Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world
2 years, 1 month ago

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world

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Zheng Xiaoying conducts during a performance. Vigorous, full of vitality and 93 years old, world-renowned Chinese conductor Zheng Xiaoying still shines on stage. Zheng is the first female opera and symphony conductor in China. In the early 1960s, Zheng was sent to the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory to study opera and symphony conducting, becoming the first professionally trained female conductor for chorus in China at that time. Recalling this experience, Zheng said it was of great importance for her to become an opera symphony conductor and served as one of the turning points in her life.

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The year Western opera got a local touch
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The year Western opera got a local touch

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Zheng Xiaoying greets students from the opera department of the Central Conservatory of Music after the performance on June 18. CHINA DAILY The two shows were initiated and produced by the Zheng Xiaoying Opera Center, headquartered in Xiamen, Fujian province, which was started by Zheng Xiaoying, the first female conductor following the founding of the People's Republic of China in …

China's first female conductor leads a master class
1 year, 10 months ago

China's first female conductor leads a master class

China Daily  

Zheng, born in 1929, is the first female conductor in China. Whoever is able to appreciate music enjoys its beautiful serenity, a sense of compassion and consolation, or a spirit of encouragement and enterprise, even inspiration, insight, and imagination, which, in turn, forge a great view of the human life," said Chinese conductor Zheng Xiaoying during her online speech at …

China's first female conductor leads a master class
1 year, 10 months ago

China's first female conductor leads a master class

China Daily  

Zheng, born in 1929, is the first female conductor in China. Whoever is able to appreciate music enjoys its beautiful serenity, a sense of compassion and consolation, or a spirit of encouragement and enterprise, even inspiration, insight, and imagination, which, in turn, forge a great view of the human life," said Chinese conductor Zheng Xiaoying during her online speech at …

Passing the baton
2 years ago

Passing the baton

China Daily  

Conductors Zheng Xiaoying, 93, and Wu Lingfen, 77, greet the audience onstage after the Chinese version of classic opera La Traviata by Verdi was performed in Xiamen, Fujian province, on Nov 25. The symphony orchestra of the Xiamen Song and Dance Troupe and the Xiamen Opera Philharmonic Chorus were a few days away from performing La Traviata, an opera in …

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world
2 years, 1 month ago

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world

China Daily  

Zheng Xiaoying conducts during a performance. Vigorous, full of vitality and 93 years old, world-renowned Chinese conductor Zheng Xiaoying still shines on stage. Zheng is the first female opera and symphony conductor in China. In the early 1960s, Zheng was sent to the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory to study opera and symphony conducting, becoming the first professionally trained female conductor …

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world
2 years, 1 month ago

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world

China Daily  

Zheng Xiaoying on stage. In order to popularize classical works of symphony and opera among the audience, she held a 20-minute music workshop, which later became a routine for Zheng before a piece is performed. The Hakka culture enabled her to create a Chinese symphony called The Echoes of Hakka Earth Building which promotes China's cultural achievements in music. Zheng …

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world
2 years, 1 month ago

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world

China Daily  

Zheng Xiaoying conducts during a performance. Vigorous, full of vitality and 93 years old, world-renowned Chinese conductor Zheng Xiaoying still shines on stage. Zheng is the first female opera and symphony conductor in China. In the early 1960s, Zheng was sent to the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory to study opera and symphony conducting, becoming the first professionally trained female conductor …

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world
2 years, 1 month ago

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world

China Daily  

Zheng Xiaoying on stage. In order to popularize classical works of symphony and opera among the audience, she held a 20-minute music workshop, which later became a routine for Zheng before a piece is performed. The Hakka culture enabled her to create a Chinese symphony called "The Echoes of Hakka Earth Building" which promotes China's cultural achievements in music. Zheng …

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world
2 years, 1 month ago

Zheng Xiaoying shares Chinese symphony orchestra with the world

China Daily  

Zheng Xiaoying conducts during a performance. Vigorous, full of vitality and 93 years old, world-renowned Chinese conductor Zheng Xiaoying still shines on stage. Zheng is the first female opera and symphony conductor in China. In the early 1960s, Zheng was sent to the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory to study opera and symphony conducting, becoming the first professionally trained female conductor …

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