Zhang Zhao’s Piano Work Numa Ame A Comparative Study Of Performance Versions

Zhang Chao is one of the most active composers in contemporary China,and a signed composer of the German Schott Music Publishing Co.,Ltd.Zhang Chao pursues the creative idea of combining ethnicization and individuation and the original natural music style.His piano work Numa Ame adopts the "gene composition method",which means to summarize the core characteristics of its tone and rhythm from a folk song,or from an ethnic or regional folk music,and take such core tone and rhythm as the gene of composer’s creation,and become the core of music development.The music elements of all ethnic groups are gathered into the author’s own music language to express.The first chapter of this paper is an overview of the works of Numa Ame,which mainly introduces the creative experience and style characteristics of the composer Zhang Chao,and introduces the performance information of Numa Ame,which was specially recorded by the pianist Liu Ziyu at the People’s Music Publishing House,and Numa Amei,which was the entry of the Chinese works by the pianist Sun Qilin at the 13 th China Music Golden Bell Award;The second chapter analyzes the music structure and theme of Numa Ame;The third chapter is the key research content of this paper.The comparative study of the performance versions of the two pianists,starting from their performance individuality and commonness,makes a detailed analysis of the music elements;The fourth chapter is the inspiration of the actual performance through the comparative study of the performance versions,from the perspective of understanding the style of Chinese piano works.This article plans to learn from the performance experience of the two pianists and provide useful information and help to the majority of piano professional learners in the form of words as comprehensively as possible.In the third chapter of this article,I will focus on the analysis,compare the performance versions of the two pianists,draw on the essence of the two pianists’ performance,and combine my own performance experience to provide some theoretical help for the professional learning of contemporary piano players.