The French Romance of Traveling Around the World - Paul Moria Orchestra
Paul Moria Orchestra is another top light music ensemble after Mantovani Orchestra. A new romantic chapter, and Paul Moria, the band's central figure, is the key to making it happen.
Paul Moriah was born in Marseille in 1925 and grew up in Paris. Moria received orthodox music training since childhood, and was able to play the piano at the age of 4. At the age of 10, he entered the National Conservatory of Music in Marseille to systematically study music theory, laying a solid foundation for music, and then graduated with honors. Unlike the Mantovani family, Moria's family was not a musical family, but luckily his father, a postmaster, was an avid music lover. For Paul Moriah, it is more fortunate to come from a family that is passionate about music than to come from a musical family. When the professional coat of music is removed, passion has become the most authentic way to pursue music. Paul Moria's passion has made him always have a detached mentality in the subsequent music road.
After graduating from the conservatory, Moriah aspired to be a pianist, but he soon fell in love with jazz and began to devote himself to pop music. At the age of 17, he formed his own band and toured all over Europe, and began to shape his own style. After the two world wars, people's hearts are extremely gloomy. Paul Moria was soon discovered by the record company because of his fresh, bright music style and romantic and gorgeous expression, and was invited to serve as a singer under the company. Accompanied by recordings, his musical talent shook the French music scene. At that time, some famous singers in the French pop music world, such as Charles Yaznave, Maris Cival, and Talida, competed with him to perform with him, and he also wrote many popular songs at that time. In 1963, he and two other music giants co-produced the pop music "End of the World", which was sung by Xiaoli Ji Maqi, and entered the top of the American pop music chart that year. In 1965, he formally formed a big band that symbolized his individuality, the Paul Moria Light Music Ensemble.
The Paul Moria Orchestra is mainly composed of strings, but his love for pop music gives the orchestra a performance characteristic different from that of the Mantovani Orchestra, which can be reflected in the orchestra's organization. The Paul Moria Orchestra is composed of about 30 people, and the arrangement consists of four parts: strings, brass, electronic instruments and percussion instruments. Among them, strings have a larger proportion, mainly violins, and viola and cello as color embellishments. The band plays the main theme with strings, but also favors the use of percussion and wind instruments to accentuate the dynamic. Among them, the percussion instruments are used to point and draw the rhythm, and the wind instruments use the flute with deep artistic conception and the brightly colored oboe, and then use the electronic keyboard and steel pipe to contrast, creating a bright, light, vivid and lively sound effect. Due to the high degree of recognition of the music, Paul Moria's music has been adopted by music lovers all over the world as the best audition records for testing audio equipment. Paul Moria himself is also known as the "King of French Audio".
In terms of arrangement and selection, Paul Moria covers a wide range of works, adapting a large number of works of different styles including classical music, pop music and folk music. First of all, in terms of classical music, Moria adapted the works of many classical music masters, such as Bach's "Ave Maria", Schubert's "Serenade", Mozart's "Turkish March", Beethoven and Brahms and Lisz In the works of the special class, the classical music arranged by him is very light music, full of innovative orchestration, especially the use of electronic musical instruments and percussion instruments, which makes the originally heavy classical music rhythm lively and has a distinct modern flavor. In the climax of "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2", the use of orchestration makes the music sound dynamic, and the audience can see the magnificent colors of classical music. In addition to improving the rhythm of the music with various orchestrations, Paul Moria combined instruments and harmony, breaking the pattern of world-renowned orchestras playing lyrical music, which is refreshing. In addition to classical music, the repertoire played by the orchestra also includes folk music from all over the world, such as "The Eagle" in Latin America, "Hora Dance" in Romania, "Sakura Ballad" in Japan, "Saber Dance" in the former Soviet Union, etc. After Moria's arrangement and the orchestra's performance, the melody is more beautiful and the rhythm is full, showing a different exotic style. The orchestra has also adapted and played a large number of movie theme songs and popular music from various countries. Among them, Paul Moria has a very accurate grasp of popular music. He not only composes and accompanies the singers of the pop music world, but also arranges a large number of music from all over the world. Pop music, the theme songs in many famous movies such as "The Godfather", "The Hill of Echoes", "The Nun is Crazy", etc., the orchestra has arranged and played, and some of the arrangements are even better than the original, so Paul · Moria's music to a certain extent has become the vane of European pop music.
The light music adapted by Paul Moria has neither the dignifiedness of classical music nor the excessive publicity of popular music, and he perfectly combines the two. The music played by the orchestra is fresh and clear, the melody is simple and beautiful, the texture is clean and meticulous, romantic and charming and quite modern, so their music has been popular all over the world, and Paul Moria himself has been dubbed as "the messenger of emotional music", "" The French God of Music". In 1966, Paul Moria signed a long-term contract with the French Philips Records, after which a series of recordings of his performances were distributed worldwide by the Philips Records. The following year, his adaptation of the talent show "Love Is Melancholy" became famous and became popular in Europe and the United States. Won the French ACC record award, famous internationally. After the adaptation, the style of the music is smooth, and the tune and rhythm are full of new feelings. So far, "Love Is Melancholy" has sold more than 30 million copies, becoming one of the most successful light music singles. Paul Moria is also the most industrious live performer. His footprints are all over the world. He has held more than 1,200 concerts in Japan and South Korea alone, and has a large number of followers. Among them, Japan regards it as a musical instrument. the highest standard. The reason why Paul Moria led the band on a tireless global tour stems from his heartfelt love for music. He believes that only by traveling and performing in person can we have the opportunity to directly communicate with outstanding international musicians, and only by traveling and performing can we have the opportunity to directly communicate with the global public. It is with this belief that the Paul Moria Orchestra has traveled all over the world and swept the world with French romance.
The Paul Moria Orchestra has a deep connection with Chinese pop music, especially Taiwanese pop music, and is a light music group widely known by Chinese music fans. In the 1980s, Paul Moria recorded the Taiwanese campus ballad "Descendants of the Dragon" and composed the song "Infatuated Robbery" for Hong Kong singer Lei Anna, which set off a wave in the Chinese music circle. , and later played the music of a number of Taiwanese musicians. In 2000, the orchestra made its first tour to mainland China. At this time, Moriah himself had already announced his farewell to the performance stage and turned to behind-the-scenes guidance. Although there was no performance by Moriah himself, Chinese music fans still responded with great enthusiasm and performed The response was overwhelming. In 2006, this extraordinary master passed away, and his music has become an eternal classic.
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