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You Hongfei
You Hongfei () is a soprano at the China National Opera and a National A-class Performer of China (). You was born in Hulan District in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province. She graduated from the Department of Opera of China Conservatory of Music in 1996 and joined China National Opera as an opera singer. She is a member of the council of Chinese Musicians' Association and a member of Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China Youth Federation. Awarded 'Honorable artist' by the Peking University Hall and named one of China's Top 10 Sopranos by CCTV China Central Television Music Channel. A visiting professor at Harbin Conservatory of Music. Opera career During the pursuit of her career, You gave special attention to the performance of original Chinese operas. Concerts and other performances You co-performed concerts with '' China National Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You (surname)
You () is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese family names including 尤 Yóu, 游 Yóu, 犹 Yóu, 由 Yóu, 右 Yòu, 幽 Yōu, etc. Among these names, 尤 Yóu and 游 Yóu are relatively common. 尤 Yóu is the 19th surname in Hundred Family Surnames. In Wade–Giles romanization system, You is spelled as Yu. Notable people Yóu 尤 It is the 19th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. *You Ching (born 1942), Taiwanese diplomat *You Quan (born 1954), Chinese politician, former Communist Party Secretary of Fujian province *You Yong (born 1963), Chinese actor *You Wenhui (born 1979), Chinese volleyball player *You Meihong (born 1993), Chinese swimmer *You Zhangjing (born 1994), Malaysian singer and songwriter, former member of Nine Percent *You Xiaodi (born 1996), Chinese tennis player *Yu Ming-shi, Administrative Deputy Minister of Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China Yóu 游 *You Benchang (born 1933), Chinese actor *You Hwai-yin (born 1942), T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini ( Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late-Baroque era. Though his early work was firmly rooted in traditional late-19th-century Romantic Italian opera, he later developed his work in the realistic '' verismo'' style, of which he became one of the leading exponents. His most renowned works are '' La bohème'' (1896), '' Tosca'' (1900), '' Madama Butterfly'' (1904), and '' Turandot'' (1924), all of which are among the most frequently performed and recorded of all operas. Family and education Puccini was born Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini in Lucca, Italy, in 1858. He was the sixth of nine children of Michele Puccini (1813–1864) and Albina Magi (1830–1884). The Puccini family was established in Lucca as a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Carreras
Josep Maria Carreras Coll (; born 5 December 1946), better known as José Carreras (, ), is a Spanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini. Born in Barcelona, he made his debut on the operatic stage at 11 as Trujamán in Manuel de Falla's ''El retablo de Maese Pedro'', and went on to a career that encompassed over 60 roles, performing in the world's leading opera houses and on numerous recordings. He gained fame with a wider audience as one of the Three Tenors, with Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, in a series of large concerts from 1990 to 2003. He is also known for his Humanitarianism, humanitarian work as president of the José Carreras Leukaemia Foundation, José Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation (La Fundació Internacional Josep Carreras per a la Lluita contra la Leucèmia), which he established following his own recovery from the disease in 1988. Life and career Early years Carreras wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO; Chinese: 上海爱乐乐团; pinyin: Shànghǎi Àiyuè Yuètuán) is a professional symphony orchestra based in Shanghai, China. It is under the administration of the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film, and TV. The current music director is Muhai Tang and the deputy director is the young conductor Liang Zhang. History According to the orchestra's official web site, the orchestra was re-structured based on the former Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra (SBSO). SBSO was merged from two orchestras – Shanghai Film Orchestra, which was established in 1954 and Shanghai Broadcasting Orchestra, which was established in 1950. The merge happened in 1996, and the new orchestra was named Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra with Yongyan Hu as its first music director. The name of the orchestra was officially changed to the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in April 2004 with famous conductor Zuohuang Chen as its Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Symphony Orchestra 1979–1984.Edward L. Davis - ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture'' Page 420 2012 "He was conductor and composer in residence at the Beijing Symphony Orchestra (1979–84) and at the same time "Beijing Symphony Orchestra (Simplified Chinese: 北京交响乐团), founded in 1977, is a symphony orchestra in based in Beijing, China. One of its best-known performances was an unfolding of Chinese history and culture performed at Badaling in the Great Wall which was transmitted internationally via satellite. Conductors * Jin Xiang Jin Xiang (20 April 1935 – 23 December 2015) was a Chinese composer and conductor. He studied composition at the China Central Conservatory from 1954. In 1959 he received his Bachelor of Arts in Composition. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Philharmonic Orchestra
The China Philharmonic Orchestra ( 中国爱乐乐团; abbreviated CPO) is an orchestra founded in Beijing, China, on May 25, 2000, based on the previous "China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra". It is a division of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) of the People's Republic of China. Its inaugural concert was held on December 16, 2000, conducted by artistic director Long Yu. Their first season included the world premiere by Julian Lloyd Webber of the Cello Concerto No. 1 by Philip Glass and the symphonic Beijing opera ''Women Generals of the Yangs'' by Du Mingxin, their first commissioned symphonic work. The CPO has performed in some of the top classical music venues in the United States during several world tours, in Taiwan in 2001 as well as many countries, including Japan and Korea in 2002. Its most lengthy overseas tour was in 2005 visiting and performing in 25 cities in seven European countries and in North America. In 2014 the CPO made its d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China National Symphony Orchestra
The China National Symphony Orchestra (; abbreviated CNSO) is China's national orchestra. It was founded as the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China (CPOC) in 1956 under the baton of the conductor Li Delun. In 1996, it was restructured and renamed the China National Symphony Orchestra. Xia Guan is the orchestra's executive director. The orchestra's principal conductor is Michel Plasson, principal resident conductor is Xincao Li, Muhai Tang is the conductor laureate and En Shao is the principal guest conductor.http://www.cnso.com.cn China National Symphony Orchestra Official Web Site. History Founding and first concert Li Delun conducted the first concert in Beijing in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart after the founding of CPOC. On October 1, 1959, the concert of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed by the orchestra in Beijing, and all the musicians were Chinese. In 1996, the Central Philharmonic was restructured and renam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Jinxuan
Yan Jinxuan () (21 May 1924 – 20 November 2014) was a Chinese composer. She was best known for composing the music to the opera and ballet, ''The White Haired Girl''. The opera was first performed in 1945. Yan composed a ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form ... with music adapted from the opera. The eight-act ballet premiered in 1965, performed by the Shanghai Dance Academy (now known as the Shanghai Ballet Company). Yan died in November 2014 at the age of 94. References {{authority control 2014 deaths 1924 births Chinese women classical composers Chinese opera composers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Haired Girl
''The White-Haired Girl'' () is a Chinese opera, ballet, (later adapted to Beijing Opera and a film) by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto by He Jingzhi and Ding Yi. The folklore of the white-haired girl is believed to have spread widely in the areas occupied by the Communist Party of Northern China since the late 1930s. Many years later, a literary work was created in the liberated area controlled by the Chinese Communist Party in the late 1940s. The film was made in 1950 and the first Peking opera performance was in 1958. The first ballet performance was by Shanghai Dance Academy, Shanghai in 1965. It has also been performed by the noted soprano Guo Lanying. The opera is based on legends circulating in the border region of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, describing the misery suffered by local peasantry, particularly the misery of the female members. The stories are based on real-life stories of no fewer than half a dozen women, in a time frame stretching from the late Qing dynas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zheng Lücheng
Zheng Lücheng (; , 27 August 1914 – 7 December 1976) was a Korea-born Chinese composer of Korean ethnicity. He is most notable for having composed the music to the Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army, to words by Gong Mu (公木; real name: Zhang Yongnian; ). Early life Zheng was born Cheong Bu-eun (정부은, 鄭富恩) in the South Jeolla Province of what is now South Korea in either 1914 or 1918. Official records show his year of birth at 1918, but it is believed he may have concealed his age to maintain cover as an agent in Nanjing. In 1933, Zheng moved to Nanjing, China, where he became associated with the Korean-Chinese anti-Japanese invasion movement and then with the communists. Career In 1937, in Yan'an, Zheng composed the song which was to become the military anthem of the People's Liberation Army. In 1945, Zheng returned to Korea or, precisely, North Korea, where he worked as chief of the North Korean army's band and taught music at Pyongyang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minzu University Of China
Minzu University of China (MUC, ) is a national public university in Haidian District, Beijing, China designated for ethnic minorities in China. MUC was selected as one of national key universities to directly receive funding from Double First Class University Plan, former Project 211 and Project 985, aspiring to become a worldwide leading university. It is a Chinese state Class A Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education. It is colloquially known as ''Míndà'' in Putonghua. It was formerly known in English as the ''Central University for Nationalities'' (''CUN''). Minzu University ranked first in China among universities for ethnic minorities. It aims to be one of the best universities of its kind in the world for inheriting and promoting the excellent culture of all ethnic groups. With the strong support of Chinese government, it has developed rapidly over the years. MUC is one of the most prestigious universities in China in ethnology, anthrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Du Shiniang
''Du Shiniang'' (杜十娘) is a popular story and theatre plot in China. It exists as a Yue opera, as a Sichuan opera, and also as a 2006 "hybrid" Chinese-language western-style opera in the repertoire of the China Central Opera. The plot concerns the courtesan Du Shiniang, Miss Tenth-Daughter Du, who falls in love with a literati, Li Jia. ''"Du Shiniang Angrily Sinks a Treasure Chest"'' is a short parody novel by Ming Dynasty novelist Feng Menglong Feng Menglong (1574–1646), courtesy names Youlong (), Gongyu (), Ziyou (), or Eryou (), was a Chinese historian, novelist, and poet of the late Ming Dynasty. He was born in Changzhou County, now part of Suzhou, in Jiangsu Province. Life Fe ... Character Du Shiniang is one of the central characters in both "The Legend of the Emotionally Negative Lovers" and "Du Shiniang Sinks the Hundred Treasure Boxes". For the image of Du Shiniang in the two works, researchers generally believe that the portrayal of the main character Du Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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