摘 要
陈小奇，我国著名的词曲作家、音乐制作人及电视制片人。出生于1959年，广东普宁人，成长于梅州，受客家文化的影响，为他以后的音乐之路奠定了基础。中山大学毕业后，进入了中国唱片公司、太平洋音乐公司等知名公司任职并取得了骄人的成绩。现兼任中国音乐文学学会、中国音乐家协会等多个音乐协会的职务并获得了“广东省音乐界领军人”的光荣称号。
陈小奇被誉为“南方音乐教父”，也是我国改革开放以来流行音乐界重量级人物。到目前为止，他创作了二千多首歌曲，近二百首作品获奖，作品以典雅、空灵、具有深厚文化底蕴的艺术风格享誉大陆乐坛。代表作品有：《涛声依旧》、《大浪淘沙》、《九九女儿红》、《我不想说》、《跨越巅峰》等，其中《涛声依旧》自问世以来迅速风靡国内外，并久经不衰，成为流行歌曲的经典作品。
在音乐之路上，陈小奇从唱片公司的编辑到副总经理，再到音乐总监，直至自己创办唱片公司，始终坚持着自己的梦想，并以总制作人、艺术总监的身份结合客家文化的精髓打造了气势恢宏的《客家意象》。他对流行音乐的热爱和音乐创作的坚持获得了今天广东流行音乐领军人物的殊荣。希望在他的带领下，流行音乐可以发展地越来越好，让优秀的文化不断传承下去。
关键词：陈小奇；流行音乐； 贡献； 文化
Abstract
Chen Xiaoqi is a famous songwriter, a music and teleplay producer, who enjoys high reputation in China. He was born in Puning city, Guangdong in 1959 and grew up in Meizhou city where influenced him deeply by Hakka culture, and that has laid the foundation of his music road. Graduated from Sun Yat- sen University, he worked in China Record Corporation and other popular music companies and got great achievements. At present, he is a member of Chinese Musician Association and in the position of other music associations and he also win the title of “a leader of music world in Guangdong province”.
Chen Xiaoqi is praised as “the father of southern music” and is one of super legends of pop music in China since the reform and opening up. So far, he has written nearly two thousand songs. Among these songs, there are about two hundred prize-winning works. Works of Chen enjoys a good reputation in the mainland with his style features of elegancy and deep cultural connotation. His representative songs include the Wave Still, Mighty Waves Crash on the Sandy Shore, Jiu Jiu Nv Er Hong, etc. Particularly, the Wave still was spread rapidly across overseas since it came out and became a classical song in the circle of pop music.
In the career of music, Chen Xiaoqi has worked as an editor in a record company, promoting to be a vice manger, being a music director and creating his own record company. In the year of 2009, as a chief producer and an art director, he succeeded to produce a very majestic play named “Hakka Image”. Enthusiasm at music makes him persevere in creating songs and lays the status of a leader of Guangdong pop music. Under his leadership, pop music will be improved upward and the fruits of culture can be learned continuously in our lives.
Key words：Chen Xiaoqi; Pop music; Contribution; Culture
