Violin Performance Award Quancheng(Eric)Jiang(Wuhan)、JiaJun Wu(Wuhan) Weijie(Jackie)Wang(Wuhan)、Tianbu Feng(Wuhan) Ruan Luo Jun Ye(Wuhan)、ZeYu (Elina)Gao (Wuhan) Viola Special Theme Award – Johann Sebastian Bach 3rd Jasmine Jia(Toronto )
Viola Young Artist Award 1st Raymond. Chen(New Jersey)、Jiachen Jiang(New Jersey) 3rd Jasmine Jia(Toronto )
Cello Young Artist Award 1st Xinrui Li(California) 2nd Leshan Li(California)
Cello Special Theme Award – Johann Sebastian Bach 2nd Leshan Li(California)、Xinrui Li(California)
Cello Chinese Music Performance Award 1st Leshan Li (California)、Xinrui Li(California)
Professional Special Theme Award – Johann Sebastian Bach Double Bass 2nd Ouyang chun zhen(Shenzhen)
Classical Chamber Ensemble Young Artist Award 1st 《Pirates of the Caribbean~Hans Zimmer 》 Harbin Institute of Technology,Shenzhen-HIT Student Orchestra (Shenzhen)
《 The nightingale》Violin & Cello William McLeod Davidson/Thomas Joshua Davidson(U.K)
《Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, K.423: II. Adagio 》 Jiachen Jiang & Jane Hu(New Jersey)
flute Young Artist Award 1st YiXuan Zhang(Fujian) 2nd Feihan Yu (Toronto ) 3rd Joanna Zhang (Toronto )
2022 CIMC-MOMA 6th Canadian International Music Competition Result
Vocal Bel Canto Chinese Music Performance Award Group B 3nd Qingning Chen (Hong Kong)
Group C 2nd Serena Lee (Hong Kong) 3nd Luoning Pan(Hong Kong)
Adult Group B 1st Ying Liu (Ottawa) 2nd Yu Ting (Hong Kong)
Adult Group C 2nd Ying Yu(Toronto )
Popular Singing Chinese Music Performance Award Children Group B 3nd Eleanor Hu Jin(Toronto )
Group A 3nd Xuanting Li(Toronto )
Group C 1st Serena Lee(Hong Kong)
Adult Group A 2nd Meizi Shi (Shaanxi)
Group C 2nd Cuifeng Qiu (Mary)(Toronto )
Folk songs singing Chinese Music Performance Award Group B 1st Ella Li (Toronto )
Group C 1st Guan Zihe(Hong Kong )
Bel CantoYoung Artist Award Children Group A 3nd Minnie wen yi He (U.K)
Children Group B 3nd Thomas Li(U.K)
Group A 2nd Yu Ye(U.k)、Austin Du(Toronto ) 3nd Anya yinjia Xue(Hong Kong)、Nilani Jeyakumaran(U.K)
Group B 1st Chin Wing Lee(Hong Kong) Mireille Francene Ilagan(U.K)
2nd Qingning Chen(Hong Kong) Tin Nam Max Cheung(Hong Kong) Bhavik Deepak More(U.K)、Yeuk Fan Tina Hu(Hong Kong)
3rd Lucas Jun Long He(U.K)
Group C 1st Serena Lee(Hong Kong) Noble Randertssson Salvadurai(U.K)
2nd Shuangying Wei(Hong Kong) Qianzhen Huang(Hong Kong) Man Yi Lam(Hong Kong)、Luoning Pan(Hong Kong)
3rd Zhao Ze Charlie Wang(Hong Kong) Hei Nga Serina Wong(Hong Kong)
Group D 1st Shuhan Li(Shenzhen)、Emma Ren(Toronto )
Group E 1st Jia jie Wu(Taiyuan) 2nd Amir Ashkahn Entezari(U.K) 3rd Lie Lin(Hong Kong)
Adult Group B 3rd Yu Ting(Hong Kong)
Musical Group A 2nd Austin Du (Toronto ) 3rd Erin Shen(Hong Kong)
Group B 3rd Anny Li(Hong Kong)
Group C 1st Sarina Wu(Toronto ) 2nd Sumyee Kwong(Hong Kong)、Serena Lee(Hong Kong) 3rd Man Yi Lam(Hong Kong)
Group D 1st Siyi Li (Jiangsu)、Kacy Zhang(Toronto ) Liwei Xu(Toronto )、Emma Ren(Toronto )
Musical Adult Group A 2nd Yuan hui Tian(Hong Kong)
Popular Singing Young Artist Award Children Group B 2nd Eleanor Hu Jin(Toronto )
Group B 2nd Ella Li(Toronto )
Group C 2nd Serena Lee(Hong Kong)
Group D 2nd Zihan Zhang(Toronto )
Special Award for Original Work Christine Wu (Toronto) Group E 2nd Qing Wu(Toronto )
Popular Singing Professional Young Artist Award Group E 1st YingHan Ma(Tianjin)
Bel Canto chorus Group B 1st Mireille Francene Ilagan & Jake Gavin Dimarucut(U.K)
Group C 2nd Oakville Starz :Kacy Zhang, /Sarina Wu, /Gloria Qian,/Grace Zhou: (Toronto ) 3rd Ya wen Zheng & Zheng ying Zhang(U.K)
2022 CIMC-MOMA 6th Canadian International Music Competition Result
Piano Piano 4 Hands Young Artist Award Group A 2nd Serena pan & Eileen Sha(Toronto )
Group B 2nd Oscar Siu Man Feng & Bosco Ho Yin Feng(Toronto )
Group C 1st Kitty Chen & Victoria Chi(Toronto ) 2nd Victoria Chi & Kitty Chen (Toronto )
Piano Solo Chinese Music Performance Award Children Group B 1st Eleanor Hu Jin(Toronto )
Group B 1st Yiran Liu(PEI) 2nd Eric Jiaheng Wang(Toronto )
Group C 3rd Rainn Ji (Shanghai )、 Wenyi Li(Toronto)
Piano Solo Special Theme Award – Johann Sebastian Bach Group A 2nd Emily Chen(Toronto) 3rd Menghang Li(Toronto)
Group B 1st Yiran Liu(PEI)、GuanHua Li (Taiyuan) 3rd Maorui Zhi(Toronto) 2nd Brandon Xu(Toronto)
Group D 2nd Jasmine Jia(Toronto)
Special Piano Theme Award – Chopin Group A 3rd Yiduo Chen (Calgary)
Group B 1st Chloe Huang(Toronto)
Group C 2nd Ying-chen Lin(Taiwan)、Oscar Siu Man Feng(Toronto)
Young Artist Award Children Group A 2nd Margaret Xie(Toronto)
Children Group B 1st LiamYang Xu(Xiamen) Lucas Lin(Toronto)、 Jayden chen(Toronto) 2nd Leo Li(PEI)、 Alina Zheng(Toronto)、 George Wang(Toronto)
Group A 1st Austin Chen(Toronto) Amy Yang(Toronto) 2nd Jenny Zhai(PEI) Huanran Lin(Toronto)、Tristan Ye(Toronto)
Group B 1st Yiran Liu(PEI) 2nd Biyao Yu (Yunnan)、 Yinuo Mao(PEI)、 Yi Pan(PEI)
3rd ChenHao Xu(France) Group C 1st Xinyu Li (Hainan) 2nd Qihe(Rick) Jin(Calgary) Alysa Zack(U.K) Thomas chen(Toronto )、Kevin Z.M. Wang(Toronto )
Group D 1st Jonathan Mark Davidson(U.K) 2nd Matthew Xie(Toronto ) Hansen Gao(Toronto)、Lucas Liao(Toronto )
Professional Group G 3rd Ying Wang(Saskatoonians)
Outstanding Performance Award Children Group B Ethan Yang (Toronto ) Performance Award
Group A Lucas Wu (Toronto) Concerto Award
Group B 1st Edric Wang(Toronto )
Group C 1st Queenie Yang(Toronto )
Group D 1st Jasmine Jia(Toronto ) Concerto Chinese Music Performance Award
Group D 1st Kitty Chen(Toronto )
Professional Concerto Award Group B 1st Jeremy Liu (Chicago)
Classical Guitar Young Artist Award Group B 1st Yaqing Lin(Toronto )
Group C 1st Emma Lei(Toronto )
Classical Guitar Ensemble Young Artist Award Group C 1st Evan Hong, Sherri Tian, Yaqing Lin (Toronto )
2022 CIMC-MOMA 6th Canadian International Music Competition Result
Chinese traditional musical instrument Young Artist Award Yangqin solo Group B 1st Mingzhao Yu (Toronto)
Hulusi Solo Group B 2nd Michelle Meiqing Li (Toronto)
Erhu Solo Group A 1st Kejie Huang (Yunnan)
Group B 1st Ziwen Zhang (Toronto)
Group D 2nd Maxwell Wu (las Vegas)
Adult Erhu Solo Group A 1st Yexun Wang (Saskatoon) Erhu Solo (Outstanding Performance Award)
Group B Sitong Guo (Guangxi)
Professional Erhu solo Group E 1st Zoe Li (New Zealand)
Chinese Flute Children Group B 2nd Yuxi Chen (Zhejiang)
Group A 2nd Horace Ho (California)
Group B 1st Alex Yu (California) 3rd Michael FiZiLiang Smith (California)
Group C 1st San San Cai (Aomen) 2nd TingTing Jiang (Toronto)
Group E 3rd Thao Leong (California)
Professional Chinese Flute Group D 2nd Chenwei Bian (Nanjing)
Group E 1st Peng Guo (Nanjing)
Professional Chinese Flute Group Aldult A 1st Ran Zang (Nanjing)
Professional Xiao Solo Group E 2nd Peng Guo (Nanjing)
Guqin Group A 1st Tong Yao Zhang (Yunnan)
Professional Guqin Solo Adult Group A 1st Ran Zang (Nanjing)
Zhongruan Solo Group B 2nd Jennifer Zhao (Saskatoon)
Pipa Solo Group A 2nd Elsa Ren (Toronto)
Group C 3rd Jennifer Zheng (las Vegas)
Group D 1st Kasey N Green (las Vegas)
Group E 3rd Rosa Chen (Toronto )
Chinese Ethnic Instrument Ensemble Group A 2nd Noah Xie Zhang, / Chelsea Tan (Vancouver) Sicheng Tan, / Hengxian Liu, / Kangzhiju Huang (Yunnan)
Group B 1st Sherri Tian ,/ Caitlyn Wu, / Catherine Hsiu-Wen Hsu ,/ Isabelle Yu-Chen Hsu, / Emma Yu ,/ Elsa Ren(Toronto)
Group C 2nd Wendy Yan / Xuchen Zhang (Vancouver)
Group D 1st Kasey Green,/Angela Zhang, /Jade Chang, / Allison Tang, /.Maxwell Wu,/ Hongqing Feng,/ Jennifer Zheng (las Vegas)
Adult Chinese Ethnic Instrument Ensemble Group A 1st Yexun Wang,/ Tiffany Yu,/ Jennifer Zhao (Saskatoon)
Guzheng Solo Children Group B 1st Angelina Lou (Ottawa) 3rd Sherrey Sun(Ottawa)、JiaYin Zhao(Toronto )
Group A 1st Mido Su (Ottawa)
2nd Samantha Shiyan Liu(Ottawa), Alma Fei (Saskatoon) Perceval Larochelle(Ottawa), Yejinge yuan (Toronto) Eva Rantongle Wang(Ottawa), Sandy Zhang (Saskatoon)
3rd Zoey ZY U W Zeng (Toronto), Xiaohan Dong (Toronto)
Group B 1st Helen Lei (Toronto), Yutong Du (Ottawa), Jingyi(Linda)Liu (Toronto), Jerrica chen (Toronto) Ellie Zhao(Toronto), Yucheng Xi (Toronto) Yilin Li (Toronto), Grace-Keyi Wang (Ottawa) Yixuan (Joanna) Mu(Toronto)
2nd Eva Li (Ottawa), Hongkai Zhang (Ottawa), Jenny Jiang (Ottawa), Emily Liu (Toronto) Yi Yi Liu (Toronto ), Yufei Gan (Toronto) Yijia Qin (Toronto), Sihan Zhang (Saskatchewan) Murui Wang (Ottawa) , Shangzhemei Wang (Toronto), Teena Zheng (Ottawa) , Leia Qian (Ottawa),
3rd Coyi Huang (Toronto), Briana lu (Toronto)
Monica Cao (Toronto) Group C 3rd Anna Valpiani (las Vegas)
Group D 2nd Fan Dong (las Vegas) 3rd Li Dong (las Vegas)
Group E 1st Liting Lan (Toronto) Adult Group A 2nd Sirong Zhu (Toronto)
Adult Group B 2nd Bella Zhang (Toronto) 3rd Jiarong Tan (Toronto)
Professional Guzheng Solo Adult Group A 1st Tiffany Yu (Saskatoon)
刘鹏先生出生于音乐世家(其祖父为中国首位中国音乐词典编纂者) 先后就读于荷兰乌特勒支音乐学院(Hongeschoolvoor de Kunsten Utrecht),美国密西根州立大学(Michigan State University)。师从其父刘炎、Elias Arizcuren、Michelle Rohe、Victor Liberman、Leon Gregorian、Gustav Meier、Larry Rachleff等教授。
James P. Liu
Acclaimed as one of the most outstanding conductors in China today, James P. Liu has achievements throughout Europe and America. Based in China and Italy, Liu was recently selected as one of the best conductors in China at the15th Anniversary Gala Concert China Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mr. Liu has been guest conductor with Numberger Symphoniker Orchestra (Germany), Duisburger Philharmoniker (Germany) Aachen Symphony Orchestra (Germany) Thuringer Symphoniker (Germany), Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland), Poland National Youth Orchestra, Poland Zabrze Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Tuscia Opera Festival (Italy),Normandy Music Festival (France), Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, The Cyprus National Symphony Orchestra, The Mexico State Symphony Orchestra (Mexico), Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra (USA), Lamont Symphony Orchestra(USA), Pueblo Symphony Orchestra (USA), Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra(Canada) China Philharmonic Orchestra, Tianjing Symphony Orchestra(China) XiaMen Philharmonic, Orchestra(China) SiChuan Symphony Orchestra,Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan), GangNeung Symphony Orchestra (Korea).
During his first-year tenure, Liu Led the WPO on the first overseas tour to Oita Japan along with launching the inaugural core concert season, in 2009 he conducted the WPO at the 9th Asia Symphony Week in Tokyo Japan and WPO was the only Orchestra from China has received high praise from Japanese media. Mr Liu also led the orchestra touring at 13 cities in China 2011 and 2017 WPO touring at 8 cities in China under China Poly Arts management. In 2016 he led the WPO in a tour of Europe with tremendous success in Italy and France.
Since his implemented a plan for musician exchanges with the Duisburger Philharmoniker Orchestra of Germany the Oita Symphony Orchestra of Japan, Poland National Youth Symphony Orchestra, Italian Tuscia Opera Festival. He successfully conducted joint concerts resulting in high appreciation by the government and media for promoting foreign exchange through the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra.
As the first formal music director and the chief conductor, he rebuilt and re-named the orchestra WPO (Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra) to professional status and programmed 80 concerts that year becoming professional orchestra in today’s certal China. He founded Wuhan International Piano Concerto Festival where remains as the Artist Director since 2011.
Recently, he recorded composer An-lun Huang’s works with Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and Russian National Choir. In May 2018, he conducted Russian Philharmonic Orchestra again completing the second CD at Moscow.
James P. Liu, of Singapore nationality, was appointed Music Director of the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra at the invitation of the Wuhan City Municipal Culture Bureau (China) in 2004.
He was a Scholar in the Conducting Faculty at the College of Music of Michigan State University (USA). He is also the principal guest conductor of Pueblo Symphony Orchestra of Colorado (USA). In 2016, he was invited by University of Denver (USA) as conducting adjunct professor and guest conductor of Lamont Symphony Orchestra. Recently he was appointed the Artist Director of Globe Outstanding Chinese Artist Association. He was a judge of GOCCAA international piano competition grand final, The international piano competition in Taiwan and The Chopin international piano competition at Hartford finals as well.
Mr. Liu has been awarded a variety of honors. He received “Excellent Music Contribution” awarded by the Japanese Association 2001. In 2005 he received the “Special Contribution in Culture” from the Wuhan Municipal Culture Bureau and the “Chime Bells Award” by the Hubei Provincial Government in 2006. He was listed as one of ten foreign experts for his contributions in economy and culture of Hubei State China. In 2010, he was given the Wuhan Culture Contribution Award from the city government. In 2010, he was named as one of the ten “The Province Culture Fashion Elite” by the Radio Film and TV Bureau of Hubei Province. In 2011, he received the Wuhan Municipal Government’s “Yellow Crane Friendship Prize” as one of the best foreign experts who contributed to Wuhan City. He also received the “Special Contribution in Culture “by Wuhan’s Propaganda Department, March 2012. In 2016 he was the only candidate in the cultural sector selected by the Wuhan Government to enter the City of Wuhan “Yellow Crane Talents Plan”.
Mr. Liu studied music at Utrecht Conservatorium (Hongeschoolvoor de Kunsten Utrecht) in Holland and Michigan State University in America. He studied with Leon Gregorian, Gustav Meier, and Larry Rachlleff.
评审主席团:Samuel Yeung
SAMUEL YEUNG
Adjunct Professor
Biographical Note
Sam Yeung leads a diverse life as a violist and entrepreneur.
He completed his undergraduate studies in violin performance at the University of Toronto under David Zafer. Due to a shortage of violists, Sam studied violin and viola simultaneously from his third year onward. The switch to viola became permanent when Sam left Toronto to pursue his graduate studies in viola performance at Manhattan School of Music on scholarship.
During his time in New York City, Sam studied with Leonard Davis, the former principal violist of the New York Philharmonic. Sam’s time in New York enriched his musical life greatly as he worked with artists such as Pinchas Zukerman, David Geber, and Karen Dreyfus. In addition to his studies with Davis, Sam pursued supplementary studies with world renowned viola soloist, Emanuel Vardi. Vardi invited Sam to become his Teaching Assistant at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. After Vardi tore his rotator cuff in an accident, Sam assumed Vardi’s teaching responsibilities while completing his Master Degree on full scholarship.
Sam returned to Toronto and founded his first business, Candle with Care. Candle with Care, later evolved into Floret, a wedding decoration business that Sam has operated for the past 20 years. In addition to owning his own business, Sam is an invested pedagogue who passionately believes that the language of music is universal. In his teaching, he strives to instill in his students the value of holistic independent thinking in interpreting music.
山姆.杨
多伦多大学音乐系教授
作为一名中提琴手和企业家,杨有着丰富多彩的生活。
他在多伦多大学David Zafer的指导下完成了小提琴表演的本科学业。由于缺少中提琴手,山姆从三年级开始就同时学习小提琴和中提琴。当山姆离开多伦多,到曼哈顿音乐学院(Manhattan School of Music)继续他的中提琴表演研究生学业时,他转向了中提琴。
在纽约期间,山姆师从纽约爱乐乐团前首席中提琴手伦纳德·戴维斯。山姆在纽约的时间大大丰富了他的音乐生活,因为他与艺术家如Pinchas Zukerman, David Geber,和Karen Dreyfus一起工作。除了向戴维斯学习外,山姆还向世界著名中提琴演奏家伊曼纽尔·瓦迪学习。Vardi邀请Sam成为他在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的助教。在Vardi在一次事故中撕裂了他的肌腱套后,Sam承担了Vardi的教学责任,并以全额奖学金完成了他的硕士学位。
山姆回到多伦多,创立了他的第一家公司,Candle with Care。“精心呵护的蜡烛”后来演变成了一家名叫“小花”(Floret)的婚礼装饰公司,山姆已经经营了20年。除了拥有自己的生意,山姆还是一位热心的教育家,他坚信音乐的语言是世界通用的。在他的教学中,他努力向学生灌输诠释音乐时全面独立思考的价值。
Born in Shanghai China, violinist Le Yi Zhang was a first prize winner of the Violin Competition in Aspen Summer Music Festival. In 1980, Le Yi Zhang was among the first group of Chinese students to be chosen to study with Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Maestro Alberto Lysy, and Ana Chumachenco at the prestigious International Menuhin Music Acadmy in Gstaad, Switzerland.
Le Yi Zhang made a triumphal return to her homeland performing Bach, Telemann double violin concertos with Lord Yehudi Menuhin and solo concerts with the Central Philhamonic Orchestra in the People’s Hall in Beijing two years later. In 1984, she received a diploma with distinction from the IMMA.
After winning the violin competition in Aspen, Le Yi Zhang has been awarded a full scholarship to study with the eminent pedagogue Ms.Dorothy Delay at the College Conservatory of Music in University of Cincinnati, and the prestigious Juilliard School in New York.
Shortly after receiving her Masters degree from the Juilliard School, Ms. Zhang was appointed as assistant concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, a position she held for many years. While working with the orchestra, Ms. Zhang also performed regularly in solo and chamber music concerts through out North America. Her performances have been recorded on CBC classical music radio programs in Montreal.
In 2003, Ms. Zhang created the “Music in the woods” open air concert series in Limburg, bringing classical music into the beautiful nature of woodland in south of the Netherlands. Her performances with great artists such as the famous Dutch bariton John Brocheler and soprano Angelina Ruzzafante have received high acclaim from the public.
In 2009, Ms.Zhang was invited as guest concert-master of the Shanghai Sinfonietta, performed at the Shanghai Dong Fang Art Center and made a well received concert tour in seven cities in France.
In addition to her performing career, Ms. Zhang also actively engages in teaching. She taught at the McGill Conservatory of Music in Montreal Canada for many years and is frequently invited to give master classes and lectures in China. She has taught at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Summer Music Academy in Huangshan and Lin An. Her lecture “Body balance in instrument playing” has received high acclaim among musicians, teachers and students, her students have won prizes at international violin competitions, as well as taking leading positions in symphonic orchestras in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and China.
Appreciated for the sensitivity and integrity of his interpretations, pianist and composer Alexander Boyd enjoys an international career as both soloist and chamber musician.
Born in 1972 he made his Concerto debut in 1983 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra playing Mozart’s 1st Piano Concerto conducted by Yerzy Maksymiuk, and since his London Wigmore Hall debut in 2001 he has performed at many of the world’s concert halls and international music festivals.
The year ahead includes concerts throughout the UK including London’s South Bank Centre, Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Conway Hall, Oxford and Cambridge Universities and the Barber Institute in Birmingham. He will also give recitals in the USA, Spain and Italy, and Mexico for the first time under the auspices of Pro Musica.
He frequently returns to Australia where he has appeared at many major concert halls and music festivals, and 2020 will see a return for several recitals which will include premiere performances of his new composition “The Bride Suite”, based on the art works by his grandfather Arthur Boyd.
Alexander’s discography includes recordings of Chopin, Debussy and Schumann for the Abbas label, and more recently much of the Spanish repertoire with Claudio Records.
Recordings of Goyescas by Granados and the Iberia Suite by Albeniz were described by International Piano Magazine as “riveting, compelling and utterly haunting, full of poetry, technical virtuosity and Spanish atmosphere. First class” and by Musical Opinion as “immaculate playing by this highly gifted artist. There are several rival versions of this wonderful music but none finer than this. First rate”
2019 will see the release of a CD exploring the “Fandango” for Brancusi Classics including works never before recorded and specially arranged for the piano by Alexander. He will also record Chopin’s 4 Ballades and the 24 Preludes by Debussy with Claudio Records.
He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Paul Berkowitz and James Gibb. After graduating in 1995 with distinction he went on to study in Israel with Alexander Volkov and Pnina Salzman at the Rubins Academy in Tel Aviv.
Alexander has composed the music for three films, “Galatea”, “Sogni d’Oro and “Art in Heaven”, broadcast for BBC Radio and ABC Radio amongst others, and in 2020 he was invited by Steinway Pianos to join their international roster of Steinway Artists.
Passionate about teaching he has given numerous master classes and is on the staff at the University of Birmingham and the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
评审主席团:Cesar Bello
Cesar Bello is a Mexican-Canadian baritone who started is vocal training with the professor Enrique Jaso at the Conservatory of Music of Mexico. In 2009 he was chosen by the prestigious Accademia d’Arte Lirica Osimo in Italy where he has studied with Raina Kabaivanska, William Mateuzzi, Alla Simoni, Sergio Segalini and Vicenzo de Vivo. In Italy he sang at Teatro dell’opera di Roma on 2013 the production of “NOS” (The nose) by Shostakovich with the direction of Peter Stein, L’elisir d’Amore by Donizetti as Belocre,, La Passione secondo Marco by Perosi, Choral Fantasy by Beethoven and numerous concerts. In Mexico he sang Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni as Alfio, Pagliacci by Leoncavallo as Tonio, Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini as Firgaro and Fiorello, Carmen by Bizet as Morales, Don Giovanni by Mozart as Masetto, Rigoletto by Verdi as Ceprano, Carmina Burana by Orff, Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, Requiem by Fauré, Requiem by Mozart. In Canada he sang La Serva Padrona by Pergolesi in 2018, La Boheme as Schaunard in Brott Music Festival and Romeo et Juliette by Gounod as Mercutio.
塞萨尔·贝罗是墨西哥裔加拿大男中音,在墨西哥音乐学院师从恩里克·贾索教授开始声乐训练。2009年,他被意大利著名的艺术学院Lirica Osimo选中,在那里他曾与Raina Kabaivanska, William Mateuzzi,Alla Simoni, Sergio Segalini和Vicenzo de Vivo学习。2013年,他在意大利罗马剧院演唱了由彼得·斯坦指导的肖斯塔科维奇的《NOS》(the nose), Donizetti的《L ‘elisir d ‘Amore》(Belocre), Perosi的《La Passione second Marco》,贝多芬的《合唱幻想》以及许多音乐会。在墨西哥他唱Mascagni 的Cavalleria Rusticana 的 Alfio ,歌剧:醜角中的Tonio,Rossini Barbiere di Siviglia 的Firgaro和卡门的Orff,贝多芬第九交响曲,及莫扎特的安魂曲。在加拿大,他在2018年演唱了Pergolesi的La Serva Padrona,在Brott音乐节上演唱了Schaunard的La Boheme,以及Gounod 的Romeo et Juliette 中的Mercutio。
在1993-99年 旅居英国期间,徐平⼼很快成为当地最受欢迎与最繁忙的中国⾳乐家。应邀到英国60多个城镇及欧亞⼤陆表演,⼏乎演遍了英国主要⾳乐厅,其中包括:著名的伦敦皇家演艺中⼼,Barbican Centre, 女皇剧院,Repertory Theatre,Royal Exchange Theatre, Sallis Benney Theatre (布來顿), Royal Theatre (Portsmouth), Turner Sim Concert Hall (修咸頓), Blackfriars Arts Centre (波士頓), Dartington Arts Centre, Tyne Theatre and Opera House (Newcastle) 等。他还应邀为英国⼀些最著名的艺术节表演,包括:爱丁堡艺术节,布莱顿⾳乐节, Three Choirs 艺术节, 泽⻄世界⾳乐节,Crawley 国际艺术节,Oundle国际艺术 节,Truro国际艺术节,Kings Lynn 艺术节,Guernsey 艺术节,Chiddingly艺术节, Henley 艺术节。等等等等,尤其是最著名“Llangollen 国际⾳乐节”(1995,该届艺术节只邀请 三位⾳乐家,除徐平⼼外,另两位⾳乐家为国际著名男⾼⾳怕瓦罗( Luciano Pavarotti)与⼀位单簧管名家)。
First to obtain a master degree in Yangqin (Chinese dulcimer) in China (1985)
Wastheyoungest Yangqin professor in the entire country of China (1993)
He graduated from Central Conservatory of Music (diploma) and China Conservatory of Music (Bachelor degree). In 1985 he became one of the first people to be a Master Degree student of the dulcimer in the entire country of China. On graduation in 1987, he became a full-time dulcimer teacher at the Conservatory. In 1993 he was promoted to be an Associated Professor – the youngest one with such a title in the entire institution with over 300 faculty/staff members in that year,also the youngest yangqin associate professor in the entire country at that time.
He had performed in many parts of China. Upon invitation in 1980, as a member of an elite group of musicians, he performed in the International Youth Arts Festival in Hongkong. The following year (1981), he was one of the 3 musicians to be invited to West Germany for a concert tour. These were the relatively early and rare experiences of China’s renewed cultural contact with the outside world after the Cultural Revolution (1966- 76).
In 1988, Gyorgy Ranky, considered the most accomplished Hungarian composer after Kodaly, on his visit to Beijing, was deeply moved by Pingxin Xu’s performance that he arranged a Hungarian dance number for Pingxin Xu with words: ” Dedicated to Pingxin, with admiration and friendship”.
In 1993, Pingxin moved to England and almost immediately became the most popular Chinese musician there with invitations coming in great number from major concert halls which included the renowned South Bank Centre, Barbican Centre, Queen’s Theatre (London), Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester), Repertory Theatre (Birmingham). In January 1995, he gave a solo recital at the prestigious Purcell Room in London to a full house of enthusiastic audience that gave him long standing ovations. He performed for some of the highest ranked music festivals in Britain, including King’s Lynn, Brighton, Three Choirs, Shepperton, Henley, Edinburgh, and the Llangollen International Music Estedfod in Wales (1995. He was one of the only 3 featured solo acts invited – one of the other two performers was the legendary Luciano Pavarotti).
In 1993 he represented China to perform at the World Dulcimer Congress held in Hungary, and in 1995, he was the only Chinese Dulcimer player invited to perform for the International Dulcimer Festival in Munich, Germany, again at the International Dulcimer Festival in Switzerland, and in Czech Republic subsequently.
From the mid – 1990s, he has become a real international musician, introducing his Chinese dulcimer to hundreds of thousands of amazed audiences from all over the world.
Review:
” most stunning..” BBC Radio 3, Brian Kay’s Sunday Morning
Pingxin Xu is spellbinding on the dulcimer” — Boston Herald
“Lyrical, lilting, dreamy, mystical – these are the words for Professor Xu Pingxin’s playing. Not to mention virtuosic, spellbinding, cinematic, and all those other words one turns to when trying to describe a profound musical expereince” – The Riverfront Times (USA)
“playing with all the rhythmicity and dexterity of a four- armed man” – Real Grooove, New Zealand
” the best concert..” John Casken, director of Music Dept, Manchester Univ. England
” recital was a revelation! …technique and poetic insight had us all spellbound” – James Parson, Artistic Director of Oundle International Music Festival, England
1998年她的独奏专辑由世界最大亚非拉音乐公司,英国的“ARC Music International” 出版,面向全球发行。许多国际音像公司, 如Virgin Records, Tower Records, WHSmith, 至今都有销售她的CD.
1999年与瑞士著名的作曲家竖琴家 Andreas Wollenweider 合作,录制了”New Age” 风格的激光唱片。
1999年定居加拿大多伦多, 继续从事音乐教学与演奏
Xiaoyun Miao – expert in Chinese Plucked Instruments (Pipa/Ruan/Guzheng/Guqin)
Xiaoyun Miao started to play the pipa at an early age. In 1978, she won the fierce competition to enter China’s top music conservatory – Central Music Conservatory in Beijing.
In the Conservatory, she learned Pipa with Wang Fandi, Ruan with Pang Yuzhang, and Guqin with Li Xiangting.
In 1982, upon graduation, she became a full-time teacher at the China Conservatory of Music, another top music academy in China.
In 1986, she and her high profile ensemble group were invited to perform in the Philippines on an inter-governmental cultural exchange program in which the First Lady of that country was their host.
In 1987, she, together with her group from the Conservatory, won the top prize in the 1st nationwide Jiangnan Sizhu (Chinese folk ensemble) Competition held in Shanghai.
During the 13 years as a full-time teacher at the Conservatory, she taught numerous students, some of whom have now become associate professors in music conservatories in China or principal players in State Central Chinese Orchestra, Kaosiong State Chinese Orchestra, Singapore State Chinese Orchestra, and Chairman at Singapore Ruan Association.
In 1995 she moved to England. During her fours years of staying in London, she toured the UK as well Europe extensively at some of the major venues: including Cultural Bridge Arts Festival (Holland), Jersey World Music Festival, Guernsey Music Festival, Three Choirs Festival, International Music Festival in Czech, Harley Festival, Switzerland’s Cultural Festival, and regularly at the prestigious South Bank Centre in London.
In 1999 she worked with the renowned Switzerland composer/harpist Andreas Vollenweider in recording a well-received album of New Age music.
In 1998, her own album was produced/released by the leading producer of World Music – ARC Music International (UK). This album is distributed worldwide. Major CD stores such as Virgin Records, and Tower Records have carried her album for many years up to the present day.
She has settled in Toronto since 1999 and continues her career as a teacher and performing musician.
Xu, Zhuoming is a Chinese flute & Chinese woodwinds musician, a member of Chinese Musician Association and a famous music producer. Mr. Xu graduated from Guangzhou Music Conservatory in 1987. In 1985, he performed in Hong Kong International Youth Arts Festival. Because he had been studying Chinese music for more than 30 years, he is familiar with Chinese music and excellent at in music appreciation. He has been performing in California Chinese Orchestra since 2007, and became one of their music instructors as well. 2014 – 2016, he was an instructor who was teaching Dizi at Aimusic School and a Dizi soloist of Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra. 2014- 2017, he was invited as a judge three times for United States International Music Competition. In 2016, he performed with Golden Gate Bridge Orchestra in San Francisco and Berkeley, playing Ask The Sky and The Earth. 2015-2017, he was invited to perform at various concerts and music festivals in Toronto, Portugal and Spain. In addition, he is an instructor of Chinese Orchestra of Stanford University and also a music producer of Inspiration Studio in the U.S.A
Franco Kong, a baritone, was born in China into a musical family.
Franco possesses the British citizenship and is now living in the UK. He obtained the full scholarship for studying at the Xinghai Conservatoire, where he was conferred a Bachelor’s Degree. After graduation, he was awarded the Norman Gristwood scholarship to study a postgraduate certificate course at Trinity College of Music London.
Franco is an accomplished opera oratorio and recital artist. His opera debut was the Count Almaviva in “le nozze di Figaro” performed in Xinghai Conservatoire, in which he vividly acted the role of Casper in “Joe Carpenter and Son” in the world premiere Opera. He won several awards in China and the UK respectively. While his stage performances, working with Wexford Festival Opera, Dublin Grand Opera, Birmingham Opera Co, Chelsea Opera Group, English Touring Opera, Coro Lirico Sandonatese Italy, Ahmadi Music Group (Kuwait), English Festival Opera, Almeida Opera, Linden Baroque Orchestra, Opera Box, London Opera Player, British youth Opera, Garsington Opera, New Sussex Opera, Heritage Opera, Kentish Opera and Apollo Opera etc. have been acclaimed, his many recitals and oratorio performances have also taken him to the Royal Opera House (Lunch time concert in Crash Room) Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Purcell Room, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, St. James (Piccadilly), Southwark Cathedral, Brandown Hall (Swansea), Tyne Theatre (Newcastle) Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester) Blackheath Concert Hall (London)Holland Park Theatre etc.
Master Classes:
Franco has been inspired by participating in master classes given by Gerard Souzay, Sherrill Milnes, Seigei Leiferkus, Sir Thomas Allen, Bernadette Greevy and David Perry, etc.
Operatic Roles:
Franco has acted in a variety of productions under the direction of notable conductors and producers, including Vladimir Jurowski, Graham Vick, Simon Joly, Nicholas Braithwaite, Klause Donath, Myer Fredmen and the late Vilem Tausky: Rigoletto ( Coro Lirico Sandonatese Italy ), Don Pasquale ( Apollo Opera ), Orest in Elektra ( London Opera Player ),Leporello in Don Giovanni ( Heritage Opera ), Zurga in Pearl Fishers ( Ahmadi Music Group, Kuwait ), Pluto in Hipolyte et Aricie ( Linden Baroque Orchestra), Macbeth ( Kentish Opera), Germont in La Traviata ( London Opera Player),Marcello in La Boheme ( Midland Opera), Ebn-Hakai in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta,( Opera Box), Benoit in La Boheme (English Touring Opera), Yamadori in Madama Butterfly (Opera Box) Ostasio and Captain in Francesca da Rimini (Chelsea Opera Group), Oldrich Rokycansky and Town Crier in The Brandenburger in Bohemia, (Chelsea Opera Group) Prigionero in Il Piccolo Marat (Wexford Festival opera) Pass-by A in Wolf Club Village (Almeida Opera) Ping in Turandot (.English Festival Opera) Escamillo in Carmen (Leitmotif Opera),Schaunard in La Boheme (Trinity College of Music), Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Xinghai Conservatoire), etc.
ORATORIO & CHAMBER MUSIC:
Franco has acted in a variety of performances.
Missa Solemnis (Beethoven), 9th symphony (Beethoven), Brahms Requiem, Faure Requiem, Handel Messiah and Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler) and Verdi Requiem
Recent performances:
Rigoletto (Coro Lirico Sandonatese Italy) Feb 2016
Don Pasquale (Apollo Opera) April 2016
Pluto in Hipolyte et Aricie (Linden Baroque Orchestra) June 2016
Leporello in Don Giovanni (Heritage Opera) June 2016
Solo recital Shan Tao City (China), December 2016
Papageno Die Zauberflote Apollo Opera April 2017
评审主席团:林筱秋 二胡演奏家
5岁开始在家庭的熏陶下学习音乐,曾师承于中国多位著名二胡演奏家,又得我国著名二胡大师闵惠芬的悉心传授,曾获鹿城之春音乐比赛二胡表演一等奖,1982年以全国二胡专业第一名的成绩考入上海音乐学院民族音乐系二胡本科,多次获得沈心工奖学金.1986年成功在上海举办个人二胡演奏会.同年进入上海民族乐团,曾担任该团二胡首席,在任职20年期间,多次参与上海;全国及世界性的大型文化艺术演出活动:如艺术节;电影节;民乐专场音乐会;普及音乐会;澳门国际艺术节等上千场,以及参加唱片及电影音乐录制等工作,与著名豫剧艺术家红线女,著名歌唱家宋祖英;德德玛;吴雁泽;毛阿敏;高胡大师余其伟;二胡大师闵惠芬等合作演出.随乐团多次在维也纳的金色大厅;德国;法国;比利时;新加波;澳门;香港台湾等地巡回演出,曾为前中国国家主席江泽民和来访的美国前总统布什的音乐会中演出.经上海市艺术系列高级专业技术职务审定委员会审定,获高级二胡专业技术职务资格证书.她是中国音乐家协会,上海音乐家协会,中国民族管弦乐学会,中国音乐家协会二胡学会等中国国家专业协会会员.受上海广播电台特邀,录制出版<相望>二胡独奏个人专辑.每周广播电视报刊登艺海之星栏目,专题介绍她的二胡演奏,上海人民广播电台曾多次在乐海之星及难忘今宵等音乐栏目,采访并介绍播放她的二胡独奏专题节目.2005年移民加拿大,多次作为特邀嘉宾参加安省海外华人青年交响乐团,范上娥古筝学院等音乐会二胡独奏.2005年世界日报专题为二胡曲艺不同凡响,2008年世界日报A13版都市新闻,介绍来自上海的二胡演奏家林筱秋专业立足加国.受加拿大Rogers电视台专题采访.加拿大新时代电视台新风采栏目,制作专题采访节目.2008年及2010年,多次与加拿大著名的Ron Korb龙笛乐团合作,参加加拿大大型春节联欢晚会,演奏经典的二胡独奏曲<战马奔腾>及<梁祝>等,WOW TV电视台同时向中国大陆转播联欢晚会的实况.多次与加拿大著名长笛演奏家Ron Korb本人合作,举办 East Meet West 二胡与长笛的个人音乐会.多次应中华人民共和国驻多伦多总领事邀请,在重大的宴会和招待会上演出,常在多伦多的公立学校普及弘扬中国民族音乐.她参加录制的Ron Korb<美丽亚洲>音乐专辑,获得2016年美国格莱美最佳新时代专辑提名奖.2017年及2018年被邀担任加拿大国际青少年大赛评委,同年,受多伦多交响乐团应邀,在该团举办的中国新年交响音乐会上二胡独奏<战马奔腾>,由多伦多交响乐团协奏.2019年应加拿大澳门之友音乐团体邀请,参加赴澳门文化交流演出活动.她的演奏细腻委婉,音色甜美,具有丰富的舞台经念.同时也是位资深的音乐教育家.
Xiaoqiu LIN
An excellent Erhu performer, learnt Erhu / music at age of 5 and obtained unique and necessary yet valuable performing skills from various famous Erhu players, especially from Erhu Master performer Huifen Min who taught and took her as one of her few well-selected students. After graduation as a Bachelor of Arts from Shanghai Conservatory of Music majoring Erhu, she had been being employed by Shanghai Folk Philharmonic Orchestra for more than 20 years and later seated as chief Erhu performer in the Orchestra. During this 20 years, she performed with the Orchestra for variety of important events such as two times in Vienna Grand Golden Hall to celebrate new year, performance trip in Germany, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, special concerts for former chairman Zheming Jiang and former US president George Bush. In the light of her excellent performance and rich stage experience, Shanghai Radio Station made special reports on her Erhu performance several times and she was also asked to record her Erhu solo album “Seeing Each Other”. She participated in many Concerts playing Erhu solo as special guests of Autumn Zheng Concert and 9th Anniversary Gala Concert by Oversea Chinese Music Society, also performed together with famous flutist Ron Korb in 2008 and 2010 Toronto Chinese Spring Festival Gala and East Meet West Concerts several times with Ron Korb. She recorded ERHU songs in Ron Korb’s “Asia Beauty” album which had been nominated for 2016 Grammy Awards for Best New Age Album. In 2017 and 2018 was invited as special judge of Canadian International Music Competition and in 2018 was invited as special guest of performing solo “Battle Horse Galloping” with TSO (Toronto Symphony Orchestra).In 2019,she participated trip performance with Amigu Di Macau as key performance playing Erhu. Her performance is exquisite and mild with sweet timbre. She has been being an excellent senior Erhu teacher in China and Toronto.
French Education Board Chinese instrument presentation
Asia Heritage Month
Liner new festival 10 years
2013& 2018Taiwan concert tour
台灣三場巡迴演出
每2年舉辨”箏情相對”大型演奏
1996成立"禾登樂集 至今已經25年
评审主席团主席:吴海犇Haiben Wu – Viola/Violin
Violist/violinist Haiben Wu was born in Shanghai, China, where he began his study of the violin at the age of four with his father and two of his uncles.
Wu attended Shanghai Conservatory of Music and received his bachelor’s degree in viola performance. As a principal player with the Conservatory Orchestra, Wu has toured in Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Wu has participated in the Pacific Music Festival in Japan as an honored young artist. He was featured in the documentary PMF, THE MEETING ’94, to perform with the principal players of the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach. Haiben Wu has been invited to the Norfolk Music Festival in Quebec, Canada and the Tanglewood Music Festival in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, working with luminary musicians such as Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Andre Previn, Yo-Yo Ma, and Yuri Bashmet. Wu received his Master of Music degree from Rutgers University where he studied with Michael Tree and Paul Neubauer.
As an active performer, Wu played with orchestras such as Boston Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, Edison Symphony Orchestra, and Tim Keyes Consort.
As a teacher, he taught at Westminster Conservatory of Rider University. As a gust artist, Haiben was invited to teach in Chamber Music Dolomiti, Italy in 2019. Since 2007, Wu is a devoted teacher at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart.
吴海犇出生于中国上海,四岁开始随父亲和两位伯父学习小提琴。吴先生曾就读于上海音乐学院附中主修中提琴,师从吴菲菲;1997年毕业于上海音乐学院本科,师从沈西蒂。就读期间,他作为上海音乐学院中提琴首席在北京、上海、广州、西安、香港、台湾等地巡演。1994、1997两次获得全额奖学金参加在日本举行的Pacific Music Festival。吴先生曾经代表亚洲杰出青年艺术家出演纪录片“PMF, THE MEETING ‘94”, 在影片中海犇与维也纳爱乐乐团的弦乐首席同台演出室内乐,担任指挥的是Christoph Eschenbach。吴先生还受邀于加拿大Norfolk Music Festival 和美国Tanglewood Music Festival。同台演出的艺术家包括Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Andre Previn, Yo-Yo Ma and Yuri Bashmet。1998年,吴海犇再次获得全额奖学金赴美国师从Michael Tree, Paul Neubauer;2001年毕业于Rutgers University, 获取硕士学位。
吴先生曾合作的乐团包括Boston Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, Edison Symphony Orchestra 以及Tim Keyes Consort。他曾执教于Westminster Conservatory of Rider University。2019年受邀前往意大利Chamber Music Dolomiti指导室内乐。自2007年至今,作为器乐老师一直就任于Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart。
2008年取得天津音乐学院学士学位。2003年在全国民族器乐比赛专业比赛中获得二等奖,并组成“群芳争艳”女子乐队活跃于不同形式的演出。期间,曾多次代表中国政府应邀访问欧洲进行文化交流演出。2008年成功举办竹笛独奏音乐会。移民加拿大后,组建女子“竹韵坊”组合,参加“尼亚加拉中国节”,,“国乐精英耀多城”,庆祝加拿大国庆,以及华人春晚等演出。2017年参加由皇家音乐学院组建的New Canadaian Global Music Orchestra. 2019-2020年随Kune乐团进行了加拿大美国巡演。同时从事笛子葫芦丝长笛器乐的教学,学生均通过了中央民族管弦协会和皇家音乐学院主办的考级,教学成果丰硕。
曹丽娜在中国举办过多场古筝独奏音乐会和室内乐音乐会,广受好评。曾邀出访亚洲,北美以及欧洲等国进行艺术交流,并在中日友好音乐会中获“世界和平事业向上”国际感谢状。与江苏省民族乐团演奏古筝协奏曲《秦淮随想》由芝加哥The WFMT Radio Network网站对演出进行全场录播。曾由曹丽娜担任主奏的墨语古筝组合,是中国第一个同时获得中国音乐“金钟奖”、中国文化部政府奖“文华奖”的古筝室内乐团。2020年,墨语古筝组合首张专辑由环球音像出版发行。
Lina Cao, a young guzheng musician, is also a member of the Toronto Musicians Association (TMA 149),American Federation of Musicians and Guzheng Society of Chinese Musicians Association. Lina was taught by Professors Yan Aihua, Ren Jie who are a guzheng master and educator in Nanjing University of the Arts and Professor Wang Wei who is a Guzheng master and an educator in Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and Lina received master’s degree in Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2016.
Lina Cao received popular acclaim when she held guzheng solo concerts and chamber-music concerts in many cities in China. She has been invited to visit many Asian, North American and European countries for artistic exchanges. Lina was invited to attend Sino-Japanese Friendship Concert and was awarded an international gratitude certificate of “The Cause of World Peace” in 2011. In 2015, Lina was unanimously applauded when she played the Chinese zither concerto “Qinhuai Capriccio” with Jiangsu Nationalities Orchestra. Moreover, the performance was taped by The WFMT Radio the Network website from Chicago. Moyu Guzheng Group mainly played by Cao Lina is the first guzheng philharmonic society who won the two most authoritative awards of China: the highest music award “The Golden Bell Awards” and top prize of Chinese Ministry of Culture “Wen Hua Award”. The album of the MoYu Guzheng Chamber was Pulished by Beijing Global Audio & Video Publishing House.
After living in Canada in 2017, Lina Cao was invited to premieres many pieces of music like “Reincarnation”, “Tempered Moon”, “Buddha’s Song” and an opera “The Monkiest” in cooperation with the Chinese Radio and Film Symphony Orchestra, the Music Department of the University of Toronto, the Canadian Children’s Opera Company, the Toronto Chinese Orchestra, and the Chinese-Western Symphony Orchestra etc. Lina was invited to give lectures in the Music Department of the University of Toronto, the Music Department of York University, UCC and TFS. Lina participated in the performance of the children’s opera “the Monkiest King” was nominated for the 40th Dora “Outstanding Performance Ensemble” of Canada in 2019. The opera was produced on CD by the Canadian Children’s Opera Company in 2020 and released by the Canadian Music Center. Lina Cao became a young guzheng player who was active in the Canadian music stage.
Known as a pipa virtuoso, Linhong Li was a member of the Chinese Musicians Association and is currently the Director of the Li Linhong Chinese Music Ensemble. She began playing pipa at an early age and studied under Professor Lin Shicheng, a renowned pipa virtuoso at the China Conservatory of Music, and Mr. Fang Jinlong, well-known Musician/Artist. In 1982, she won the solo silver medal in the “China Traditional Musical Instruments Solo Competition” organized by the Central Ministry of Culture. In 1993, she represented China and performed at the International Folk Art Festival held in Utah. As a Pipa Soloist, she has performed in the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway, and other countries.
After moving to the US, Director Li joined the Hansheng Orchestra where she performed and lectured throughout California to introduce traditional Chinese Musical instruments and music. She participated in the US Educational Economics Corporation, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Music Center. Director Li has been featured in a number of reports by Chinese and US Medias such as Sing Tao Daily, International Daily, Overseas Chinese News, Channel 26, Channel 4 in California, Berkeley Radio, China’s Central CCTV 4 International channel’s “Chinese World”, and US PBS TV show.
In 2008, Director Li founded the “Li Lin Hong Chinese Music Ensemble” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Under her tutelage, ensemble members and students competed in the US International Music Competition earning impressive awards in Guzheng, Erhu, Ruan, and Pipa categories. In recognition, she was named “Excellent Teacher” by the Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California. 4 students competed and won gold medals at the 2019 Huain Cup International Chinese Instrument Competition. She has orchestrated, produced, and directed more than 20 music concerts. Together with her ensemble, they received recognitions and commendations from the US Immigration Service, US Senator Harry Reid, US Representative Joe Heck, and Henderson Mayor for their special contributions to enriching the cultural life of Nevada.
Director Li has served as a Judge at the International Youth Music Competition organized by the Northern California Chinese Music Teachers Association and was the Lead Director of Music and Culture for the “Las Vegas Spring Festival.” In 2016, she was invited to take part in the 2nd Fang Jinlong Shenzhen Futian Traditional Folk Music Week and performed as a Pipa Soloist at the Chinese and Overseas Classics Concert.
王 莉 扬琴打击乐演奏家
Li Wang Music School & Drum Centre founder, Canada Toronto Artistic centre member.
Li Wang began her dulcimer studies at the age of 7, and she began drumming at a later age. She obtained a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Shanxi. She studied with many renowned artists such as Yang Jingmin, Zheng Baoheng, dulcimer master and reformer and Cao Jinqi, Chen Huaqiang drum master in China.
Li’ unique blend of rock, jazz, blues, and Chinese flavored rhythms can be heard with her two albums, and has also toured many festivals and clubs across various parts of Canada.
Over 20 years, Wang Li has been teaching a full roster of students, from 5 years old to adults encompassing a variety of skill levels. Li customizes her lessons to the individual and will help you reach your goals.
In 2006 Wang li was invited as featured dulcimer soloist to perform at the Indian River Festival, her performance was live broadcasted by CBC. In 2008 as a special guest musician, she was interviewed by “Classic Music FM 96.3”. Over the last 10 years Li has given performances at many concerts for Chinese community. She has also performed at various open-air venues, including Mariposa Folk Festival and Mill Race Festival Traditional Music to name a few.
2006年,加拿大广播公司(CBC)“Big city, small world”节目组对王莉做了个人专题采访介绍并直播,同年她还应邀参加“The Indian River Festival” 加拿大艺术术节,演出极为成功,CBC全程录音并发行了相关CD。2008年,王莉在 “Classic Music FM 96.3” 节目中录制女子三人室内乐,博得听众的好评及喜爱。在2011年潭蜜子先生作品“泥土的芬芳”音乐会上,王莉精湛的爵士鼓独奏赢得满场热烈掌声。时隔不久,在加拿大华人艺术家中心举办的2011、2012年春节晚会及2018年名家名曲音乐会上,演奏扬琴及打击乐和排鼓独奏,再次展现出其独特才华。2013年7月应邀参加加拿大最具规模的第53届 “MARIPOSA FOLK FESTIVAL”,同年8月及2015年8月,王莉又先后受邀表演于具有历史的加拿大第19及21届 MILL RACE FESTIVAL TRADITIONAL MUSIC”音乐节,她是音乐节百名表演者中唯一的亚裔音乐家。2014年参加了加拿大国家电视台在Sony Center 举办的首次春节联欢晚会,她以其驾轻就熟的大鼓独奏技巧和极富感染力的表演,博得了观众的一致好评。当年6月在CBC 广播电视厅亚洲文化月的首场演出中,带领数名弟子鼓手与几位音乐家共奏凯歌,气势不凡。
has been playing guitar for over 20 years, specializing in improvisation.
He provided live accompaniment to theatre performances, composed soundtracks to independent films and documentaries. Active in the multicultural music scene of Toronto, he recorded albums with various bands, played NXNE (North by Northeast) Festival, toured Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China as a member of an orchestra.
He is interested in musical theatre and storytelling, and has recently played concerts in Tokyo in collaboration with a dance and mime theatre production.
Studied vocal performance at Conservatory of Music in China when she was sixteen years old.
She placed first in a vocal competition while there. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music when she was 20 years old.
In 2013 she graduated in a master class given by Professor Roxolana Roslak at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
Currently, she is a member of Toronto Tian-En Artist Fellowship, Chinese Artists’ Society of Toronto, and CHN-CAN International Cultural Artists’ Federation.
She was a vocal judge in 2017 , 2018 at the Canadian Young Artists ’ International Music Competition.
Lei Liu, a Pipa(Chinese Lute), Zhongruan and liuqin player, a Music Educator, a Master on education and training management from Portsmouth University, UK.
Ms. Liu is a music teacher at Western Heights Montessori Academy. She also is the founder of Mississauga Chinese Lute Club and Mississauga Chinese Music Club (Huayin Music Group-Liu Lei Music Studio).
She is participating many Chinese music performances in the community.
UEC is a famous songwriter in Canada, he graduated from university of Toronto and also holds credentials in Conservatory Rudiments, Harmony, Counterpoint and music history and has essentially completed this portion of the curriculum along with his grade 10 Conservatory piano (practical) qualification. He loves music, he has since spearheaded and taken part in many creative projects spanning genres such as top 40/pop, hip hop, EDM and urban – projects that saw him performing his original songs at notable venues such as MuchMusic and the Rogers Centre. UEC finally co-founded and developed Track Ops Music in 2013 to provide a platform from which he (and his team) can launch their works to music publishers, labels and management teams alike, both domestically as well as globally.
十余年的教学中,曾连续获得中国民族管弦乐考级优秀指导教师,连续四年评为中国音乐家协会优秀考级教师,第五届中华环球艺术大赛优秀指导教师,第六届香港艺术青年节优秀指导教师,并担任中华环球艺术大赛民乐专业评委。于2013年移居多伦多继续进行古筝教育及中国文化的传承,受邀至各大晚会及活动担任演奏嘉宾,多伦多华裔小姐最佳杰出才艺奖指导教师。在Wowtv, Dolce De Soleil Music等电台节目进行中国民族乐器的发扬及传承,并受安省政府的邀请宣传中国民族乐器文化,同时担任北京电视台才艺选拔大赛等加拿大民乐大赛评委。
Ming Chang was born in a musical family. His father was the dean and professor of the music department of a well-known university. He has been influenced by good music since childhood. He began to learn violin at the age of 8, and learned oboe with his brother at the age of 11. He studied in Beijing several times a year under the tutelage of Professor Zhu Dun, a famous oboe educator from the Central Conservatory of Music, and Mr. Zhang Dihe, the principal oboe player of the China Symphony Orchestra. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the Henan Provincial Song and Dance Symphony Orchestra to play oboe.
In 1978, he was admitted to the Wuhan Conservatory of Music with a high score and was the only oboe student admitted after the reform and opening up in 1977 and 1978. He studied under Professor Xia Guoqiang and Professor Zhu Dun in Beijing, graduated from the university with a high score in 1982, and stayed to teach in the university and the attached high school. At the same time, he is the principal oboe player of the Oriental Symphony Orchestra of Wuhan Conservatory of Music.
In 1984, he studied in the United States at his own expense to pursue a postgraduate study in oboe. At the same time, he won the Juilliard School of Music Master’s Oboe Teaching Assistant Scholarship, the Yale School of Music’s Oboe Professional Doctoral Teaching Assistant Scholarship, and the CUNY Queens College Aaron Copeland Conservatory of Music Master’s Teaching Assistant Scholarship. He has performed in many well-known symphony orchestras in New York under the tutelage of Mr. Ronald Roseman, the famous Juilliard professor of oboe and the principal oboe player of the New York Symphony Orchestra.
「CIMC-MOMA」加拿大国际音乐大赛分为30岁及以下青少年“业余组”、“专业组”和31岁及以上成年人“业余组”、“专业组”。优胜者将有机会获得著名意大利夏令营奖学金和进入纽约环球国际音乐大赛总决赛,并有机会登上国际著名的卡内基音乐厅参加颁奖典礼。除此之外今年的特大亮点是与著名的(多伦多大学音乐学院)、专业录音公司(Track Ops Music)及升学率百分百的(City High School)高中合作。旨在通过本音乐大赛进行选拔优秀的音乐才子,优胜者不仅能获得入学奖学金、还能获得著名录音公司的免费录制体验,更能有机会进入名校,使音乐学子有更为广阔的发展空间。
刘鹏先生出生于音乐世家(其祖父为中国首位中国音乐词典编纂者) 先后就读于荷兰乌特勒支音乐学院(Hongeschoolvoor de Kunsten Utrecht),美国密西根州立大学(Michigan State University)。师从其父刘炎、Elias Arizcuren、Michelle Rohe、Victor Liberman、Leon Gregorian、Gustav Meier、Larry Rachleff等教授。
James P. Liu
Acclaimed as one of the most outstanding conductors in China today, James P. Liu has achievements throughout Europe and America. Based in China and Italy, Liu was recently selected as one of the best conductors in China at the15th Anniversary Gala Concert China Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mr. Liu has been guest conductor with Numberger Symphoniker Orchestra (Germany), Duisburger Philharmoniker (Germany) Aachen Symphony Orchestra (Germany) Thuringer Symphoniker (Germany), Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland), Poland National Youth Orchestra, Poland Zabrze Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Tuscia Opera Festival (Italy),Normandy Music Festival (France), Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, The Cyprus National Symphony Orchestra, The Mexico State Symphony Orchestra (Mexico), Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra (USA), Lamont Symphony Orchestra(USA), Pueblo Symphony Orchestra (USA), Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra(Canada) China Philharmonic Orchestra, Tianjing Symphony Orchestra(China) XiaMen Philharmonic, Orchestra(China) SiChuan Symphony Orchestra,Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan), GangNeung Symphony Orchestra (Korea).
During his first-year tenure, Liu Led the WPO on the first overseas tour to Oita Japan along with launching the inaugural core concert season, in 2009 he conducted the WPO at the 9th Asia Symphony Week in Tokyo Japan and WPO was the only Orchestra from China has received high praise from Japanese media. Mr Liu also led the orchestra touring at 13 cities in China 2011 and 2017 WPO touring at 8 cities in China under China Poly Arts management. In 2016 he led the WPO in a tour of Europe with tremendous success in Italy and France.
Since his implemented a plan for musician exchanges with the Duisburger Philharmoniker Orchestra of Germany the Oita Symphony Orchestra of Japan, Poland National Youth Symphony Orchestra, Italian Tuscia Opera Festival. He successfully conducted joint concerts resulting in high appreciation by the government and media for promoting foreign exchange through the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra.
As the first formal music director and the chief conductor, he rebuilt and re-named the orchestra WPO (Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra) to professional status and programmed 80 concerts that year becoming professional orchestra in today’s certal China. He founded Wuhan International Piano Concerto Festival where remains as the Artist Director since 2011.
Recently, he recorded composer An-lun Huang’s works with Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and Russian National Choir. In May 2018, he conducted Russian Philharmonic Orchestra again completing the second CD at Moscow.
James P. Liu, of Singapore nationality, was appointed Music Director of the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra at the invitation of the Wuhan City Municipal Culture Bureau (China) in 2004.
He was a Scholar in the Conducting Faculty at the College of Music of Michigan State University (USA). He is also the principal guest conductor of Pueblo Symphony Orchestra of Colorado (USA). In 2016, he was invited by University of Denver (USA) as conducting adjunct professor and guest conductor of Lamont Symphony Orchestra. Recently he was appointed the Artist Director of Globe Outstanding Chinese Artist Association. He was a judge of GOCCAA international piano competition grand final, The international piano competition in Taiwan and The Chopin international piano competition at Hartford finals as well.
Mr. Liu has been awarded a variety of honors. He received “Excellent Music Contribution” awarded by the Japanese Association 2001. In 2005 he received the “Special Contribution in Culture” from the Wuhan Municipal Culture Bureau and the “Chime Bells Award” by the Hubei Provincial Government in 2006. He was listed as one of ten foreign experts for his contributions in economy and culture of Hubei State China. In 2010, he was given the Wuhan Culture Contribution Award from the city government. In 2010, he was named as one of the ten “The Province Culture Fashion Elite” by the Radio Film and TV Bureau of Hubei Province. In 2011, he received the Wuhan Municipal Government’s “Yellow Crane Friendship Prize” as one of the best foreign experts who contributed to Wuhan City. He also received the “Special Contribution in Culture “by Wuhan’s Propaganda Department, March 2012. In 2016 he was the only candidate in the cultural sector selected by the Wuhan Government to enter the City of Wuhan “Yellow Crane Talents Plan”.
Mr. Liu studied music at Utrecht Conservatorium (Hongeschoolvoor de Kunsten Utrecht) in Holland and Michigan State University in America. He studied with Leon Gregorian, Gustav Meier, and Larry Rachlleff.
评审主席团:Samuel Yeung
SAMUEL YEUNG
Adjunct Professor
Biographical Note
Sam Yeung leads a diverse life as a violist and entrepreneur.
He completed his undergraduate studies in violin performance at the University of Toronto under David Zafer. Due to a shortage of violists, Sam studied violin and viola simultaneously from his third year onward. The switch to viola became permanent when Sam left Toronto to pursue his graduate studies in viola performance at Manhattan School of Music on scholarship.
During his time in New York City, Sam studied with Leonard Davis, the former principal violist of the New York Philharmonic. Sam’s time in New York enriched his musical life greatly as he worked with artists such as Pinchas Zukerman, David Geber, and Karen Dreyfus. In addition to his studies with Davis, Sam pursued supplementary studies with world renowned viola soloist, Emanuel Vardi. Vardi invited Sam to become his Teaching Assistant at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. After Vardi tore his rotator cuff in an accident, Sam assumed Vardi’s teaching responsibilities while completing his Master Degree on full scholarship.
Sam returned to Toronto and founded his first business, Candle with Care. Candle with Care, later evolved into Floret, a wedding decoration business that Sam has operated for the past 20 years. In addition to owning his own business, Sam is an invested pedagogue who passionately believes that the language of music is universal. In his teaching, he strives to instill in his students the value of holistic independent thinking in interpreting music.
山姆.杨
多伦多大学音乐系教授
作为一名中提琴手和企业家,杨有着丰富多彩的生活。
他在多伦多大学David Zafer的指导下完成了小提琴表演的本科学业。由于缺少中提琴手,山姆从三年级开始就同时学习小提琴和中提琴。当山姆离开多伦多,到曼哈顿音乐学院(Manhattan School of Music)继续他的中提琴表演研究生学业时,他转向了中提琴。
在纽约期间,山姆师从纽约爱乐乐团前首席中提琴手伦纳德·戴维斯。山姆在纽约的时间大大丰富了他的音乐生活,因为他与艺术家如Pinchas Zukerman, David Geber,和Karen Dreyfus一起工作。除了向戴维斯学习外,山姆还向世界著名中提琴演奏家伊曼纽尔·瓦迪学习。Vardi邀请Sam成为他在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的助教。在Vardi在一次事故中撕裂了他的肌腱套后,Sam承担了Vardi的教学责任,并以全额奖学金完成了他的硕士学位。
山姆回到多伦多,创立了他的第一家公司,Candle with Care。“精心呵护的蜡烛”后来演变成了一家名叫“小花”(Floret)的婚礼装饰公司,山姆已经经营了20年。除了拥有自己的生意,山姆还是一位热心的教育家,他坚信音乐的语言是世界通用的。在他的教学中,他努力向学生灌输诠释音乐时全面独立思考的价值。
Born in Shanghai China, violinist Le Yi Zhang was a first prize winner of the Violin Competition in Aspen Summer Music Festival. In 1980, Le Yi Zhang was among the first group of Chinese students to be chosen to study with Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Maestro Alberto Lysy, and Ana Chumachenco at the prestigious International Menuhin Music Acadmy in Gstaad, Switzerland.
Le Yi Zhang made a triumphal return to her homeland performing Bach, Telemann double violin concertos with Lord Yehudi Menuhin and solo concerts with the Central Philhamonic Orchestra in the People’s Hall in Beijing two years later. In 1984, she received a diploma with distinction from the IMMA.
After winning the violin competition in Aspen, Le Yi Zhang has been awarded a full scholarship to study with the eminent pedagogue Ms.Dorothy Delay at the College Conservatory of Music in University of Cincinnati, and the prestigious Juilliard School in New York.
Shortly after receiving her Masters degree from the Juilliard School, Ms. Zhang was appointed as assistant concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, a position she held for many years. While working with the orchestra, Ms. Zhang also performed regularly in solo and chamber music concerts through out North America. Her performances have been recorded on CBC classical music radio programs in Montreal.
In 2003, Ms. Zhang created the “Music in the woods” open air concert series in Limburg, bringing classical music into the beautiful nature of woodland in south of the Netherlands. Her performances with great artists such as the famous Dutch bariton John Brocheler and soprano Angelina Ruzzafante have received high acclaim from the public.
In 2009, Ms.Zhang was invited as guest concert-master of the Shanghai Sinfonietta, performed at the Shanghai Dong Fang Art Center and made a well received concert tour in seven cities in France.
In addition to her performing career, Ms. Zhang also actively engages in teaching. She taught at the McGill Conservatory of Music in Montreal Canada for many years and is frequently invited to give master classes and lectures in China. She has taught at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Summer Music Academy in Huangshan and Lin An. Her lecture “Body balance in instrument playing” has received high acclaim among musicians, teachers and students, her students have won prizes at international violin competitions, as well as taking leading positions in symphonic orchestras in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and China.
Appreciated for the sensitivity and integrity of his interpretations, pianist and composer Alexander Boyd enjoys an international career as both soloist and chamber musician.
Born in 1972 he made his Concerto debut in 1983 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra playing Mozart’s 1st Piano Concerto conducted by Yerzy Maksymiuk, and since his London Wigmore Hall debut in 2001 he has performed at many of the world’s concert halls and international music festivals.
The year ahead includes concerts throughout the UK including London’s South Bank Centre, Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Conway Hall, Oxford and Cambridge Universities and the Barber Institute in Birmingham. He will also give recitals in the USA, Spain and Italy, and Mexico for the first time under the auspices of Pro Musica.
He frequently returns to Australia where he has appeared at many major concert halls and music festivals, and 2020 will see a return for several recitals which will include premiere performances of his new composition “The Bride Suite”, based on the art works by his grandfather Arthur Boyd.
Alexander’s discography includes recordings of Chopin, Debussy and Schumann for the Abbas label, and more recently much of the Spanish repertoire with Claudio Records.
Recordings of Goyescas by Granados and the Iberia Suite by Albeniz were described by International Piano Magazine as “riveting, compelling and utterly haunting, full of poetry, technical virtuosity and Spanish atmosphere. First class” and by Musical Opinion as “immaculate playing by this highly gifted artist. There are several rival versions of this wonderful music but none finer than this. First rate”
2019 will see the release of a CD exploring the “Fandango” for Brancusi Classics including works never before recorded and specially arranged for the piano by Alexander. He will also record Chopin’s 4 Ballades and the 24 Preludes by Debussy with Claudio Records.
He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Paul Berkowitz and James Gibb. After graduating in 1995 with distinction he went on to study in Israel with Alexander Volkov and Pnina Salzman at the Rubins Academy in Tel Aviv.
Alexander has composed the music for three films, “Galatea”, “Sogni d’Oro and “Art in Heaven”, broadcast for BBC Radio and ABC Radio amongst others, and in 2020 he was invited by Steinway Pianos to join their international roster of Steinway Artists.
Passionate about teaching he has given numerous master classes and is on the staff at the University of Birmingham and the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
评审主席团:Cesar Bello
Cesar Bello is a Mexican-Canadian baritone who started is vocal training with the professor Enrique Jaso at the Conservatory of Music of Mexico. In 2009 he was chosen by the prestigious Accademia d’Arte Lirica Osimo in Italy where he has studied with Raina Kabaivanska, William Mateuzzi, Alla Simoni, Sergio Segalini and Vicenzo de Vivo. In Italy he sang at Teatro dell’opera di Roma on 2013 the production of “NOS” (The nose) by Shostakovich with the direction of Peter Stein, L’elisir d’Amore by Donizetti as Belocre,, La Passione secondo Marco by Perosi, Choral Fantasy by Beethoven and numerous concerts. In Mexico he sang Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni as Alfio, Pagliacci by Leoncavallo as Tonio, Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini as Firgaro and Fiorello, Carmen by Bizet as Morales, Don Giovanni by Mozart as Masetto, Rigoletto by Verdi as Ceprano, Carmina Burana by Orff, Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, Requiem by Fauré, Requiem by Mozart. In Canada he sang La Serva Padrona by Pergolesi in 2018, La Boheme as Schaunard in Brott Music Festival and Romeo et Juliette by Gounod as Mercutio.
塞萨尔·贝罗是墨西哥裔加拿大男中音,在墨西哥音乐学院师从恩里克·贾索教授开始声乐训练。2009年,他被意大利著名的艺术学院Lirica Osimo选中,在那里他曾与Raina Kabaivanska, William Mateuzzi,Alla Simoni, Sergio Segalini和Vicenzo de Vivo学习。2013年,他在意大利罗马剧院演唱了由彼得·斯坦指导的肖斯塔科维奇的《NOS》(the nose), Donizetti的《L ‘elisir d ‘Amore》(Belocre), Perosi的《La Passione second Marco》,贝多芬的《合唱幻想》以及许多音乐会。在墨西哥他唱Mascagni 的Cavalleria Rusticana 的 Alfio ,歌剧:醜角中的Tonio,RossiniBarbiere di Siviglia 的Firgaro和卡门的Orff,贝多芬第九交响曲,及莫扎特的安魂曲。在加拿大,他在2018年演唱了Pergolesi的La Serva Padrona,在Brott音乐节上演唱了Schaunard的La Boheme,以及Gounod 的Romeo et Juliette 中的Mercutio。
在1993-99年 旅居英国期间,徐平⼼很快成为当地最受欢迎与最繁忙的中国⾳乐家。应邀到英国60多个城镇及欧亞⼤陆表演,⼏乎演遍了英国主要⾳乐厅,其中包括:著名的伦敦皇家演艺中⼼,Barbican Centre, 女皇剧院,Repertory Theatre,Royal Exchange Theatre, Sallis Benney Theatre (布來顿), Royal Theatre (Portsmouth), Turner Sim Concert Hall (修咸頓), Blackfriars Arts Centre (波士頓), Dartington Arts Centre, Tyne Theatre and Opera House (Newcastle) 等。他还应邀为英国⼀些最著名的艺术节表演,包括:爱丁堡艺术节,布莱顿⾳乐节, Three Choirs 艺术节, 泽⻄世界⾳乐节,Crawley 国际艺术节,Oundle国际艺术 节,Truro国际艺术节,Kings Lynn 艺术节,Guernsey 艺术节,Chiddingly艺术节, Henley 艺术节。等等等等,尤其是最著名“Llangollen 国际⾳乐节”(1995,该届艺术节只邀请 三位⾳乐家,除徐平⼼外,另两位⾳乐家为国际著名男⾼⾳怕瓦罗( Luciano Pavarotti)与⼀位单簧管名家)。
First to obtain a master degree in Yangqin (Chinese dulcimer) in China (1985)
Wastheyoungest Yangqin professor in the entire country of China (1993)
He graduated from Central Conservatory of Music (diploma) and China Conservatory of Music (Bachelor degree). In 1985 he became one of the first people to be a Master Degree student of the dulcimer in the entire country of China. On graduation in 1987, he became a full-time dulcimer teacher at the Conservatory. In 1993 he was promoted to be an Associated Professor – the youngest one with such a title in the entire institution with over 300 faculty/staff members in that year,also the youngest yangqin associate professor in the entire country at that time.
He had performed in many parts of China. Upon invitation in 1980, as a member of an elite group of musicians, he performed in the International Youth Arts Festival in Hongkong. The following year (1981), he was one of the 3 musicians to be invited to West Germany for a concert tour. These were the relatively early and rare experiences of China’s renewed cultural contact with the outside world after the Cultural Revolution (1966- 76).
In 1988, Gyorgy Ranky, considered the most accomplished Hungarian composer after Kodaly, on his visit to Beijing, was deeply moved by Pingxin Xu’s performance that he arranged a Hungarian dance number for Pingxin Xu with words: ” Dedicated to Pingxin, with admiration and friendship”.
In 1993, Pingxin moved to England and almost immediately became the most popular Chinese musician there with invitations coming in great number from major concert halls which included the renowned South Bank Centre, Barbican Centre, Queen’s Theatre (London), Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester), Repertory Theatre (Birmingham). In January 1995, he gave a solo recital at the prestigious Purcell Room in London to a full house of enthusiastic audience that gave him long standing ovations. He performed for some of the highest ranked music festivals in Britain, including King’s Lynn, Brighton, Three Choirs, Shepperton, Henley, Edinburgh, and the Llangollen International Music Estedfod in Wales (1995. He was one of the only 3 featured solo acts invited – one of the other two performers was the legendary Luciano Pavarotti).
In 1993 he represented China to perform at the World Dulcimer Congress held in Hungary, and in 1995, he was the only Chinese Dulcimer player invited to perform for the International Dulcimer Festival in Munich, Germany, again at the International Dulcimer Festival in Switzerland, and in Czech Republic subsequently.
From the mid – 1990s, he has become a real international musician, introducing his Chinese dulcimer to hundreds of thousands of amazed audiences from all over the world.
Review:
” most stunning..” BBC Radio 3, Brian Kay’s Sunday Morning
Pingxin Xu is spellbinding on the dulcimer” — Boston Herald
“Lyrical, lilting, dreamy, mystical – these are the words for Professor Xu Pingxin’s playing. Not to mention virtuosic, spellbinding, cinematic, and all those other words one turns to when trying to describe a profound musical expereince” – The Riverfront Times (USA)
“playing with all the rhythmicity and dexterity of a four- armed man” – Real Grooove, New Zealand
” the best concert..” John Casken, director of Music Dept, Manchester Univ. England
” recital was a revelation! …technique and poetic insight had us all spellbound” – James Parson, Artistic Director of Oundle International Music Festival, England
Franco Kong, a baritone, was born in China into a musical family.
Franco possesses the British citizenship and is now living in the UK. He obtained the full scholarship for studying at the Xinghai Conservatoire, where he was conferred a Bachelor’s Degree. After graduation, he was awarded the Norman Gristwood scholarship to study a postgraduate certificate course at Trinity College of Music London.
Franco is an accomplished opera oratorio and recital artist. His opera debut was the Count Almaviva in “le nozze di Figaro” performed in Xinghai Conservatoire, in which he vividly acted the role of Casper in “Joe Carpenter and Son” in the world premiere Opera. He won several awards in China and the UK respectively. While his stage performances, working with Wexford Festival Opera, Dublin Grand Opera, Birmingham Opera Co, Chelsea Opera Group, English Touring Opera, Coro Lirico Sandonatese Italy, Ahmadi Music Group (Kuwait), English Festival Opera, Almeida Opera, Linden Baroque Orchestra, Opera Box, London Opera Player, British youth Opera, Garsington Opera, New Sussex Opera, Heritage Opera, Kentish Opera and Apollo Opera etc. have been acclaimed, his many recitals and oratorio performances have also taken him to the Royal Opera House (Lunch time concert in Crash Room) Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Purcell Room, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, St. James (Piccadilly), Southwark Cathedral, Brandown Hall (Swansea), Tyne Theatre (Newcastle) Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester) Blackheath Concert Hall (London)Holland Park Theatre etc.
Master Classes:
Franco has been inspired by participating in master classes given by Gerard Souzay, Sherrill Milnes, Seigei Leiferkus, Sir Thomas Allen, Bernadette Greevy and David Perry, etc.
Operatic Roles:
Franco has acted in a variety of productions under the direction of notable conductors and producers, including Vladimir Jurowski, Graham Vick, Simon Joly, Nicholas Braithwaite, Klause Donath, Myer Fredmen and the late Vilem Tausky: Rigoletto ( Coro Lirico Sandonatese Italy ), Don Pasquale ( Apollo Opera ), Orest in Elektra ( London Opera Player ),Leporello in Don Giovanni ( Heritage Opera ), Zurga in Pearl Fishers ( Ahmadi Music Group, Kuwait ), Pluto in Hipolyte et Aricie ( Linden Baroque Orchestra), Macbeth ( Kentish Opera), Germont in La Traviata ( London Opera Player),Marcello in La Boheme ( Midland Opera), Ebn-Hakai in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta,( Opera Box), Benoit in La Boheme (English Touring Opera), Yamadori in Madama Butterfly (Opera Box) Ostasio and Captain in Francesca da Rimini (Chelsea Opera Group), Oldrich Rokycansky and Town Crier in The Brandenburger in Bohemia, (Chelsea Opera Group) Prigionero in Il Piccolo Marat (Wexford Festival opera) Pass-by A in Wolf Club Village (Almeida Opera) Ping in Turandot (.English Festival Opera) Escamillo in Carmen (Leitmotif Opera),Schaunard in La Boheme (Trinity College of Music), Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Xinghai Conservatoire), etc.
ORATORIO & CHAMBER MUSIC:
Franco has acted in a variety of performances.
Missa Solemnis (Beethoven), 9th symphony (Beethoven), Brahms Requiem, Faure Requiem, Handel Messiah and Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler) and Verdi Requiem
Recent performances:
Rigoletto (Coro Lirico Sandonatese Italy) Feb 2016
Don Pasquale (Apollo Opera) April 2016
Pluto in Hipolyte et Aricie (Linden Baroque Orchestra) June 2016
Leporello in Don Giovanni (Heritage Opera) June 2016
自幼师从中国著名钢琴教育家周铭孙教授,毕业于武汉音乐学院钢琴系,曾任深圳艺术学校专业钢琴老师,92 年来到加州州立大学深造音乐教育硕士学位。有 30 年的钢琴教学经验,现为全美音乐教师/新泽西学会/加州会员,vice president of cecilian Music club, 因为教学优异,连续多年得到Golden key & Cecilian Music Club, NJMTA 颁发的钢琴教学奖。所教学生曾参加过美国州立比赛获奖。在纽约卡内基音乐厅, 维也纳金色大厅等地演出。
Jennifer Bao Holds BA for piano performance from WuHan music conservatory of China, and Master in Music Education from Cal State University, United state. She was piano faculty of ShenZhen Arts School of China, active member of national, New Jersey and California of music teacher association, Vice President of Cecilian Music Club of United state .
曹丽娜在中国举办过多场古筝独奏音乐会和室内乐音乐会,广受好评。曾邀出访亚洲,北美以及欧洲等国进行艺术交流,并在中日友好音乐会中获“世界和平事业向上”国际感谢状。与江苏省民族乐团演奏古筝协奏曲《秦淮随想》由芝加哥The WFMT Radio Network网站对演出进行全场录播。曾由曹丽娜担任主奏的墨语古筝组合,是中国第一个同时获得中国音乐“金钟奖”、中国文化部政府奖“文华奖”的古筝室内乐团。2020年,墨语古筝组合首张专辑由环球音像出版发行。
Lina Cao, a young guzheng musician, is also a member of the Toronto Musicians Association (TMA 149),American Federation of Musicians and Guzheng Society of Chinese Musicians Association. Lina was taught by Professors Yan Aihua, Ren Jie who are a guzheng master and educator in Nanjing University of the Arts and Professor Wang Wei who is a Guzheng master and an educator in Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and Lina received master’s degree in Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2016.
Lina Cao received popular acclaim when she held guzheng solo concerts and chamber-music concerts in many cities in China. She has been invited to visit many Asian, North American and European countries for artistic exchanges. Lina was invited to attend Sino-Japanese Friendship Concert and was awarded an international gratitude certificate of “The Cause of World Peace” in 2011. In 2015, Lina was unanimously applauded when she played the Chinese zither concerto “Qinhuai Capriccio” with Jiangsu Nationalities Orchestra. Moreover, the performance was taped by The WFMT Radio the Network website from Chicago. Moyu Guzheng Group mainly played by Cao Lina is the first guzheng philharmonic society who won the two most authoritative awards of China: the highest music award “The Golden Bell Awards” and top prize of Chinese Ministry of Culture “Wen Hua Award”. The album of the MoYu Guzheng Chamber was Pulished by Beijing Global Audio & Video Publishing House.
After living in Canada in 2017, Lina Cao was invited to premieres many pieces of music like “Reincarnation”, “Tempered Moon”, “Buddha’s Song” and an opera “The Monkiest” in cooperation with the Chinese Radio and Film Symphony Orchestra, the Music Department of the University of Toronto, the Canadian Children’s Opera Company, the Toronto Chinese Orchestra, and the Chinese-Western Symphony Orchestra etc. Lina was invited to give lectures in the Music Department of the University of Toronto, the Music Department of York University, UCC and TFS. Lina participated in the performance of the children’s opera “the Monkiest King” was nominated for the 40th Dora “Outstanding Performance Ensemble” of Canada in 2019. The opera was produced on CD by the Canadian Children’s Opera Company in 2020 and released by the Canadian Music Center. Lina Cao became a young guzheng player who was active in the Canadian music stage.
Known as a pipa virtuoso, Linhong Li was a member of the Chinese Musicians Association and is currently the Director of the Li Linhong Chinese Music Ensemble. She began playing pipa at an early age and studied under Professor Lin Shicheng, a renowned pipa virtuoso at the China Conservatory of Music, and Mr. Fang Jinlong, well-known Musician/Artist. In 1982, she won the solo silver medal in the “China Traditional Musical Instruments Solo Competition” organized by the Central Ministry of Culture. In 1993, she represented China and performed at the International Folk Art Festival held in Utah. As a Pipa Soloist, she has performed in the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway, and other countries.
After moving to the US, Director Li joined the Hansheng Orchestra where she performed and lectured throughout California to introduce traditional Chinese Musical instruments and music. She participated in the US Educational Economics Corporation, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Music Center. Director Li has been featured in a number of reports by Chinese and US Medias such as Sing Tao Daily, International Daily, Overseas Chinese News, Channel 26, Channel 4 in California, Berkeley Radio, China’s Central CCTV 4 International channel’s “Chinese World”, and US PBS TV show.
In 2008, Director Li founded the “Li Lin Hong Chinese Music Ensemble” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Under her tutelage, ensemble members and students competed in the US International Music Competition earning impressive awards in Guzheng, Erhu, Ruan, and Pipa categories. In recognition, she was named “Excellent Teacher” by the Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California. 4 students competed and won gold medals at the 2019 Huain Cup International Chinese Instrument Competition. She has orchestrated, produced, and directed more than 20 music concerts. Together with her ensemble, they received recognitions and commendations from the US Immigration Service, US Senator Harry Reid, US Representative Joe Heck, and Henderson Mayor for their special contributions to enriching the cultural life of Nevada.
Director Li has served as a Judge at the International Youth Music Competition organized by the Northern California Chinese Music Teachers Association and was the Lead Director of Music and Culture for the “Las Vegas Spring Festival.” In 2016, she was invited to take part in the 2nd Fang Jinlong Shenzhen Futian Traditional Folk Music Week and performed as a Pipa Soloist at the Chinese and Overseas Classics Concert.
王 莉 打击乐演奏家
Li Wang Music School & Drum Centre founder, Canada Toronto Artistic centre member.
Li Wang began her dulcimer studies at the age of 7, and she began drumming at a later age. She obtained a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Shanxi. She studied with many renowned artists such as Yang Jingmin, Zheng Baoheng, dulcimer master and reformer and Cao Jinqi, Chen Huaqiang drum master in China.
Li’ unique blend of rock, jazz, blues, and Chinese flavored rhythms can be heard with her two albums, and has also toured many festivals and clubs across various parts of Canada.
Over 20 years, Wang Li has been teaching a full roster of students, from 5 years old to adults encompassing a variety of skill levels. Li customizes her lessons to the individual and will help you reach your goals.
In 2006 Wang li was invited as featured dulcimer soloist to perform at the Indian River Festival, her performance was live broadcasted by CBC. In 2008 as a special guest musician, she was interviewed by “Classic Music FM 96.3”. Over the last 10 years Li has given performances at many concerts for Chinese community. She has also performed at various open-air venues, including Mariposa Folk Festival and Mill Race Festival Traditional Music to name a few.
2006年,加拿大广播公司(CBC)“Big city, small world”节目组对王莉做了个人专题采访介绍并直播,同年她还应邀参加“The Indian River Festival” 加拿大艺术术节,演出极为成功,CBC全程录音并发行了相关CD。2008年,王莉在 “Classic Music FM 96.3” 节目中录制女子三人室内乐,博得听众的好评及喜爱。在2011年潭蜜子先生作品“泥土的芬芳”音乐会上,王莉精湛的爵士鼓独奏赢得满场热烈掌声。时隔不久,在加拿大华人艺术家中心举办的2011、2012年春节晚会及2018年名家名曲音乐会上,演奏扬琴及打击乐和排鼓独奏,再次展现出其独特才华。2013年7月应邀参加加拿大最具规模的第53届 “MARIPOSA FOLK FESTIVAL”,同年8月及2015年8月,王莉又先后受邀表演于具有历史的加拿大第19及21届 MILL RACE FESTIVAL TRADITIONAL MUSIC”音乐节,她是音乐节百名表演者中唯一的亚裔音乐家。2014年参加了加拿大国家电视台在Sony Center 举办的首次春节联欢晚会,她以其驾轻就熟的大鼓独奏技巧和极富感染力的表演,博得了观众的一致好评。当年6月在CBC 广播电视厅亚洲文化月的首场演出中,带领数名弟子鼓手与几位音乐家共奏凯歌,气势不凡。
has been playing guitar for over 20 years, specializing in improvisation.
He provided live accompaniment to theatre performances, composed soundtracks to independent films and documentaries. Active in the multicultural music scene of Toronto, he recorded albums with various bands, played NXNE (North by Northeast) Festival, toured Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China as a member of an orchestra.
He is interested in musical theatre and storytelling, and has recently played concerts in Tokyo in collaboration with a dance and mime theatre production.
Studied vocal performance at Conservatory of Music in China when she was sixteen years old.
She placed first in a vocal competition while there. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music when she was 20 years old.
In 2013 she graduated in a master class given by Professor Roxolana Roslak at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
Currently, she is a member of Toronto Tian-En Artist Fellowship, Chinese Artists’ Society of Toronto, and CHN-CAN International Cultural Artists’ Federation.
She was a vocal judge in 2017 , 2018 at the Canadian Young Artists ’ International Music Competition.
Lei Liu, a Pipa(Chinese Lute), Zhongruan and liuqin player, a Music Educator, a Master on education and training management from Portsmouth University, UK.
Ms. Liu is a music teacher at Western Heights Montessori Academy. She also is the founder of Mississauga Chinese Lute Club and Mississauga Chinese Music Club (Huayin Music Group-Liu Lei Music Studio).
She is participating many Chinese music performances in the community.
Li(Helen)Han-CIMC-MOMA Competition Chair and Music Director
A pianist, music educator and conductor.
Chairman of the Multicultural Organization For Promoting Music And Arts Education(MOMA) and Chairman of the Canada Sonar Performing Arts. Resident conductor of the North American Chinese Orchestra, and resident conductor of the Canada Sonar Performing Arts Chorus.
Piano performing artists Chen Wan and Yin Chengzong are her tutors. Under the guidance of famous conductors and educators Yang Xiujuan and Han Mengguo, Miss Han learned how to conduct. He was praised as an ebullient pianist by Shenzhen Peninsula Daily.
In China:
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Pianist
Shenzhen Shekou Art Troupe, Music Director, Pianist
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Pianist
Piano Solo with Wuhan Symphony Orchestra
In Taiwan:
Piano teacher, Zhongyuan Christian University
Chief Instructor of Han Piano Art Academy
Yamaha Piano: examiner of piano level examination, judge of music competition
Her paper is published by University of South China Press
In Toronto, Canada:
Han Li Piano Studio: Chief Teacher
Han Li Piano Music Art Center and MOMA: Founder and President
In 2016, she was invited to give master classes and piano concerts in Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, China. In 2017, she was the judge of the United States International Music Competition (USIMC)
Main Awards:
– “Shanghai Spring: Performance Award: Piano Competition of National Conservatory of Music.
She won the “Piano Solo Award” and “Excellent Piano Accompaniment Award” in the “Star Enterprise” Art Series Competition of Guangdong Province.
– “Steinbach Music Promotion Award”, Taiwan
– Won the “Excellence Award in Guidance” in the Hsinchu Cup National Piano Competition
2004-2006: “Directing Award” of the annual average qualified Taiwan “Little Pianist” national competition
2005 “Gardener Award” in the National “Dandelion” Art Competition (**************).
In the same year, “Taiwan Yilan” market won the “Local Music Education Power Award”.
From 2006 to 2008, he was selected into the “Best Director Award” of Taiwan “Steinbach” National Music Competition.
2014-2016 Artistic Director and Conductor of Changjiang Troupe, led the troupe to win the “First Prize” in the Chorus Competition of Peel Music Festival; Golden Maple International Chorus Festival: Gold Award.