Zheng Xiaoying

Zheng Xiaoying

Zheng Xiaoying, a Hakka of Han nationality, was born in Yongding County, Fujian Province in 1929. He is a professor, the first female symphony conductor of the people's Republic of China, one of the music directors and founders of the women's Philharmonic Orchestra, artistic director and chief conductor of Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, permanent director of the Chinese Musicians Association, former director of the Department of conductor of the Central Conservatory of music, and former chief conductor of the Central Opera House.

He studied piano at the age of six and performed on stage at the age of fourteen. In 1952, he studied composition in the Central Conservatory of music and choral conducting from Soviet experts. From 1960 to 1963, he went to Moscow Conservatory of music to study opera conductor. He also studied opera conductor from Heijin, the conductor of the State Opera House of the Soviet Union, and Yi Bo Bain, the conductor of the Moscow Music Theater.

Since 1978, he has been the conductor of important national performances. He has performed Chinese and foreign operas, such as the God of flowers, the hundredth bride, the lady of Camellia, the setting crane, Carmen, the wedding of Figaro, Madame Butterfly, the Magic Flute, bohemians, and the barber of Seville. He has also worked with the central Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra More than ten orchestras, including the Central Opera House, held concerts. He also recorded 30 episodes of "Le Hai tour guide" for the National Education TV station, and often held popular concerts for teenagers. After 1980, he successfully went to Japan, Macao, Hong Kong, Macao, the United States, Italy, Finland, Singapore, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Britain and other places to hold concerts, participate in international art festivals, conduct operas or give lectures. He is the first Chinese conductor invited to rehearse world famous operas abroad. In 1981, he won the first prize of excellent conductor in the literature and art groups directly under the Ministry of culture. In 1985, he won the medal of honor for French literature and art. In 1995, to celebrate the fourth World Women's Congress held in Beijing, he founded China's first women's Symphony Orchestra. In 1997, he won the "national contribution award for the elderly". Her biography is included in the Cambridge International biography center and many international celebrity lists.

Acting experience

Zheng Xiaoying was fond of music when she was a child. After entering Peking Union Medical College in 1947, she studied in Biology Department of Jinling Women's University and majored in piano in music department. In 1949, he worked in the art troupe of Zhongyuan University (now Zhongnan University of economics and law) in Kaifeng and Wuhan. In 1952, he was recommended to the Central Conservatory of music to study composition. In February 1955, the chorus of the central song and dance troupe specially invited the chorus conductor dumashev from the Soviet Union for guidance. At that time, the relationship between China and the Soviet Union was in the honeymoon period. Enthusiastic Soviet experts offered to hold a conductor training class to help China train chorus conductors. Among the 25 cadets selected from all over the country, Zheng Xiaoying is the only female.

In the summer of 1956, Zheng Xiaoying finished his command class and returned to the Central Conservatory of music. In this year, the first professional conductor department in New China, the conductor Department of the Central Conservatory of music, was established. The school made an exception, allowing her to continue to complete her studies in the composition department. At the same time, she also worked as a part-time teacher in the conductor department, and served as the conductor of the school's chorus and red scarf orchestra.

From 1960 to 1963, Zheng Xiaoying was assigned to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of music in Moscow, the Soviet Union, where he studied opera and Symphony conducting under the guidance of well-known professors Ni Anosov and Ge rozjestwensky. A strong sense of mission came from her heart, so she cherished the rare learning opportunities. Instead of going back to visit her relatives during the holidays, she went to the library to study the original masterpieces in Russian and English that she could not see in China.

In 1961, on the 12th anniversary of the national day of the people's Republic of China, with the help of Anosov, Zheng Xiaoying held a celebration concert in the Kremlin. Zheng Xiaoying regarded the concert as a gift to his motherland and a reward to his tutor, so he carefully arranged the repertoire. In the first half, it was a Chinese work, and in the second half, it highlighted the theme of Sino Soviet friendship. In 1962, under the guidance of senior conductor Yi Bain, Zheng Xiaoying conducted the Italian opera Tosca in the national Moscow Music Theatre, which won high praise from the public. Therefore, she became the first Chinese conductor to step on the podium of a foreign opera house.

The success of the performance far exceeded the instructor's expectation. Anosov later wrote such a paragraph in Zheng Xiaoying's graduation comments: "Zheng Xiaoying has a very clear nature of musical thinking and passionate preciseness... We can fully foresee her brilliant future in conducting and her role in the development of her motherland's Symphonic art career.".

After entering Peking Union Medical College in 1947, Zheng Xiaoying studied in the Department of biology and music of Jinling Women's University. At the end of 1948, he went to the liberated area and worked in the art troupe. In 1952, he went to the Central Conservatory of music to study composition. In 1955, he began to study choral conducting. In 1960, he went to the Soviet Union to study at the national Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory of music, majoring in opera and choral conducting. In 1962, he directed the Italian opera Tosca in the national Moscow Music Theatre, which was a success. Her commanding enthusiasm, preciseness and delicacy, strong artistic appeal, is recognized as one of the outstanding domestic commanders.

Since 1978, she has been the conductor of important national performances, and has performed Chinese and foreign operas such as "the flower protector", "the 100th Bride", "the camelwoman", "the setting Crane", "Carmen", "lasbodas de Figaro", "Madama Butterfly" and "ilbabieredi" She has also held concerts with more than ten symphony orchestras, such as the central Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, China Radio Symphony Orchestra, Central Opera House, etc. some of her operas, such as "the hundredth bride", "song of the prairie", "Carmen", "ayguri" and the essence of European Opera Chorus, cooperated with LV Siqing, who won the first place in the 34th Paganini competition "Liang Zhu" Violin Concerto, as well as some Chinese symphonic works and operas, have been made into record tapes and released at home and abroad.

Zheng Xiaoying is also one of the most experienced conductor professors in China. In recent years, many of her students have won the highest places in international command competitions held in the United States, France, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic and Portugal, or have entered the ranks of excellent conductors at home and abroad. In addition, she is a passionate music social activist. She took various forms to popularize music knowledge to the masses nearly a thousand times, with more than 200000 direct listeners. Since 1980, Zheng Xiaoying has been to Japan, the United States, Italy, Finland, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Ireland and Thailand to hold symphonic concerts, participate in international art festivals, conduct operas or give lectures. She is the first Chinese conductor who has been invited to rehearse world famous operas abroad. He has been invited to Finland and Switzerland for six times to conduct more than 60 operas such as Madama Butterfly, Carmen and laboheme, all of which have been highly praised by the public.

Zheng Xiaoying has visited the Soviet Union, Japan, Australia, the United States, Italy, Hong Kong, Macao, Finland, Singapore, Germany, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Russia, Taiwan, Sweden, Ireland, Korea, Thailand and other places for more than 30 times, conducting nearly 100 operas and symphonies or conducting visits and exchanges, which has been widely praised by the public. For example:

In the autumn of 1985, when she was invited to Canberra, Australia to hold a symphony concert, the Canberra times commented: "her conductor is rigorous, harmonious, expressive, full of confidence and authority. It can only come from her rich practical experience and her own musical talent. "

In 1988, she participated in the Hong Kong International Performing Arts Festival, Macao International Music Festival and savonne International Opera Festival in Finland with the Central Opera House, and successfully conducted the operas "Madame Butterfly", "Carmen" and China Symphony Concert. Nearly 100 newspaper reviews in Hong Kong and Macao mentioned Zheng's conductor: "her style is rigorous and delicate, her priorities are coherent, her artistic appeal is very strong", "her ability to adjust the rhythm is very strong" It's very sensitive. The stage and the orchestra are perfectly matched "Zheng's command is first-class, and she has made great contributions." Helsinki news wrote: "to be sure, Zheng Xiaoying is the right person to be the chief conductor of the band." she is accurate and stable. She is a very good conductor who can make the best of her band In autumn, she gave a concert with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Ta Kung Pao (English weekly) of Hong Kong said: "this first female conductor with international reputation, who conducted the heroic Symphony from beginning to end, has greatly impressed the audience. From her interpretation of German immortal songs and her performance, I appreciate and feel the charm of Chinese philosophy. No matter in dealing with pride, sadness, or praise of power, do not show off too much emotionally. At the same time, her direct style reminds me of Beethoven's works directed by A. Toscanini Zheng Yanyi, a famous music critic, also wrote that a foreign friend said that "she is the best conductor of the Chinese people". After the concert, he thought that she was really "cultivated and qualified It can make the orchestra concentrate. In the winter, he was invited to Finland again and conducted 16 performances of Madame Butterfly at vasa opera house, which was warmly praised by the public. The new Finnish newspaper has a big headline: "master from China! "And carry:" band to get such a high

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