On the Artistic Character in Musical Performance

This article expounds how to reflect the artistic charcacter in musical performance from the following four respects: the artistic character stems from the accumulation of life and the attitude towards art; the artistic character is an unity of authenticity and creativity; it is an unity of history and the times; it is an unity of skills and manifestation. The muisical performance can break away from neither authenticity nor creativity. It should seek the balance between historic style and contemporary style. The artistic character in musical performance which mixes the feelings towards life with the attitude towards art and skills of expression,is a kind of spiritual makings. It reflects the content. style and idea of the works; it is a particular language used by people to exchange feelings. It is an artistic means to reflect the objective things and a recreation based on the creative condensation and the rich with varied means of artistic expression.