You might not be familiar with the name Chen Xiaoqi, which has to be mentioned in the history of Chinese pop music, but you've probably heard "Wave Still", "I do not want to say it", or "Big brother, How are you".
On May 21, the Guangdong Museum of Art kicked off "The Timeless Sounds of Waves: Chen Xiaoqi's Solo Exhibition", which is a special showcase for the public to enjoy the artistic pursuit of and learn more about the renowned music producer.
The exhibition brings Chen Xiaoqi's lyrics, music, poetry, plays, writings, calligraphy, and paintings together in one enthralling space, accompanied by audio, concert videos, manuscripts, old photos, records, books, journals and posters. You can also sing Chen's songs in the mini-karaoke booths specially set up at the exhibition site.
Chen Xiaoqi was born and grew up in Guangdong. His academic and musical career has had a lasting bond with the reform and opening up of Guangdong. He studied Chinese at the Sun Yat-sen University, where his literary talent was developed and he wrote many works of poetry.
Having worked in music for 35 years, Chen has composed over 2,000 songs. Songs like "Wave Still" (濤聲依舊), "Big brother, How are you" (大哥你好嗎) and "I don't want to say it" (我不想說) were made during the 1990s. Among them, the "Wave Still" has been popular worldwide ever since, becoming a classic Chinese pop song.
In addition to music creation, Chen has various achievements in painting, calligraphy and literature. He has transformed many of his lyrics into art forms, so that the audience can better understand the artistic conception graphically.
During his career, Chen has also paid attention to developing and promoting local cultural resources, and established the first local dialect popular song variety in China—the Chaoshan dialect popular song. The first popular song albums in both Cantonese and the Hakka dialect were created and produced by him as well.
All materials marked with "source: English.gz.gov.cn" on this website (including but not limited to text, photographs, audio and video materials) are the copyrighted property of Guangzhou International (the official website of Guangzhou Municipality). Without prior authorization from Guangzhou International, any media, website, organization or individual shall not transmit, interlink, distribute or republish such materials in any form. Any media and website authorized to republish such materials shall mark them with "source: Guangzhou International (English.gz.gov.cn)". Infringement of these copyrights will result in legal action.