Yang Hongji

essential information

Early experience

He was born in Dalian, Liaoning Province in February 1941. In April 1959, he took part in the work and was admitted to the Opera House of Dalian song and dance troupe. In December 1962, he joined the PLA General Administration opera company. He has obtained the guidance of Li Mengxiong, Yang Huatang, Shen Xiang and other vocal artists, and taught himself piano, acoustics, solfeggio, ear training, Italian and other courses, laying the foundation of music theory. In June 1979, he joined the Communist Party of China, with professional and technical level 2 and civilian level 1.

Acting experience

In 1976, during the Tangshan earthquake, Yang Hongji accompanied the troops to participate in a performance of condolence. In 1979, Seiji Ozawa, a Japanese conductor, came to China to perform Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9" with the central Orchestra, serving as baritone solo and quartet of "Ode to joy".

In 1984, on the recommendation of Professor Shen Xiang, he performed Haydn's large classical music "Seasons" in classical English (as baritone solo) in cooperation with Hong Kong holy Orchestra and maeji conductor Mo Yongxi. In the same year, in collaboration with the Hong Kong holy Orchestra and the American conductor Huang Yongxi, he performed Haydn's large classical music "Ode to the four seasons" in classical English as a baritone solo.

In 1986, Li Chen, who played the leading role in the opera "Romance of two generations", won the fourth national drama "plum blossom Award". In 1987, he accompanied the troops to pay homage to the officers and soldiers fighting on the border. In 1991, he participated in the solo concert of top ten baritone and bass singers.

In 1992, he played seventh uncle in the opera "the daughter of the party" and won the national "Mandarin performance award" and the first prize of the sixth military art performance. In 1994, Yang Hongji sang the theme song of the TV series romance of the Three Kingdoms. He creatively integrated the national elements of Chinese Kunqu and ancient music into bel canto.

In 1995, he took part in the song "hard to sleep tonight" of CCTV Spring Festival Gala. In 1998, he played Qu Yuan in the opera Qu Yuan by the late people's musician Shi Guangnan, and achieved great success. In 1997, he performed solo and Quartet in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in cooperation with the central orchestra.

In 1998, he successfully played the leading actor Qu Yuan in the large-scale historical opera Qu Yuan, which was highly praised by the head of the central government and the audience. The play won the seventh "five one project award" for the construction of spiritual civilization awarded by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee. In 2001, he participated in the Spring Festival gala held by CCTV and sang the song "song of Communist Youth League members" with CAI Guoqing. In 2005, he participated in the Spring Festival gala held by CCTV and sang the song "between neighbors" with Wang Jing.

In 2008, when the freezing rain and snow disaster occurred in southern China, Yang Hongji, together with the General Administration Opera Troupe, formed a small team to visit the officers and soldiers in the front line of disaster resistance. In March 2009, Yang Hongji went with the delegation to perform in the Second Artillery Corps in Northwest China. On April 29, he participated in "our life is full of sunshine - celebrating May Day, welcoming national day, Lu Yuan's 80 echo concert" in the Great Hall of the people.

In 2010, he participated in the art party commemorating the 117th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's birth and the new year's Party of "charming East". In April 2011, he took part in CCTV's third "happy hero" program as a guest. On June 13, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Yang Hongji, Cheng Guilan and others starred in the national classic opera "the daughter of the party" at the people's Hall of Henan Province. On November 19, he took part in the chorus of "the Yangtze River flowing eastward" by farmer singer Zhu Zhiwen and "brother overcoat" by Shenzhen satellite TV.

In July 2012, he participated in the 2012 "China Red Song Competition" of Jiangxi satellite TV. On September 24, Yang Hongji and Zhu Zhiwen jointly sang "rolling Yangtze River flowing east" in the annual finals of Xingguang Avenue. In February 2014, Yang Hongji participated in the Spring Festival gala held by Beijing Satellite TV. On December 31, he participated in the 2015 Zhejiang satellite TV New Year's concert in Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center.

In January 2015, he participated in the golden voice program of Henan satellite TV. On February 17, he took part in the 2015 CCTV Spring Festival Gala and performed the opening program "four generations in the same room to get together". On April 2, he took part in the activities commemorating the 912nd anniversary of the birth of Yue Fei, a national hero, and sang "the goal of serving our country with loyalty". On October 27, he took part in the performance of "singing family love -- feeling the filial piety chanting meeting" of the sixth overseas Chinese fair in eastern Guangdong Province.

On February 4, 2019, at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Yang Hongji and Guo Shuzhen, Li Guangxi, Hu Songhua, Liu Bingyi, Yu Shuzhen, Dedema, guanmucun, Zhang Yingxi, Jin Tingting, Huo Yong, Zhou Xiaolin, Zhong Liyan, and Xia Lio sang the song "my motherland and I".

On January 24, 2020, he performed "Ode to the Yellow River (excerpt)" with Huo Yong, Ding Yi, Cai Chengyu, Tong Zhuo, Gao Tianhe, Ju Hongchuan and Ma Jia at the "Spring Festival Gala of CCTV 2020" in Zhengzhou, Henan. On September 30, he took part in the CCTV National Day evening "China dream · Ode to the motherland" - 2020 National Day special program and sang the song "glory and dream" with Huo Yong and Zhang Yingxi.

On February 11, 2021, he participated in the Spring Festival Gala of China Central Radio and television in 2021 and sang a folk song for the party with CAI Guoqing and Jiang Dawei.

Personal life

Meeting my wife

At the beginning of 1972, Liu Wenmei met Yang Hongji and got married half a year later. On November 14, 1973, his son Oujiang was born in Beijing, and later changed his name to Yang ou.

Main works

Music Album

social activities

On the second day of the lunar new year in 2010, in the capital of Peru, South America, he participated in the performance of "cultural China · spring of the four seas" organized by the overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council.

In 2014, Yang Hongji participated in the "dark challenge care for the disabled" experience relay public welfare activities.

In 2015, Yang Hongji encouraged young people in an exclusive interview with people's Daily News: young people should sing more anti Japanese war songs. The old songs at that time were a baptism of people's hearts. How many people paid the price of their lives for the founding of new China. It's worth remembering for young people today. "

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Mr. Yang Hongji gives people a warm feeling. Every smile carries his special ID card. Mr. Yang Hongji has a light breath of peace from his breath, speech and behavior. This breath of peace is integrated into his heart and becomes normal. His experience and experience bring him calm and open-minded. With his amazing heroic voice, he entered the territory of the "Three Kingdoms" at once, making a theme song of the romance of the Three Kingdoms popular all over the country, contributing high-quality products and establishing his popularity. (people's daily)

In the past 50 years since entering the opera troupe of the General Administration, Yang Hongji has always regarded serving grass-roots officers and soldiers as his mission and responsibility. He has always insisted on performing well on stage and being a good man off stage. He has created a good image of literary and artistic workers in the new era with his noble character and artistic virtue. (Xinhua)

Despite being a star, Yang Hongji's heart of singing for the party and the people has not changed, and his enthusiasm for serving the army has not changed. In Yang Hongji's life choice, his first choice is always to serve the soldiers. He made three rules for himself: not breaking rules, not forgetting his roots, not pursuing profits. In the face of money, fame and wealth, the best test of an artist's character and virtue. After he became famous, Yang Hongji always warned himself that he insisted on practicing both morality and art and governing art with morality. (china.com)

Yang Hongji doesn't advertise, doesn't lip synch, has no gossip, doesn't play big names, and doesn't like famous cars and villas. Although he is already a celebrity, Yang Hongji has little style. He doesn't have an assistant and is often "on his own.". (China Youth Daily)

For a singer who is engaged in Bel canto, it is a rare honor and glory in his artistic experience that he can perform so many difficult large-scale classical works in his life. It marks a singer's artistic strength and attainments. Abroad, it also means the value of an actor. In this regard, Yang Hongji felt more lucky than most domestic bel canto actors. However, in his thinking and practice, he gradually felt that as a Chinese bel canto actor, he could not indulge in such glory, but could only regard it as a post station on the road of art, and set his eyes on the land under his feet. (China Broadcasting Network)

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