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Bian Liunian
Bian Liunian () is a Chinese musician, composer and musical director. He is responsible for the musical production of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony.Music director's Closing Ceremony commentary – ''The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (en.beijing2008.cn) (August 24, 2008)'' (Retrieved on August 24, 2008)Full Coverage: The Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games – ''The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (en.beijing2008.cn) (August 24, 2008)'' (Retrieved on August 24, 2008) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bian (surname)
Bian is the romanization of several Chinese surnames, including Biàn 卞, Biān 边, Biǎn 扁, Biàn 弁, Biàn 汴, etc. Biān 边 is the most common of these names, while Biàn 卞 is the second-most common. Notable people named Bian 卞 Biàn It is the 86th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . As of 2018, it is the 269th most common surname in China. * Bian He, discoverer of the Heshibi *Empress Dowager Bian to Cao Cao * Empress Bian to Cao Mao * Empress Bian to Cao Huan * Bian Zhilin, poet in 20th century * Bian Zhongyun, deputy principal beaten to death with wooden sticks by a group of students during Beijing's Red August at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution *Bian Yingui, physicist specializing in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics * Bian Xiaoxuan, historian in Chinese literature *Bian Liunian, Chinese musician, composer, and musical director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony
The 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the ''Bird's Nest''.Full Coverage: The Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games – ''The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (en.beijing2008.cn) (August 24, 2008)'' (Retrieved on August 24, 2008) It was directed by Chinese filmmaker and began at 20:00 ( |
Erhu
The ''erhu'' (; ) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a ''Southern Fiddle'', and is sometimes known in the Western world as the ''Chinese violin'' or a ''Chinese two-stringed fiddle''. It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras. It is the most popular of the huqin family of traditional bowed string instruments used by various ethnic groups of China. As a very versatile instrument, the erhu is used in both traditional and contemporary music arrangements, such as pop, rock and jazz. History The ''Erhu'' can be traced back to proto-Mongolic instruments which first appeared in China during the Tang dynasty. It is believed to have evolved from the '' Xiqin'' ( 奚 琴). The xiqin is believed to have originated from the Xi people located in current northeast China. The first Chinese character of the name of the instrument ( 二, ''èr'', two) is believed to come fr ... [...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] |
Erhu Players
This is a list of erhu performers and contains a non-exhaustive list of notable players of the erhu, a bowed musical instrument with two strings. Erhu performers The list is organized alphabetically. *Abing (c. 1893-1950) *Alan Dawa Dolma *Jiebing Chen *ChthoniC * George Gao or Gao Shaoqing *Guo Gan *Tina Guo *The Hsu-nami *Eyvind Kang *Nicole Ge Li *Liu Mingyuan (1931–1996) *Liu Tianhua (1895–1932) *Ma Xiaohui *Min Huifen (1945–2014) *Shen Sinyan *Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker *Francis Wong *Teresa Wong *Zhou Yu *Dinesh Subasinghe Dinesh Subasinghe (born 10 July 1979, Colombo) is a Sri Lankan composer, violinist, and music producer. He composed ''Karuna Nadee'', a Buddhist oratorio, and re-introduced a lost, ancient musical instrument known as the ''ravanahatha'' to Sri ... References {{Reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Republic Of China Composers
People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland. History Founded as People's Viennaline in 2010, the first revenue flight of the company took place on 27 March 2011. For several years, People's only operated a single scheduled route between its homebase and Vienna. However, the route network has since been expanded with some seasonal and charter services. In November 2016, People's inaugurated the world's shortest international jet route (and, after St. Maarten-Anguilla, second shortest international route overall). The flight from St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, Switzerland, to Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, took only eight minutes of flight over Lake Constance and could have been booked individually. The airline faced severe criticism for this service fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Directors
A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the director of music of a film, the director of music at a radio station, the person in charge of musical activities or the head of the music department in a school, the coordinator of the musical ensembles in a university, college, or institution (but not usually the head of the academic music department), the head bandmaster of a military band, the head organist and choirmaster of a church, or an organist and master of the choristers (the title given to a director of music at a cathedral, particularly in England). Orchestra The title of "music director" or "musical director" is used by many symphony orchestras to designate the primary conducting, conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra. The term "music director" is most common for orch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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