The Glinka Boys Choir is affiliated to the Glinka Choral Academy, the oldest professional academic institution in Russia. For more than 500 years, this choir has participated in and witnessed many important historical moments in Russia. It not only has long-term and close cooperative relations with the world's top theaters such as the Mariinsky Theater and the Bolshoi Theater, but has also cultivated such talents as Chidashenko and the German Chorus. Famous conductors such as Mitriyev can be called the cradle of Russian conductors. It is no exaggeration to say that the Glinka Boys Choir is not only a cultural business card of Russia, but also a cultural treasure of Eurasia.
In this concert, the choir sang many Russian classics with pure children's voices: Tchaikovsky's "Sixteen Children's Songs" and "Nightingale", the folk songs "Monotonous Bells" and "Oh, You Are the Vast Prairie" ", as well as the popular "Evening on the Suburbs of Moscow", etc., fully displaying the charm of Russian style.
Vladimir Begersov, who is the conductor of this performance, is the current artistic director and conductor of the Glinka Boys Choir. He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
In 1992, Vladimir Begersov won the championship of the "Yehudi Menuhin Foundation" International Orchestra Conducting Competition (France). For ten years after graduating in 1993, he served as conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Opera and Ballet Theater named after Korsakov.
From 1991 to 2007, Vladimir Begersov served as the artistic director of the Glinka Boys Choir; starting in March 2014, he resumed his cooperation with the choir and served as the director of the Glinka Choral Academy. Dean and Artistic Director of the Glinka Boys Choir. He often leads the boys' choir to tour in Russia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and other places, and has performed with well-known chamber orchestras, symphony orchestras and choirs in different countries in Russia and many top European venues. Successful performance in the concert hall. Today, the name is closely associated with this historic choir.
On the afternoon of the 27th, under the leadership of Bergsov, the young singers of the Glinka Boys Chorus conducted serious rehearsals in the concert hall of Dongyi.
Children from Chinese art groups such as the Shanghai Oriental Art Center Children’s Choir performed on the same stage, singing songs familiar to the Chinese audience such as "Evenings in the Suburbs of Moscow", "Katyusha" and "Jasmine".
During the rehearsal process, Begelsov also gave careful guidance to the Chinese children's singing.
The Glinka Boys Choir is divided into two groups: children and teenagers. The members of the youth group are children who have gone through the period of changing their voices. They not only greatly expand the vocal range of the choir and broaden the types of works that can be performed, but they can also sing many classic Western pop music as an independent group. .
As an academic choir, most of its members have received strict and systematic music training, and many of them are music majors and are proficient in various instruments. Piano accompaniment during the performance was completed by choir members.
Before the performance, the young singers dressed in formal attire and transformed into gentlemen waiting for the performance.
Little singers from China and Russia shared the stage and performed Chinese and Russian classic songs, winning warm applause from the audience.
