Experiment in Folk

1、Julie 2008-12-8classical music jazz musictraditional music pop musicelectronic music folk music rock n roll rock bluesLook at this picture, what kind of music will we talk about today?Who is he?Kong Xiangdongs file :Birth: born in 1968 in Shanghai, Awards: youngest winner of the 1986 Moscow Internat

2、ional Piano Competition and the 1987 Santander piano competition in Spain. Won the 1988 Gina Bachauer Award, and in 1992 took first prize and four special awards at the Fifth Sydney International Piano Competition. In 1999, Kong and Oscar winning composer Giorgio Moroder performed their joint compos

3、ition the Tibet Dream suite in Lhasa 孔祥东履历孔祥东履历1968年年10月月22日日 出生于上海出生于上海1985年年2月月 获全国钢琴比赛获全国钢琴比赛(文化部主办文化部主办)第一名第一名1985年年11月月 与中央乐团首次合作拉赫玛尼诺夫第二协奏曲与中央乐团首次合作拉赫玛尼诺夫第二协奏曲1986年年3月月 上海演出独奏音乐会上海演出独奏音乐会1986年年6月月 赴莫斯科参加第八届柴可夫斯基国际钢琴比赛赴莫斯科参加第八届柴可夫斯基国际钢琴比赛 获铜奖获铜奖;时年十七岁时年十七岁1987年年7月月 赴西班牙参加桑坦德尔国际钢琴比赛获大奖；赴西班牙参加桑坦德

4、尔国际钢琴比赛获大奖； 同年毕业于上海音乐学院附中同年毕业于上海音乐学院附中1988年年6月月 获美国吉纳获美国吉纳巴考尔国际比赛金牌大奖巴考尔国际比赛金牌大奖1992年年07月月 获澳大利亚悉尼国际比赛金牌大奖获澳大利亚悉尼国际比赛金牌大奖1993年年07月月 毕业于费城柯蒂斯音乐学院；录制毕业于费城柯蒂斯音乐学院；录制“黄河黄河” 协奏曲协奏曲LD、CD1994年每年六十场音乐会国际巡演；年每年六十场音乐会国际巡演；Understand the first sentence of each paragraph to get the general idea of the text.1.Wh

5、at is the text about?A. Kong xiangdongs musicB. His growth and successC. His experiment in music2.What does the title mean? ?A. Kong likes folk music wildly. B. Kong never plays folk music. C. Kong becomes a folk musician.Listen and match the main ideaPara 1 a. Kongs great successPara 2 b. a brief i

6、ntroduction to KongPara 3 c. Kongs preparation for the new experiment Para 4 d. the reason for Kongs experimentPara 5 e. Kongs childhood and his achievementRead the text and answer these questions1.What kind of music is Kong Xiangdong most famous for? He is famous for classical music.2.What did Kong

7、 achieve in 1986? He became the youngest prize winner in Moscows Tchaikovsky International Competition.3.Why did Kong shave off his hair? He shaved off his hair to show that his music style was new, just like his new hairstyle.Filling the missing words according to the text.1.The famous _pianist ,Ko

8、ng Xiang dong ,surprised his fans last week by giving a concert _classical music _Chinese folk music.2.Music has always been _ of Kongs world. As his mother was a great music _,he lived with music from his_.3.Because of Kongs _ and hard work, he became famous_.4. Whether Kong _ his appearance or tra

9、nsforming his music, he is a_ in music today. classicalcombiningwithpartloverbirthtalentworldwideis changingpioneerMatch the beginnings and endings1. Music has always been an important part of Kongs life _.2. Kong wanted to play Chinese folk music _.3. Kong became an award-winning musician in 1986_.

10、bcaTrue of false statements( )1.As famous pianist, Kong surprised his fans bygiving a concert of Chinese folk music yesterday.( )2.After playing pop music for years, Kong felt the needs to be different from other musicians.( )3.When he was 18, he got his first international prize in America.( )4.Kong decided to rediscovered the beauty in Chinese classical music.( )5.Kong wants to play Chinese folk music so as to be popular among