《海外游子爱心演唱会》义演的部分演员介绍:

《海外游子爱心演唱会》

时间：2008年5月10日（星期六）晚七时至九时
地点：Trinity Lutheran Church
292 Orange St， New Haven, CT 06510

国际钢琴比赛金奖得者 Pianist Jian Liu

青年钢琴家刘健于1980年出生于中国青岛，他六岁就开始学习弹钢琴， 十岁时就以优异的成绩考入中央音乐学院附中，从师于张晋老师。十六岁的时候，他代表中央音乐学院附中参加了第六届南密苏里国际钢琴大赛， 在一轮一轮的比赛中，刘健以精湛的全面的钢琴技巧与演奏征服了所有的评委，1996年一举夺得第六届南密苏里国际钢琴大赛青年组冠军。（注：李云迪是第八届南密苏里国际钢琴大赛青年组冠军）。同时，刘健被亚利桑那州立大学的教授Caio Pagano收为弟子，从北京搬到亚利桑那州的凤凰城，学琴，上高中， 考音乐系，并因成绩优异而获得全额奖学金。此后数年，他多次获得各种州内、国内及世界大奖，如Grand Prize in the Phoenix Symphony Guilds Competition以及 the 3rd place in Horowitz International Piano Competition held in Kiev, Ukraine. 刘健曾与 Scottsdale交响乐团、Phoenix交响乐团, 及Ukraine国家交响乐团合作，并曾与Caio Pagano, John Perry, 及Maria Joan Pires等众多艺术家共事, 并在中国, 日本, 葡萄牙, 乌克兰及美国各个州演出钢琴独奏。2004年春季, 刘健以GPA4.0的优异成绩, 以三个本科(钢琴表演,电脑信息及供应连锁店管理)毕业于亚利桑那州立大学(Arizona State University)。然后在耶鲁大学音乐学院攻读钢琴表演硕士学位,从师于世界著名钢琴教育家克劳德·弗兰克（Claude Frank）教授。2006年5月毕业。之后，刘健继续在耶鲁音乐学院攻读音乐艺术硕士学位，今年五月份将毕业，并且已经被弗兰克教授聘用留校任教。 刘健弹奏的《黄河》，气势磅礴，充满激情，他的演奏不张扬，十分内涵，丰富细腻，有一种内在的感人力量！ Pianist Jian Liu was born in Qingdao, China in 1980, and came to America in 1996 and won the first place in the Sixth Missouri Southern International Piano Competition. Shortly thereafter, Jian came to Arizona in the summer of 1996 to study piano with Dr. Caio Pagano , regents\' professor at Arizona State University . Jian graduated in 1999 from Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale with scholarship honors. He had won various states, national and international prizes, such as the Grand Prize in the Phoenix Symphony Guilds Competition in 1997, 3rd prize in Horowitz International Piano Competition held in Kiev, Ukraine in 1999, and 3rd prize in the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) Chamber competition in March 2002. Jian had performed with Scottsdale Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, and Ukraine National Symphony, and worked with artists such as Claude Frank, John Perry, and Maria Joan Pires. As an active performer, Jian had performed in concert series all over the world, including China, Japan, Portugal, Ukraine, and various states in the US. Jian finished his undergraduate studies from Arizona State University in the spring of 2004 with a GPA of 4.0 in three majors, Piano Performance, Computer Information Systems, and Supply Chain Management. In May 2006, Jian graduated from Yale School of Music with a degree in Master of Music. Currently, Jian is pursuing the MMA degree in Piano Performance and studying with Claude Frank at Yale School of Music.

明 苑 抒情女高音 Soprano Ming Yuan

抒情女高音明苑女士 , 1982 年毕业于中国人民大学。现任全职食品开发研究员 , 并且是 耶鲁大学中国学生学者联谊会附属组织彩蝶舞蹈团的艺术总监及连任五届耶鲁春节晚会总导演及卡拉OK评委。 明苑女士自1988年移居加拿大，曾经是渥太华东方艺术团及渥太华东方合唱团的团长。自1995年起，正式从师于著名意大利女高音歌剧演唱家 Maria Pellegrini ( 玛丽亚 - 佩蕾格瑞妮 ) 学习意大利美声唱法。并且经常受益于梁光汉教授， 王翘钰声乐教授，作曲家及钢琴伴奏蔡惠 光老师的无私辅导。明苑的声乐老师还有中国著名女高音歌唱家胡晓平女士，以及加拿大里贾纳大学音乐系声乐教授女高音歌唱家 Lynn Channing 。这些年她与台湾作曲家及钢琴家王怡雯博士以及旅美青年钢琴家刘健多次合作 , 在康州各地音乐中心，大学音乐厅，及老人院每 年成功地举办多次 ” 从东方到西方 -- 独唱独奏音乐会 ” 。 她的音乐会曲目中多为外国歌剧咏叹调，和一些中国艺术歌曲及民歌。 2005 年明苑应邀到加拿大首都渥太华担任 120 人华人合唱团《黄河大合唱》音乐会中“黄河怨”独唱 , 并与旅欧男高音歌唱家张亚林合作表演男 女声二重唱。去年的母亲节 , “一个母亲的梦想 — 女高音明苑独唱音乐会 ” 成功地在南康州大学礼堂举行 , 深获各界好评。 Soprano Ming Yuan, a fulltime Food R & D scientist, the artistic director of Butterfly Chinese Dance Troupe at Yale, also a lyric -spinto soprano. She had worked with composer, conductor and pianist Huiguang Cai performed in many operatic concerts with Pellegrini Opera Company and cultural shows in Canada. Ming had work ed together with the composer, pianist I-Uen Wang Hwang, and also pianist Jian Liu from Yale School of Music , their special recital of “From East To West – Classic Vocal and Piano Music “ had successfully performed in West Hartford, Essex, Hamden, New Haven, Stamford, Southbury, Southington and Hartford, Connecticut USA. Especially in November of 2005, she was invited as the guest soloist in Yellow River Cantata in Ottawa, Canada, her appealing stage presen ce ; the remarkable and glorious singing with deep emotion touched the audience and really made her a great success. Last May, “A Mother’s Dream – Sopano Ming Yuan Recital” was successfully held in The Recital hall at SCSU. It was well received in US and also back in China. Ming Yuan began her formal vocal training with Laura Dziubaniuk and the world acclaimed soprano Maria Pellegrini in 1995 in Ottawa, Canada. She was also coach ed by acclaimed baritone professor Leon L eu ng, professor Qiaoyu Wang from Tianjin Music Conservatory, and worked with the composer, pianist Huiguang Cai . Ming Yuan is a former Executive Director of the Ottawa Oriental Dance Troupe, the founder and first director of the Ottawa Oriental Choir. Her voice teachers also includes famous Chinese soprano Xiao-ping Hu from Toronto and Canadian soprano professor Lynn Channing of the Music Department in University of Regina.

王明珠，2007年9月毕业于耶鲁大学音乐学院，硕士研究生学位，长笛专业。现就职于纽黑 文Neighborhood Music School。 王明珠出生于四川成都一个音乐家庭，自小学习钢琴。后学习长笛。 2001 年 9 月， 以入学考试第一名的成绩进入上海音乐学院管弦系， 2005 年 7 月毕业，获学士学位。在校期间，每年均获一等人民奖学金 。 2002 年起，担任上海青年交响乐团长笛首席，上海音乐学院管乐团乐队首席，并在 2003 年 12 月上海管乐周开幕式音乐会上担任独奏与 乐队合作。 2003 年，加入上音新音乐室内乐团，代表学校赴奥地利，德国演出。 2004 年 8 月，参加由国家文化部主办的首届全国艺术院 校长笛比赛，获青年组第一名。 2004 年底，在上海成功举办个人独奏音乐会，引起当地媒体极大关注。此外还参加上海青年钢琴比赛获优秀 奖 。 2005 年初，考取由著名指挥家小泽征尔举办的第六届音乐墅，担任乐队长笛首席。 2005 年 5 月，获耶鲁大学音乐学院全额奖学金赴 美留学。 2007年9月毕业获得音乐硕士学位。 Mingzhu Wang, graduated from Yale School of Music, Yale University. Master of Music degree, Flute major. Currently she teaches at the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven. She was born in the capital city of Chengdu in Sichuan province, China. Raised in a musician family, she started to play piano first when she was 4 years old and later switched to flute. In September 2001, Miss Wang entered the Orchestral Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, she won the first place in the entrance examination. In July 2005, she received Bachelor\'s degree of Art with an outstanding academic achievement of winning the conservatory\'s most prestigious scholarship in every semester. In 2002, She entered the Shanghai Youth Symphony Orchestra (SYSO) and became the principal flute player of the Orchestra. In December 2003, she acted as the only soloist to cooperate with the SYSO at the opening ceremony of Shanghai Orchestra Week. In 2003,Miss Wang traveled with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music\'s chamber music orchestra to perform in Austria and Germany. Besides the major courses on flute, she has made a great achievement in piano perfo r ma n ce as well . In 2003, she took part in the Shanghai Youth Piano Contest and won the prize in the youth group. In August 2004, she won the First Place in China National Flute Competition for Collegiate Artists held by the Ministry of Culture of China. In the beginning of 2005, she entered the Rohm Opera Theater, which is an international music festival conducted by Seiji Ozawa and became the principal flute of the orchestra. In September 2005, she entered Yale School of Music with full scholarship.

青年大提琴演奏家翟慧莉８岁学习大提琴。１９９５年考入中央音乐学院附小，９６年升入附中。师从陈圆教授。在校期间多次获得等级 奖学金，六年连续获得专业优秀奖学金。２００２年以专业第一及文化课奖学金考入中央音乐学院管弦系。２００４年转入著名归国大提琴家 朱亦兵教授门下学习。大学期间获得等级及专业奖学金。２００６年获最高奖学金赴美国耶鲁大学学习,师从青年大提琴演奏家王健的老师： Professor Aldo Parisot. 拥有丰富的室内乐合作经验。２００１年组成阿波罗四重奏，排练演出了贝多芬四重奏op.１８第六首、柴可夫斯基第一四重奏 、肖斯塔克维奇第七四重奏等经典作品。２００２年获中央音乐学院第一届重奏比赛第三名。２００４年成为新成立的中国大提琴爱乐八位演 奏家之一。排练演出了包括巴西著名作曲家威拉－罗伯次的《巴西颂》等曲目。自１９９５年进入中央音乐学院附小开始，参加儿童交响乐团 （原红领巾乐团），积累了丰富的乐队合作经验。曾先后担任中国少年交响乐团、中国青年交响乐团、中国青年演奏家室内乐团大提琴声部首 席。 ２０００年赴瑞士参加中国第一大提琴乐团，２００３年赴美国耶鲁大学、茱莉亚音乐学院、依斯曼音乐学院、克里夫兰音乐学 院等进行交流演出，２００３年秋随中国青年演奏家室内乐团赴西班牙巡演，２００４年随中国青年交响乐团赴德国波恩参加贝多芬音乐节。 在国内活跃于北京各大音乐厅及上海，广州，宁波，福州，哈尔滨等城市的舞台。多次参加中央电视台春节歌舞晚会及文联２００５年迎新春 文艺晚会。２００５年代表中央音乐学院毕业生录制中央电视台“毕业之歌”大型文艺晚会。２００６年被“That\'s Beijing“及《乐器》杂 志作为最具潜力的新一代音乐家进行专访。 Huili Zhai, began to study cello at the age of 8. She entered Central Conservatory of Music in 1995 and studied with Professor Chen Yuan. She won the fellowships every year during the period of the pre-college. She won the highest fellowship and entered the college of CCOM in 2002. Since 2004, she had been studying under Professor Chu Yi-bing who chaired the principal cellist of Switzerland’s Basel Symphony Orchestra and guest principal for Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Since 2006, she has been studying under Professor. Aldo Parisot at Yale School of Music. Huili has abundant experience of playing chamber music. As one of the creators, she made up Apollo String Quartet in 2001. They won the prize of the first string quartet competition at Central Conservatory of Music. Huili was the member of China Philharmonic cellos. Huili chaired the principal cellist of China youth symphony orchestra and China young artist chamber music orchestra. And she traveled Switzerland, Germany and US.

男低音歌唱家何孝庆 Base Baritone Xiaoqing He

著名男低音歌唱家何孝庆，是中国音乐家协会会员，1983年毕业于中央音乐学院歌剧 系，师从著名声乐教育家学沈湘教授。何孝庆在华盛顿国会山庄，纽约林肯艺术中心和卡内基音乐厅等等都有精彩的表演。他的演唱吐字清晰 ，声音坚实洪亮，高音辉煌华美，具有金属般的穿透性。他熟练地掌握了意大利传统美声唱法，对不同声区的音量音色控制自如，能轻松地演 唱三个八度，他不但能演唱幅度大力度强的西洋歌剧咏叹调，也善于把科学的发声方法运用于风格各异的艺术歌曲和民歌(特别是中国作品)之 中。他曾在国内担任多部歌剧主角，参加过已故作曲家施光南创作的歌剧《伤逝》的演出，并在歌剧《格达活佛》中饰演男主角，他多次在国 内大型演出中担任独唱、领唱，博得了中外专家和观众的一致好评。2003年8月何孝庆荣登美国畅销杂志《美国文摘》作为封面人物并有长达10 页的文章报导。最值得一提的是2002年，何孝庆受美国内政部邀请在自由女神像116周年生日典礼上精彩演唱《美国国歌》，在2001年的典礼 上是由世界著名男高音歌唱家帕瓦洛蒂担任演唱。这是何孝庆生平第一次登上这个世界级歌唱家的舞台，也是第一位华人歌唱家甚至是亚洲歌 唱家在这里演唱。 Renowned bass singer He Xiaoqing is a member of the Chinese Musician Association. Graduated in 1983 from the Opera Department of China Conservatory of Music, his advisor is the famous vocal educator Professor Sheng Xiang.He\'s singing showcases the clarity, full ichness and the metallic quality of brilliance and charm. He masters the Italian classic operatic singing skill with excellent control of volume and tone at three octaves. From the powerful western operas to varying styles of folk operas (especially Chinese folk operas), He has successfully performed at the Capitol in DC, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall in NY. He played the lead singer in many Chinese operas including opera 《格达活佛 Buddha Geda》，《伤逝 Loss》 (Novel by great writer Lu Xun, music by modern Chinese musician Shi Guang Nan) and as a soloist or lead singer on many of China’s national stages with great receptions from the audiences.

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