and playing overand over again in front of the piano： "You just pickup and go. let go of hands hugging you. the tearfulobsession flows behind you. Never before have somany comrades come together from afar to fighttogether..."

Day by day， over and over again， the score wasrevised more than 30 times. "Sometimes. as soon asthe score was printed out. I would consider whetherthe tone is right or not， then revised it. recorded itwith piano accompaniment to try out the effect."

Jiang Ming often stayed all day at his studyfrom the moming. After a while， his ll-year-old sonquietly locked the door to prevent him from enteringthe study， hoping that he could get out more.

Jiang Ming planed to write several songs andhold a concert every year starting from next year."The concert can be small or large. once a year，until I get 80. With them， I hope to deliver moregood music and sound. "

留住藝术青春

Retain the Artistic Youth

几十年与歌声为伴，音乐早已融入姜明的血脉，而他对音乐也有了更多的感悟，“年轻时，唱歌是梦想，是追求;年龄增长了，唱歌成了我不可缺少的生活方式。”

对姜明而言，生活与唱歌已经密不可分。这种关系不仅成就了自己的人生道路，也塑造了自己乐观的性格。“生活才是留住艺术青春最好的土壤。”姜明说，对于普通人而言，歌唱可以作为一种生活方式，不一定是谋生的手段或者职业。

现在，他正在做一个“释放天性、纵情歌唱”的课题，“老百姓唱歌不是唱给人家欣赏的，也许只是自我陶冶，抒发情感，或者是养生，排解寂寞。这是一种纵情心理，也就是用唱歌来表达自己情感的心理。”

学习声乐多年，姜明希望能够用自己的所学去帮助更多年轻的音乐人。如今，经常有专业团队的演员、学校老师、音乐學院的学生找到姜明，希望他能够指点一二，帮助他们提高。姜明很乐意帮助他们，“看着他们取得成绩，也是一种快乐。”

姜明常常和人说起一个故事，那是他当年在中央音乐学院蹭课的往事。那时，他受部队文工团委派到北京学习，由于交不起多余课程的学费，他就在教室门口偷听金铁霖老师的课，“每次看到老师出教室，我就假装走开。”

“小伙子，你进来听。”久而久之，老师发现了“蹭课”的姜明，同时也被他的学习劲头所感动，直接让他进教室听课。

也许，在姜明眼里，如今的这些年轻人正是那个当年在教室门口蹭课的自己，以及那个对着大山唱歌的他。

Living with songs for decades. music haslong been integrated into Jiang Ming's blood. andhe has gained more insights into music. "When Iwas young， singing was my dream and pursuit. AsI get older， singing has become my indispensableway of life. "

For Jiang Ming， singing is interwoven withhis life. This sort of relationship not only pointsout his life path， but also shapes his optimisticcharacter. "Life is the best soil to retain artisticyouth，" said Jiang Ming. For ordinary people.singing can be a way of life. not necessarily ameans of making a living or a career.

He is currently working on a topic of "releasingnature and indulging in singing"， in which heholds that people sing not for others to appreciate，but perhaps to cultivate themselves. express theiremotions， preserve their health or get away withloneliness. This is a kind of indulgence， that is， thepsychology of expressing one's feelings by singing."

Jiang Ming hopes to help more youngmusicians with what he has leamed and his years ofexperience. Actors from professional teams. schoolteachers and students from conservatories of musicresort to Jiang Ming for help， hoping that he cangive them some advice on making improvements.Jiang Ming is happy to help them. "It's also mypleasure to see them make achievements."

Jiang Ming often tells the story about hispast when he was rubbing classes at the CentralConservatory of Music. He was appointed by thearmy art troupe to study in Beijing. Because hecould not afford the tuition for extra courses. heeavesdropped on Mr. Jin Tielin's class at the doorof the classroom. "Every time I saw the teacherleaving the clas sroom. I pretended to walk away. "

Over time. Mr. Jin found Jiang Ming， movedby his passion for study， he said to the latter. "Youcome in and listen young man" and let him attendhis class directly.

Perhaps. in Jiang Ming's eyes， these youngmen today are exactly himself who rubbinglessons at the door of the classroom and who sangto the mountains every moming.