The Embodiment Of National Elements In Piano And Its Performance Interpretation In Zhang Zhao’s "Numa Ame"

Zhang Zhao is one of the most important composers in the creation of contemporary Chinese works.His works have distinctive ethnic characteristics and his own unique creative style,and have made great contributions to the creation of contemporary Chinese music.This article takes the piano solo work Numa Ame in a collection of Local flavor by composer Zhang Zhao as the research object,and takes the elements of minority music as the starting point to study how the author applies these elements to his creation,and further explains the composer’s Creation concept and performance interpretation of this work as a performer.In Numa Ame,we can see Zhang Zhao’s deep understanding of his own ethnic group.He did not directly use folk song materials,but was rooted in his own deep emotion and love for his own ethnic group created the original melody with the most ethnic style in his eyes,and chose the piano,an instrument that can display many elements,to promote the development of Chinese piano works.In this ethnic work using the gene creation method,we can see the composer’s rich ideas.The work incorporates many characteristic ethnic modes,musical instruments,singing and dancing,rhythms and descriptions of many natural scenes.This paper focuses on the ethnic elements in Numa Ame,and begins with the introduction of the first part to explain the significance and purpose of the topic of the paper and the literature review of related research.The second part is divided into three chapters.The first chapter introduces Composer Zhang Zhao’s personal experience and the creation background of Numa Ame.The second chapter analyzes the composer’s use of ethnic characteristics in the three aspects of melody,harmony,ethnic instruments and rhythm by consulting relevant literature.The third chapter listens to and analyzes the ethnic folk music associated with the work,compares the recordings of different versions of this work,and combines his own actual performance experience to explain how to reflect the ethnic style in actual performance through three aspects: melody,harmony and rhythm.