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Ayanga
Ayanga (, , born 23 October 1989) is a Chinese musical theater actor, singer and songwriter of Mongol ethnicity. Early life Ayanga was born in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. His parents were sheep herders and died before he turned seven. He was raised by his older brother who was 20 years older. He received education in Mongolian and spoke little Mandarin when he was young. He was sent to the Ikezhao League Art School around age 12. He was selected into the Song and Dance Troupe of Inner Mongolian PLA at the age of 14. He did not remain complacent with his career path, so he travelled to Beijing to pursue his dream in art and performance at the age of 17. He was admitted into the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy and majored in Musical Theater. After graduating from college, he joined the Beijing Opera and Dance Theater and became a musical theater actor and a singer. In 2021, Ayanga was honored as a Distinguished Teacher by his alma mater Beijing Dance Academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zheng Yunlong
Zheng Yunlong (; born 27 June 1990) is a Chinese actor and singer. He has appeared in a few Chinese musicals. Biography Zheng was born in Qingdao, Shandong and graduated from Beijing Dance Academy. Zheng's enthusiasm with stage performance comes from his mother, who is a Beijing Opera actress. He was inspired by the musical ''Cats'', and decided to pursue a career in musical theater after graduation. His notable musical roles include the Chinese adaptations of Jekyll/Hyde in ''Jekyll & Hyde (musical)'', Quixote/Cervantes in ''Man of La Mancha'', Stacee in ''Rock of Ages (musical)'', and Michael in ''Murder Ballad''. In August 2018, he won the Chinese Musical Academy Award for Best Male Actor. In November the same year, he participated in the singing competition reality show Super-Vocal and became well-known as one of the six final winners. He also appeared in the singing contest show Singer 2019 as a member of the Super-Vocal finalist group. In March 2019, Zheng was recruit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cai Chengyu
Cai Chengyu (; born January 17, 1998) is a Chinese operatic tenor. He is known for participating in Hunan TV's singing variety show '' Super-Vocal'' where he first gained attention and recognition throughout China for singing 9 high-quality High Cs in his debut and finally made to the top 6 leading singers. In 2019, Cai joined Decca Records together with Tong Zhuo, Gao Tianhe and Ju Hongchuan as China's first male ''bel canto'' quartet named Super Vocal. In the same year, Cai was recognized as the Forbes China 30 Under 30 List honoree. Early life Cai grew up in Suzhou, Anhui, China and attended Sucheng No.1 High School. In his last music class in high school, he performed "''Heroes' Song"'' () at classmates' invitation. Impressed by Cai's talent, his music teacher encouraged him to pursue a career in music. A year later, he successfully made to Shanghai Conservatory of Music with the fourth best grades nationwide. Cai is currently studying under the celebrated baritone Wang Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singer 2019
The seventh season of Chinese television series Singer ( zh, 歌手; previously titled ''I Am a Singer'') was broadcast on Hunan Television between January and April 2019. ''Singer 2019'' was produced by Hong Tao, and its music director was Hong Kong senior musician Kubert Leung. The first episode was recorded on January 4, 2019, and first premiered in Mango TV on January 11, 2019. YouTube also broadcast the episodes with the results replaced by commercial snippets. The season ended on April 12, 2019, and Chinese singer Liu Huan named as the winner. Liu was the first mainland Chinese singer to win since Han Hong in season three, as well as the first male winner since Han Lei in season two. Taiwanese Sodagreen lead singer Wu Qing-feng and Chinese four-member band ''Super-Vocal'' (Frank Ju, Ayanga, Cai Chengyu, and ex-member Zheng Yunlong) finished runner-up and third place, respectively. For the first time, the top four singers were all male. This is also the first season since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super–Vocal
''Super–Vocal'' (Chinese: 声入人心; pinyin: ''Shēng rù rénxīn'') is a Chinese reality television created and produced by Hunan TV and iQiyi. It is a singing competition focused on classically trained singers, singing both operatic and musical pieces. It features 36 male singers, with six winners after a total of 100 days of training and filming. "Super-Vocal" Season 1 premiered on November 2, 2018, while Season 2 premiered on July 19, 2019. Format Each season is filmed in a total of 100 days. During the competition, 36 male bel canto Bel canto (Italian for "beautiful singing" or "beautiful song", )—with several similar constructions (''bellezze del canto'', ''bell'arte del canto'')—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing. The phrase was not associat ... performers are challenged with different ensembles over each episode. In each episode, performers vie for the six spots as an "apprentice", but the rounds do not have elimination. The judge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Dance Academy
The Beijing Dance Academy (BDA, ) is a municipal public professional dance college at Haidian, Beijing. The academy is the highest institution for dance education and assessment in the People's Republic of China, conducting the nationwide teacher qualification level examinations in Chinese dance. The Beijing Dance Academy was established as the Beijing Dance School () in 1954, and turned into the Beijing Dance Academy with the approval of State Council and the sponsorship of the Ministry of Culture in 1978. In 2000, its sponsorship was transferred to the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The Academy provides BA and MA degrees and has become the only institution of higher learning for professional dance education in China. The Academy, known as "the Cradle of Dancers" () and adjacent to Zizhuyuan Park, Haidian District, has about 600 in-service faculty and staff, and 2,500 full-time students apart from over 5,000 students from the School of Continuing Education. Every ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CCTV New Year's Gala
The ''CCTV New Year's Gala'', also known as the ''Spring Festival Gala'', and commonly abbreviated in Chinese as ''Chunwan'', is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Media Group (CMG). It is broadcast annually on the eve of Chinese New Year on its flagship CCTV-1 and internationally through the China Global Television Network The ''Gala'' has the largest audience of any entertainment show in the world, and is recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's most watched television program. The 2018 edition of the ''Gala'' attracted more than one billion viewers. The program is a variety show, often featuring music, dance, comedy, and drama performances. It has become a ritual for many Chinese families, including overseas Chinese, to watch the show on Chinese New Year's Eve. Many ''Chunwan'' performers have emerged as household names in China solely as a result of their recurring appearances on the program. History In the early 1980s, CCTV director Huang Yihe propo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordos City
Ordos ( Mongolian: ''Ordos''; ), also known as Ih Ju, is one of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China. It lies within the Ordos Plateau of the Yellow River. Although mainly rural, Ordos is administered as a prefecture-level city. Its population was 2,153,638 as of the 2020 census and its built-up (or metro) area made up of Ejin Horo Banner and Kangbashi District was home to 366,779 inhabitants, as Dongsheng District (574,442 inhabitants) is not a conurbation yet. Ordos is known for its recently undertaken large scale government projects including most prominently the new Kangbashi District, an urban district planned as a massive civic mall with abundant monuments, cultural institutions and other showpiece architecture. It was the venue for the 2012 Miss World Final. When it was newly built, the streets of the new Kangbashi district did not have much activity, and the district was frequently described as a "ghost city" by several Western media outlets. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liao Changyong
Prof. Liao Changyong (; born October 25, 1968), sometimes referred in English media as C. Y. Liao or Changyong Liao, is a Chinese operatic baritone and academic. He won first prize in three different international competitions in 1996 and 1997: the Operalia, The World Opera Competition; the French International Toulouse Singing Competition; and the Queen Sonja International Music Competition. While his performance career has mainly been in China, he has appeared as a guest artist with opera companies and orchestras internationally. He is the President at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Life and career Born in Pi County in the outskirts of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Liao was trained by vocal pedagogue Zhou Xiaoyan and tenor Luo Wei at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music from which he graduated in 1995. In 1996 and 1997 he won three major international singing competitions which catapulted his career: the Operalia, The World Opera Competition, the French International Toulouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karry Wang
Wang Junkai (, born 21 September 1999), also known as Karry Wang, is a Chinese singer and actor. He was a trainee of TF Family since 2010 and debuted as the leader of TFBOYS in 2013. He is one of China's wealthiest people born after 1990, with a personal net worth of 248 million yuan (US$36 million) as of December 2016. Early life and education Wang Junkai was born in Chongqing, China. Junkai grew up mostly under his grandparents' care due to his parents' busy work schedules. His father used to be a taxi driver and his mother used to work as a hairdresser. In late 2010, he became one of the trainees under the TF Entertainment, and becoming the only trainee later then. Prior to his debut, Junkai participated in TF Family's mini album ''I Don't Want to Change''. He has released several cover songs online, and participated in audition programs. In particular, his cover of "Onion" (originally by Aska Yang) received attention and was covered by several news outlets. He officiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tia Ray
Tia Ray (simplified Chinese: 袁娅维; traditional Chinese: 袁婭維; pinyin: Yuán Yàwéi; born 12 December) is a Chinese singer-songwriter from Hunan, China. She rose to fame in 2012 as a contestant on the televised singing competition The Voice of China, where she finished as one of the final contenders. She has since released four commercially successful albums, all of which she co-wrote and co-produced. Prior to breaking into the mainstream, Ray has spent close to a decade performing in smaller venues, music festivals and collaborating with musicians in Beijing, where she pursued her studies of performing arts. In 2010, she formed her jazz band ''The Knutz'' with Chinese and African American musicians, with whom she wrote, recorded and performed mainly R&B and neo soul music. Ray had her international breakthrough in 2018 with the hit “Be Apart”, which generated 1.8 billion streams and was the seventh bestselling single in the world that year. She has since collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Han
Han Xue (born 11 January 1983), also known as Cecilia Han, is a Chinese singer and actress of Miao ethnicity. Han is noted for her roles as Baigujing and Diaochan in the television series ''Journey to the West'' and ''Cao Cao'' respectively. Early life and education Han was born in a military family in Suzhou, Jiangsu, her grandfather Han Shu was a general of the People's Liberation Army, he participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Korean War. Her grandmother was once the leading lady in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Song and Dance Troupe, her aunt Han Mei is a noted musician in Canada. At the age of 6, Han studied singing with the Suzhou City Choir. Her secondary education was at Suzhou No.1 Middle School. Han graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy. Career During her university period, Han began working on her debut solo album under Sony Music Entertainment. The album's lead single, "Falling Snow", was released on 15 October 2004, it's a cover of Mika N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
