中国交响乐团附属少年及女子合唱团

    享誉海内外的中国交响乐团附属少年及女子合唱团，由著名音乐教育家、指挥家、中央音乐学院教授杨鸿年教授于1983年创建。二十多年来，合唱团已积累了近千首中外歌曲，演出近400场。合唱团的足迹遍及欧、美、亚各大洲，以及台湾、香港、澳门地区，所到之处均引起极大的轰动，先后荣获六项国际大奖。

    1987年应邀参加在华盛顿举行的第三届国际童声合唱节，获前总统里根亲笔签署的“最高鉴赏证书”。1989年参加匈牙利“柯达伊”合唱作品国际比赛，获得了“极其优秀”的评价及荣誉证书。合唱团曾于1993年和2001年两次随北京市申奥代表团分别赴摩纳哥和莫斯科参加申办奥运主办权的活动。1996年合唱团在意大利参加第44届“圭多?达莱佐”国际复调合唱比赛，合唱团以自己特有的艺术魅力和精湛的技艺征服了欧洲，一举荣获四项大奖，创造了该项比赛历史上的记录。1999年合唱团赴俄罗斯参加纪念普希金诞辰200周年“莫斯科青年天才音乐节”，荣获唯一的特别奖和第一届国际合唱电视竞赛“金音叉”奖第一名。2003年2月合唱团作为亚洲地区的唯一代表，应邀在全美合唱指挥家年会上作示范演出，合唱团精彩的演出令在场的9000名来自全美及世界各地的著名指挥家多次长时间起立鼓掌，演出取得了巨大的成功。2004年5月合唱团应邀赴新加坡与新加坡交响乐团、新加坡合唱团以及拉脱维亚合唱团合作演出了“马勒第八”――《千人交响曲》，在新加坡引起了极大的轰动。2006年2月合唱团应邀赴马来西亚、新加坡等地进行东南亚巡回演出。

    合唱团一贯以“爱”和“奉献”的精神支持“希望工程”，为孤儿村演出，为全国中小学音乐教师演出。合唱团决心为推动合唱艺术、普及国民音乐教育发挥应有的作用，并将尽力为促进我国青少年与各国、各地区人民之间的友好往来与文化交流做出贡献。

    二十年余来，杨鸿年教授培养出了上千名热爱音乐的孩子，合唱团为祖国赢得了无数的荣誉，他们在中国合唱史上谱写了辉煌绚丽的一页。

Children and Young Women's Chorus of the China National Symphony Orchestra

 The world famous "The Children and Young Women's Chorus of the China National Symphony Orchestra" was founded in 1983 By Yang Hongnian, Professor of Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. Its members are students from primary and middle schools in Beijing. Professor Yang Hongnian and associate Professor Yang Li are the conductors, Professor Tang Chongqing from Capital Normal University is the Art Director and Accompanist.

 In the past 20 years, under the training of Central Conservatory Music Professor Yang Hongnian, a renowned music educator and conductor, the chorus has accumulated nearly 1000 songs and 400 performances. In January of 1988, the chorus won the first prize at "The Gold Cup National Tapes Competition". In October of 1991, the chorus was awarded the first prize for the Youth's Group in the Beijing Chorus Festival. The Chorus left their music in Europe, America and Asia as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, with special sensations everywhere they visited.  They have been awarded six international major awards and praised as one of the seven major children's choruses in the world. In 1987 the Chorus was invited to tour the US, participating in the International Children's Choir Festival held in Washington D.C. Former President Ronald Reagan signed the Highest Appreciation Certificate to the Chorus. In 1989 the Chorus received an honorary certificate from the Hungarian Kodaly Association commending its distinguished performance in the International Competition of Kodaly Chorus Works. The chorus has been invited four times to Japan on concert tours. It was praised as a "superior chorus, not only the pride of China but also the pride of our Orient; not only China's national treasure, but also the treasure of the world". In 1990, the chorus visited Vienna, Austria to participate in the chorus concert of "Country of Music-Young Singers from the Foot of the Great Wall". The former President of Austria highly praised their performance: "If only all the residents of Vienna could enjoy such wonderful music".

 The Chorus has visited Singapore twice which stimulated strong local sensations of praise.It was praised: "Such excellent concert has no precedent in Singapore and will properly not be surpassed in the future." The Chorus has toured Taiwan four times and caused great sensations over the entire Island. It was praised as "the common pride of Chinese people on both sides of the Strait." The Chorus has twice accompanied the Chinese Olympic Committee to visit Monaco and Moscow in 1993 and 2001 for the Chinese bidding of the Olympiad. In 1996, the Chorus participated in the 44th International Polyphonic Contest "Guido d' Arezzo" and was awarded 4 prizes, breaking the all-time record of the Chorus Competition.

 In 1997, the Chorus was selected as the "Best Performing Group" at the 5th International Children's Chorus Festival in Arizona of USA. In 1999, the Chorus attended the "Moscow Young Talent Music Festival" for Pushkin's 200 year ceremony and was awarded the only special award and number one of the "Golden Sound Folks" award of the first International Chorus Television Competition. Last February, as the only Asian representative, the Chorus conducted a show-case performance at ACDA's annual meeting and participated ACDA's concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Riverside Church of New York. The superb performance of the Chorus was received with a standing ovation of the over 9000 top conductors participating from all over the world, They were received with enthusiasm and achieved great success.

 Over 20 years, professor Yang Hongnian has trained over 1000 young music lovers. The Chorus has won numerous honors for China giving Chinese history of choral music many colorful and magnificent pages.

责编：张宁