我指挥《黄河大合唱》已经五十多年了,为它付出了不少的汗水,但是《黄河》也培养了我。我今年七十多岁了,按孔夫子的说法,“从心所欲,不逾矩”,但我感觉到我的艺术修养还没有达到这个水平。我与音乐结缘是一个偶然的机会。我从小的志愿不是搞音乐,那时我的数学比较好,常考100分,我当时非常希望能够学工。抗日战争改变了一代人的理想和命运,很多人的前途都重新安排了。北方沦陷以后,国民政府撤退到武汉。那时正是国共合作,八路军办事处、《新华日报》社,还有各地的文化人士都到了武汉,冼星海也随上海的“流亡演剧队”到了武汉,在那里从事群众歌 I directed the “Yellow River Chorus” for more than fifty years, paying a lot of sweat for it, but “Yellow River” also trained me. I am seventy years old this year. According to Confucius, “I do not want to be over my heart”, but I feel my artistic accomplishment has not reached this level yet. I am connected with the music is a chance. My childhood volition was not to engage in music. At that time, my math was good, and I often had 100 marks. At that time, I really wanted to learn the skills. The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression changed the ideal and destiny of a generation and the future of many people was rearranged. After the fall of the north, the national government retreated to wuhan. At that time, it was the Kuomintang-Communist cooperation. The Eighth Route Army Office, Xinhua Daily, and other cultural workers came to Wuhan, and Xian Xinghai went to Wuhan with the “Exile Theater Team” in Shanghai, where he engaged in mass songs