FANG Jinlong
Master of Chinese National Music, Collector of Musical Instruments
Representative of Contemporary Five-String Pipa
FANG Jinlong is a renowned master of Chinese national music, a collector of musical instruments, and the representative of the contemporary five-string pipa. FANG is a national musician who can play hundreds of musical instruments and also the founder of “Sweet Eighteen Art Troupe”, a modern national music troupe. Based on the five-string pipa of the Tang Dynasty, FANG has successfully restored and improved the five-string pipa, “the king of musical instruments” that was lost for thousands of years, into a contemporary one  that conforms to today’s  aesthetics. For over 40 years, FANG has traveled to more than 50 countries and demonstrated the charm of Chinese national music in diversified and innovative ways, known as the watchman of traditional culture and like a philosopher towards his mission following the law of nature. He has been praised as “a one-man orchestra” by People's Daily and other domestic and foreign media for many times. With his excellent ability of the innovation and the promotion of Chinese national music, FANG has performed in Bilibili’s New Year’s Eve Gala "Rhythm’s World" and HNTV’s Spring Festival Gala, and other programs for two consecutive years, which became a hot topic among the public. FANG integrates traditional Chinese music with popular music, inspiring and driving a large number of young audiences to get in touch with Chinese traditional culture and fall in love with it, leaving a strong appeal and a wide influence among the younger generations. On July 28, 2020, the article "Let More Young People Appreciate the Beauty of Traditional Art" published by People's Daily fully affirmed and praised FANG Jinlong for his promotion and innovation of the traditional art. In 2021, FANG Jinlong attended CCTV’s online Spring Festival Gala, and was acclaimed as "the master of Chinese national music" by CCTV’s official media.
 

 
 

YU Gengzhe
Professor and Historian
YU Gengzhe, doctor of Wuhan University, post doctorate of Nankai University, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of History and Culture of Shaanxi Normal University, engages in the teaching and research of the history of Sui and Tang Dynasties. YU has published a number of papers in authoritative core journals such as Chinese Social Science, Historical Research, and Ethnic Studies. In 2004, YU was funded by the 36^th batch of National Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and later in 2007, he was selected in the "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program" by the Ministry of Education. YU had been also appointed to preside over the later projects of the National Social Science Fund. He has published Preliminary Exploration of Diseases and Medical History in Tang Dynasty, and his representative works include The Founding of the Tang Dynasty, The Heroes of the Tang Dynasty, The Daily Life of the People of Sui and Tang Dynasties, The Gains and Losses of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty-The Failure of Balance, The Truth of DI Renjie, The Women of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, SHANGGUAN Wan’er, etc.
 

NIU Mo
Director, Poetry Promoter and Program Producer
NIU Mo is a poetry promoter and a program producer who has focused on the culture domain for more than 20 years. He started to get in touch with the marketing industry in 1997, and has devoted himself to film and television production to accumulate experience since 2005. In 2007, NIU chose the Internet field where he tried to explore and develop creative marketing models that are suitable for the Chinese market. NIU successively undertook the creative work of many major projects, including Samsung network marketing for the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, etc., providing creative services to domestic and foreign customers. With his experience and background in advertising industry, NIU has served on a jury for the final evaluation of the China International Advertising Festival since 2012. Later in 2015 and 2016, NIU planned the projects of "Slow Life Pavilion" and "Humorous City-Hangzhou" for the China International Cartoon& Animation Festival, which have won him praise from all walks of life. In 2018, NIU created a phenomenal cultural talk show Night at the Museum as the Executive Producer. In 2019, NIU started to serve as the Director of Poetry in the Neighborhood, the first real-life program on the poetry.
 

FANG Songping
Representative of New Chinese Music
FANG Songping, a singer-songwriter, was born into a family of Chinese music. FANG studied at the MI College of Contemporary Music in the United States, and he is committed to interpreting traditional Chinese culture with fashionable music that is in line with the world's trends. His works integrate the characteristics of Chinese and Western music with a distinctive style. FANG currently serves as the Music Director of the program Poetry in the Neighborhood on Tencent Video and Hebei TV. This program won the "The Influential Brand of TV Program on Provincial Satellite TV of the Year" in the 2019 China TV Media Comprehensive Strength Survey, of which "Song of Gaixia" was shortlisted for the 26^th TV Literature and Art Starlight Award. In 2020, his latest musical work "Illuminate" fighting against the epidemic attracted much attention and was invited to be performed on different media platforms and in theaters such CCTV, People’s Joy Works, Beijing TV, Guangzhou Opera House. In recent years, FANG was invited to perform on CCTV's "Gathering in Chinese Festivals 2019", BML Live online at Bilibili, Jiangsu TV's "5.5 Grand Ceremony - Night of the Youth’s Choices", Beijing TV’s "A Commitment of Winter’s Dream” to welcome the Winter Olympics, and other performances on the international stage.
 

LI Yijuan
Actress of National Theater of China, Famous Film and Television Actress
LI Yijuan is an actress of National Theater of China, a committee member of the Beijing Committee of Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, the ambassador of the image of Xinpu District, Zunyi, Guizhou Province, and the Deputy Secretary-General of China East Academy of Painting. LI has obtained the bachelor degree from the Performing Institute of Beijing Film Academy and the Department of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Beijing Normal University. In recent years, LI has been well known and loved by the public for her role as Consort Duan in the TV series Empresses in the Palace. In the large-scale drama MEI Lanfang, Li has played the role FU Zhifang, Mr. MEI's wife, which was highly praised by Mr. MEI Baojiu. Her performance in the movie Miss Granny won her “Best Actress in a Supporting Role” at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Her representative works include Empresses in the Palace, Newcomer on the Journey, DENG Zihui, Liberation of Hainan Island, Please Open Your Eyes and many other well-known TV series. She also has enthusiastically assisted in the performance of “The Most Beautiful Landscape of Yunmen Tun, Zunyi City” - The Ninth Tourism Industry Development Conference "Song for the World". And later in 2019, LI was elected as the Ambassador of Love for Nanyang's Poverty Alleviation Campaign.
 

 

 

LIU Feng
Outstanding Representative of Bravo Youngsters
LIU Feng, a singer and young sanxian (three-string Chinese lute) performer, studied in the Music Department of The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts. LIU participated in the CCTV program "Bravo Youngsters!" and became one of the outstanding representatives of the youngsters. LIU has released the singles "Fireworks Fall", "The Four and The Nine City Gates in the Imperial City", the original song "Poem of Elegant Music", and so forth. He has aspired to pass on the classics via Chinese music and transmit the energy via the modern trends rooted in the traditional Chinese elements.
 

Popular Team Members of Grandeur of National Music
FANG Jinlong selected a number of young musicians of Han, Inner-Mongolian and Uyghur ethnic groups from more than 60 musicians across the country to form a team. Among them, the team “Da Wei Tian Long” and the team “Zhen Piao Liang” are two of the most dazzling and impressive teams with distinctive strong appeal of art and visuals in the first three seasons of Grandeur of National Music, both of which have integrated the characteristics of toughness and femininity, and embodied the collision of tradition and cutting-edge. In this concert, FANG Jinlong will bring these outstanding team members of the first three seasons of the program to perform a new interpretation of Chinese music in the bloom of youth.
Morin Khuur: Jusiqinbilige
Tambur: Repikaiti Rexiati
Dizi, Xiao, Xun, Chi: XU Shuo
Suona: XUE Tianlong
Pipa: GUO Cong
Percussion: FU Shaocong
Erhu: LIU Yongjia
Keyboard: HU Xiaoyang
 

Shenzhen Concert Hall Chanson de Montagne Multiethnic Children’s Choir
Shenzhen Concert Hall Chanson de Montagne Multiethnic Children’s Choir is the only children choir in Shenzhen that specializes in multi-ethnic culture. The choir strives for excellence in the art of choral music and lineage of cultural heritage.
Composed of Performance Group, Reserve Group and Enlightenment Group, the choir has more than 200 students who are selected from the children and teenagers aged 6-13 and loving singing all over Shenzhen. Every weekend, the students attend the choral training.
The choir is generously supported by the Chanson de Montagne ethnic minority projects and Shenzhen Concert Hall. Under the guidance of Artistic Director HU Manxue and the team of music professionals from home and abroad, the members of the choir embrace a systematic and comprehensive music education.
The choir has grown extensively and gained great recognition since its establishment. In April 2019, the choir was invited to Carnegie Hall for the 36^th MidAm International. In September 2019, the choir participated in the celebration of the 70^th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, contributing to the premiere of the movie “My Motherland and I”. In November 2019, the choir performed a concert of “Multiethnic Children’s Choirs in Concert” at Symphony Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall. In September 2020, the “Ethnic Children's Chorus Concert” was held by the choir at Futian Cultural Center. In October 2020, the choir was invited to perform in “GONG Linna 24 Solar Terms Concert” at Symphony Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall.
After the long-term and strict professional training, the choir has achieved remarkable results and gained unanimous praise. More and more children who love singing are expected to join the choir, to plant the seeds of music for Shenzhen to build “The City of Music”, making children’s chorus another brand new card of Shenzhen.
 
Program
The Book of Poetry · The Deer Bleat
Ambushes on All Sides
King Chu Doffs His Armor
A Tranquil Night
Song of a Pipa Player
Butterflies Chasing Flowers
Spirited Ode Dedicated to CHEN Tongfu
Chinese New Year
Ocean Wide
Music · The Book of Poetry
Gadameilin
Snow to the Tune of Spring in a Pleasure Garden
 
(Please check program updates at the concert.)