bostonese.com / 双语网

Category: News

  • 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 Arts  
    3 Partridge Lane, Lincoln, MA 01773, Tel: (781) 259-8195 
    go to our websitesee us in facebookemail us   
    Friday, June 22, 2012, 8pm
    Harvard Sanders Theatre

    The 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

    1. Ga O Li Tai 嘎哦麗泰: Hasake Folk Song Arranged by Du Mingxin 杜鳴心
    2. Pastoral 牧歌: East Mongolia Folk Song Arranged by Qu Xixian 翟希賢
    3. The Youth Dance 青春舞曲: Xinjiang Folk Song
      arranged by Wang Shiguang 王洛賓記譜王世光編曲
    4. Double Echoes 翠谷雙迴聲: by Yang Hongnian 楊鴻年
    5. Introduction and Toccata 引子與託卡塔: by Yang Hongnian 楊鴻年
    6. Spring Waters 春潮: by Sergei Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff
    7. 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
    8. Lacrymosa 眼淚(From “Requiem” No.7): by MA Mozart
    9. Pizzicato Polk 撥弦波爾卡: Music by J* Strauss, Arranged by Yang Hongnian 楊鴻年
    10. Lux Aurumque 金色的光: by Eric Whitacre
    11. The Rhythm of Life 生活的節奏: by CY Coleman
    12. Suliko 蘇麗科: Georgian Folk Song
    13. Zitti, Zitti 悄悄地(From “Rigoletto”）: by Giuseppe Verdi
    14. In Taberna Quamdo Sumus 在酒店裡(From “Carmina Burana”): by Carl Orff
    15. 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
    16. Man Jiang Hong 滿江紅: Lyrics by Yue Fei 岳飛,
      composed by Li Baochen 李抱忱
    17. Kasar Mie La Gaji 地球累了: by Alberto Gra
    18. The Battle of Jericho 傑里科之役: American Traditional Spiritual
      arranged by Moses Hogan
    19. 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.

     

    ****************      Coming Event        ****************

     

    Friday, 6/22/2012, 8pm

    Harvard Sanders Theatre

    Central Conservatory of Music Chorus
    (Beijing)
    Free Admission  

     
    Hongnian Yang 楊鴻年
    Conductor and Music Director

    Li Yang 楊力

    Assistant Conductor


    The 24th Season 2012-2013

     July 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

    2012 musical festival

       

    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

    The Long Sisters piano duo 

     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

    Tao Chen 陳濤, Di Zi 笛子 


     

    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

    Meng-chieh Liu

    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

     

      

     ****************

    We Need Your Support
    Support us make a
    Donation

    www. ChinesePerformingArts.net  

     Your tax-deductible donation enables us to continue presenting the best artists, maintaining low admission and free student tickets.  Please support us especially at this time

    現今社會動盪、經濟蕭條，人們生活中充滿不安。文化藝術安定人心的重要性，在此時更為明顯。但經費來源卻更艱難。

    您的免稅捐款，可使我們繼續舉行高水準音樂會，提供最低票價，及免費學生票。並鼓勵青年才俊在古典音樂、傳統中國書法、及民族國樂樂器各方面學習傳承。希望您慷慨解囊，大力支持。 
    Order Ticket Online:

    www.ChinesePerformingArts.net
    Foundation For Chinese Performing Arts
    Cathy Chan 譚嘉陵, Founder and President

  • 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.
    (more…)

  • 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
    (more…)

  • 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)
    (more…)

  • Michael Wong Among Volunteers of the Year at Boston Main Streets’ 16th Annual Awards Ceremony

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston – Mayor Thomas M. Menino, together with Department of Neighborhood Development Director Evelyn Friedman, WPLM Easy 99.1’s “Strictly Sinatra” host Ron Della Chiesa, and the Boston Latin School Wolftones presented awards at the Boston Main Streets (BMS) 16th Annual Awards Ceremony, which took place at the majestic Strand Theatre in Dorchester on May 17. Awards were presented to the 2011 Boston Main Streets Volunteers of the Year and Businesses of the Year.

    (more…)

  • Tufts University Unveils Plans for New Medical Research Laboratory to Focus on Tuberculosis

    BOSTON – Tufts University today announced that it will seek approval from the Boston Public Health Commission to build a 1,700 square foot biosafety level 3 research laboratory within its School of Medicine’s existing Biomedical Research and Public Health Building at 136 Harrison Avenue. The Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory will enable Tufts researchers to find new ways to detect, prevent and treat serious infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, for which treatments exist but for which new therapeutics are needed.
    (more…)

  • Governor Patrick Breaks Ground on First-in-the-Nation Biomanufacturing Center at UMass Dartmouth

    FALL RIVER – Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick today broke ground on the $28 million Massachusetts Accelerator for Biomanufacturing (MAB) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The facility, a result of Governor Patrick’s $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, is expected to create 120 construction jobs and ten permanent jobs and strengthen Massachusetts’ standing as a world leader in the life sciences industry.
    (more…)

  • Boston Erhu Ensemble To Delight Chinese Music Fans on June 2

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    On Saturday, June 2, Boston Erhu Ensemble will present a Chinese music concert at the First United Methodist Church, (645 Main St.), in Melrose at 7 PM. This concert will feature both traditional Chinese folk songs as well as arrangements of contemporary music pieces, and bring joy to many traditional Chinese music lovers in the greater Boston area.
    (more…)

  • Governor Patrick To Visit Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center on May 15

    By Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center(BCNC)

    Governor Deval Patrick will visit BCNC on Tuesday evening, May 15 in celebration of Asian American Heritage Month. BCNC will host a conversation with the Governor at the Center. He will speak with and listen to the community, fielding questions and hearing concerns in an open forum.

    (more…)

  • Earliest Mayan Calendar Shows No Hint of “World End” in 2012

    (from chinadaily.com.cn)

    The earliest known Mayan calendar has been found in an ancient house in Guatemala and it offers no hint that the world’s end is imminent, researchers said Thursday.

    (more…)