
Cui Jian, a renowned Chinese rock singer, has been invited by China Central Television (CCTV) to perform on its annual Spring Festival gala for the first time in more than 20 years after Cui was banned from performing at large venues in the 1990s, Cui's manager You You said on Monday.
崔健,一位著名的中國(guó)搖滾歌手,他在上世紀(jì)九十年代被禁止在大型場(chǎng)地表演20年之后首次被央視邀請(qǐng)到春晚表演,崔健的經(jīng)紀(jì)人悠悠星期一宣布。
"We are still working on the details," You told the China News Service, declining to giving more information.
When asked if Cui had received the invitation from CCTV to perform at the gala, You replied "you could say so."
當(dāng)被問到崔健是否接受央視此番上春晚的邀請(qǐng)時(shí),悠悠回答:“你可以這么說?!?/div>
Cui began recording in the 1980s and was dubbed the "father of rock" in China. Previous media reports said he is likely to perform "Nothing to My Name," one of his signature songs, at the 2014 Spring Festival gala.
崔健上世紀(jì)八十年代出道并被譽(yù)為中國(guó)“搖滾之父”。之前有媒體報(bào)道他可能會(huì)在2014年春晚上表演他的代表作之一《一無(wú)所有》。
Cui's first personal album, Rock'n'Roll on the New Long March, released in 1989, was also the first original rock'n'roll album in China.
他的第一張個(gè)人專輯《新長(zhǎng)征路上的搖滾》發(fā)行于1989年,同時(shí)也是中國(guó)第一張搖滾專輯。
Cui was banned from performing large-scale concerts in 1990 due to the political content of his songs, but in recent years, he was able to perform at some music festivals to sizable audiences.
1990年他由于歌曲中的政治內(nèi)容被禁止開大型演唱會(huì),但是近些年他已經(jīng)能在一些有一定觀眾規(guī)模的音樂節(jié)表演了。
Cui maintains a low-key public persona but recently criticized young people in China for what he described as their indifference to politics.
他在公眾面前保持著低調(diào)的風(fēng)格,但是近來他批判中國(guó)的年輕人對(duì)政治漠不關(guān)心。
Cui was awarded "the Chinese Dream Practitioner" award in 2012 by the Southern Weekly and Shanghai's Dragon Television. The Southern Weekly described him as the "first Chinese rock'n'roll artist that has won international recognition" and called him "one of the symbols of China's reform and opening-up."
2012年他被南方周末和東方衛(wèi)視授予“中國(guó)夢(mèng)想踐行家”獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。南方周末形容他為“第一個(gè)得到國(guó)際認(rèn)可的中國(guó)搖滾藝術(shù)家”并稱呼他“中國(guó)改革開放的代表之一?!?/p>