CAMBRIDGE – Wednesday, May 30, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick today announced the creation of the Massachusetts Big Data Initiative, a number of steps and initiatives that will expand Massachusetts’ position as a world leader in the rapidly expanding Big Data sector.
Governor Patrick announces the Massachusetts Big Data Initiative to grow the state’s innovation economy. (Photo: Jeremiah Robinson / Governor’s Office).
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Governor Patrick Announces New Big Data Initiative at MIT
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You Are Invited to 33rd Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
Come celebrate the 33rd Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday, June 10, 2012, from 12:00 p.m. – 5 p.m. Spectators will be able to watch brightly colored dragon boats, piloted by paddlers from Greater Boston, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, Philadelphia, California, and Montreal, Canada as they race down the Charles River between JFK Street and the Western Avenue Bridge. While races start in the morning, cultural programs will begin at 12 Noon. All programs are free and family friendly for visitors.
Pictures from festivals in the past （provided by Boston Dragon Boat Festival).
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Xiamen Delegation Pitches Double Hundreds Talent Program at MIT
By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass. – Xiamen is a beautiful city with growing economic power on the west side of the Taiwan Strait. In the evening of May 27, the Xiamen Municipal Government delegation successfully held Overseas Talents Forum and Double Hundreds Talent Program promotion conference at MIT Faculty Club.
Chen Qiuxiong delivers the theme speech of the evening.
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Focal Chinese Music To Re-Open Melrose’s 116-year-old Corinthian Hall
MELROSE, MA – Starting June 10, 2012, Focal Chinese Music Corp. (FCM), a music education and performing arts company will re-open and manage Melrose’s 116-year-old Corinthian Hall. Currently owned by Melrosian Stephen Longmuir, Corinthian Hall, with its 1900s interior preserved and restored, will serve as FCM’s headquarters.
Photo credit: Elaine_Foley(cafechatelaine.blogspot.com), Scott Levine (thestudiosl.com).
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SAPA-NE’s 2012 Annual Conference Attracts Innovators in Biopharma, Entrepreneurs from China
By David Li, bostonese.com
The 14th Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association New England (SAPA-NE) Annual Conference will take place in MIT Sloan School of Management and Walker Memorial Morss Hall at MIT on June 16, 2012 (8.00 am -5.30 pm). A delegation of 100 entrepreneurs from China will join the afternoon talent recruitment event, and provide attendees with excellent job opportunities.
Group picture at SAPA-NE’s career development conference at MIT on April 7, 2012.
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GBAAYSO To Present The Bufferfly Lover Concert at Lexington High on June 16
By David Li, bostonese.com
After the first public concert at National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Mass. in December 2011, the Asian Cultural Center Greater Boston Asian-American Youth Symphony Orchestra (GBAAYSO) has been active in local communities. A number of charity concerts have been presented by GBAAYSO at senior centers and other venues in Lexington and Waltham, including a Food for Music concert in Lexington on April 15 that raised about $2,000 for Lexington Food Bank.
Conductor Jie Yang(right) and young musicians of GBAAYSO at end of the Food for Music concert on April 15.
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The Central Conservatory of Music Chorus, Beijing To Perform at Harvard Sanders Theatre
中華表演藝術基金會Foundation For Chinese Performing Arts3 Partridge Lane, Lincoln, MA 01773, Tel: (781) 259-8195
Friday, June 22, 2012, 8pm
Harvard Sanders TheatreThe Central Conservatory of Music Chorus, Beijing
中央音樂學院合唱團
Admission is FREE
Suggested donation $10 per person at door
The Central Conservatory of Music Chorus is invited to the Inaugural Yale International Choral Festival, a new event produced by the Yale Glee Club in collaboration with the Yale School of Music, and the Yale Alumni Chorus. The festival will be held June 19-23, 2012 at Yale University.
http://www.
yaleinternationalchoralfest. org/Home http://www.
yaleinternationalchoralfest. org/Performing_Choirs The Central Conservatory of Music Chorus will also perform two concerts in New York on June 25 at the United Nations and the “New York Choral Festival” in Flushing, NY sponsored by SAMA.
Program
- Ga O Li Tai 嘎哦麗泰: Hasake Folk Song Arranged by Du Mingxin 杜鳴心
- Pastoral 牧歌: East Mongolia Folk Song Arranged by Qu Xixian 翟希賢
- The Youth Dance 青春舞曲: Xinjiang Folk Song
arranged by Wang Shiguang 王洛賓記譜王世光編曲
- Double Echoes 翠谷雙迴聲: by Yang Hongnian 楊鴻年
- Introduction and Toccata 引子與託卡塔: by Yang Hongnian 楊鴻年
- Spring Waters 春潮: by Sergei Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff
- Sa Li Lo 撒里囉: Lyrics by Yangxiaoping, Music by Liu Xiaogen 曉耕and Liu Ye
arranged by Yang Hongnian 楊鴻年, Piano Part by Wang Tianyang
- Lacrymosa 眼淚(From “Requiem” No.7): by MA Mozart
- Pizzicato Polk 撥弦波爾卡: Music by J* Strauss, Arranged by Yang Hongnian 楊鴻年
- Lux Aurumque 金色的光: by Eric Whitacre
- The Rhythm of Life 生活的節奏: by CY Coleman
- Suliko 蘇麗科: Georgian Folk Song
- Zitti, Zitti 悄悄地(From “Rigoletto”）: by Giuseppe Verdi
- In Taberna Quamdo Sumus 在酒店裡(From “Carmina Burana”): by Carl Orff
- That is me 那就是我: Lyrics by Xiaoguang 曉光,
composed by Gu Jianfen 谷建芬曲劉孝陽改編
- Man Jiang Hong 滿江紅: Lyrics by Yue Fei 岳飛,
composed by Li Baochen 李抱忱
- Kasar Mie La Gaji 地球累了: by Alberto Gra
- The Battle of Jericho 傑里科之役: American Traditional Spiritual
arranged by Moses Hogan
- Sabre Dance 馬刀舞曲: composed by Aram Ilitch Khatchaturian,
arranged by Yang Hongnian 楊鴻年
Conductor: Hongnian Yang 杨鸿年
Assistant Conductor: Li Yang 杨力
Piano Accompanist: TianYang Wang王天阳 and Jun Liu刘俊The Central Conservatory of Music Chorus, Beijing
Located at the former Prince Chun’s Residence of Qing Dynasty,
the Central Conservatory of Music’s beginnings can be traced to 1940, when the National Conservatory of Music was founded. It has merged together with other 5 music institutions and departments of music in Universities in 1950. Moved from Tianjin to Beijing in 1958, it was ranked among the national leading universities in 1960. Currently, it was listed as one of the leading universities in the “211 project” in 2000, the only institution in Academies of Fine Arts in China, and only key institution of higher learning supervised directly under the Ministry of Education of the State Council among all academies of arts in China.
Hongnian Yang 杨鸿年, conductor
Conductor Yang Hongnian is China’s well-known Conductor and Music Educator and Professor of Conducting at Central Conservatory of Music. He was formerly Vice Chairman of the International Children’s Chorus and Performing Arts Association, Board Member of Chinese Musician’s Association, Adviser of China Choral Society and China Chorus Union.
Professor Yang has an ardent and bold style. When conducting he adds subtle movements to interpret the music in his vast repertoire. His unique performing art and his music prowess are well admired by musical professionals and educators in China and overseas. He has received praise from the international music community as a “maestro who masters the myth of chorus”.Based on Professor Yang Hongnian’s achievements, he was granted the title of “National Exemplary Worker in the Culture System”. He was consecutively recommended by the international conductors to be the Vice Chairman of the National Children’s Chorus Performing Arts Association. US President Ronald Reagan awarded the highest appreciation Certificate for the children’s chorus he conducted while in America. He received the Honorary Citizen of Newark Medal and the Golden Key from Osaka and Bingku County of Japan for his contribution to music.
Li Yang 楊力: Assistant Conductor
Yang Li is professor of Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, Principal Conductor of Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, Conductor of the Children and Young Women’s Chorus of the China National Symphony Orchestra, and Director and Conductor of Beijing Philharmonic Chorus.Yang Li was born in a musical family and started learning music since early childhood. In 1990, He graduated from the Conducting Department of Central Conservatory of Music. In 1997, he received an “Artist Diploma” from Stuttgart Conservatory of Music in Germany where he graduated from, and became the first Chinese artist to win the H. von Karajan Foundation scholarship.
The Ministry of Culture of Peoples Republic of China awarded the “Wen Hua Prize” to Yang Li for his excellent performance on conducting the opera production “General She Leng”. He was also given an award for “Best Conductor”. In 2010, Yang Li led the Beijing Philharmonic Chorus and participated in the 24th Béla Bartók International Choir Competition held in Hungary. The chorus won the first place among Children’s Chorus Category, and the second place in the Youth Category. In July 2011, Beijing Philharmonic Chorus competed in the 2011 Istanbul International Chorus Competition, and was awarded the first place in Children’s Choirs Category, Female Choirs Category and the Grand-Prix. In the following month, the chorus participated in “The Singing World”-The 7th International Choir and Vocal Ensembles Competition in St. Petersburg and won 15 awards including first places in categories of Children’s Choirs and Female Choirs, and Modern Music, as well as the Grand-Prix, Special Prize of Jury and the Best Performance of Y. Falik’s work. Yang Li was awarded the Best Conductor.
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Friday, 6/22/2012, 8pm
Harvard Sanders Theatre
Central Conservatory of Music Chorus(Beijing)Free AdmissionHongnian Yang 楊鴻年
Conductor and Music DirectorLi Yang 楊力
Assistant Conductor
The 24th Season 2012-2013July 26- August 17, 2012
The 21st Music Festival at Walnut Hill
第21屆胡桃山音樂營
2012 Concerto Competition: Mozart Piano Concerto in
C major, No. 21, K. 467
The 5th annual Chinese Music Instrument audition and concert
Audition: Saturday 9/29/2012
Concert: Saturday 10/6/2012
First Church Boston
Sat. 11/3/2012, 8 pm
NEC’s Jordan Hall
The Long Sisters Piano Duo,
Beatrice Long
Christina Long
Sat. 2/2/2013, 8 pm
NEC’s Jordan Hall
玄門步虛
Empty Choreography
佛教道教音樂會
Buddhism and Taoism Temple Music
Chinese Performing Arts of North America北美中樂團
Jian Bao包键, Guanzi 管子, Jianbing Hu 胡建兵, Sheng 笙
Sat. 3/30/2013, 8 pm
NEC’s Jordan Hall
Lynn Chang, friends, and The Ying Quartet
Sat. 4/13/2013, 8 pm
NEC’s Jordan Hall
Pianist Meng-Chieh Liu
Schubert Sonata Cycle 4
April 15, 2013
(application deadline)
Jury date: 4/20/2013
The 22nd Annual Chinese brush painting and calligraphy competition
http://www.chineseperformingarts.net/ contents/competition/painting/ 2012/index.htm July 25- August 16, 2013 (TBD)
The 22nd Music Festival at
Walnut Hill
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Modeled After Boston, Nanjing’s Economic Development Focuses on High Tech Industries
By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass. – Nanjing, which means “capital in the South” in Chinese, is a major city in Eastern China. In the evening of May 25, Nanjing Economic and Trade Delegation consisted of 50 government officials and business leaders successfully held the Nanjing Overseas Talent Entrepreneurship Forum and Nanjing 321 Plan Promotion Conference at Marriott Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. Over 400 entrepreneurs, professionals, researchers and students attended this conference.
Yang Weize making theme speech at the conference.
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NECINA 2012 Annual Meeting To Help Raise Your Business and Career to a New Height
By David Li, bostonese.com
New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA) will hold its 2012 annual meeting on June 2 at Radisson Hotel in Chelmsford, Mass. The year’s annual meeting features exceptional experts in the IT field, and provides great networking oppertunities for its attendees.
According to the announcement email, NECINA is committed to deliver tangible values to its members and sponsors, emphasizing actions, focusing on outcome, facilitating hands-on engagement. This year’s annual meeting is free to NECINA members and VIP guests, and $15 for non-members. To RSVP online, please visit: http://www.acteva.com/
booking.cfm?bevaid=230531
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MIT Dedicated Monumental Sculpture by Internationally Renowned Artist Cai Guo-Qiang
By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge – In the evening of May 10, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) dedicated Ring Stone (2010) by internationally renowned artist Cai Guo-Qiang in front of the new Sloan building at 100 Main Street. The monumental white granite sculpture is the artist’s first public work of art for a university campus. Located in the north garden adjacent to the MIT Sloan School of Management, the artwork celebrates the Sloan School’s educational and cultural ties with China and will be on permanent display.
Chinyan Wong(left), Cai Guo-Qiang at the Ring Stone dedication ceremony. (Dan Liu photo)
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