Harbour City Series Concert 2
Wednesday 17 July
Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Tickets $20 – $25
Inner Mongolia Youth Choir
World Showcase Series Concert 2
Thursday 18 July, 7pm
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Tickets $25 – $35
The Inner Mongolia Youth Choir was founded in 2008. It was the first of its kind in Inner Mongolia. The choir currently consists of about 80 members, aged 12 to 17. All are from farming families on the plains of Inner Mongolia. Their teachers have global experience but and include representatives of traditional Mongol arts and culture. In addition to Mongol language songs, they also perform in Chinese and several foreign languages. Many of the members play musical instruments, including the traditional Mongolian horse head fiddle, as well as the piano, violin, and so on. They also perform traditional Mongolian dances.
In the past few years they have performed at various large-scale arts events throughout Inner Mongolia, China and the world, and have also held several dozen concerts of their own. In 2012, they won first place in both the All-China Children’s Song Competition and China International Choir Festival, boosting them to instant fame. The same year they travelled to Mongolia to participate in the “Voice of Youth” concert, held at the Ulaanbaatar Culture and Arts Center, where they once again achieved great success. Following this they participated in the Europe Choir Competition, Taipei International Choir Festival, and 10th World Symposium on Choir Music in Seoul, gradually solidifying their position as one of the major choirs of the world. Recent performances include at the American Choral Director’s Association in Minneapolis, USA and in Tallinn, Estonia by invitation. In 2017 their album “Swan Goose” won “Best Album in the 10th China Golden Disk” awards.
Yalungerile
Yalungerile was born in Inner Mongolia and graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of Music Department of Composition and Conducting in 1987, where she studied with conductor and educator, Prof. Ma Geshun. In 1998 she traveled to the US to participate in the Master conductor class of Bach scholar Helmuth Rilling. The same year she graduated from Central Conservatory of Music Department of Conducting, where she studied with Profs. Yan Liangkun and Wu Lingfen. She collaborated with the China National Symphony Orchestra Choir and China Youth Symphony Orchestra to hold a graduation concert called “Carmina Burana”, along with completing her Master’s thesis “On the Art of Mongolian Choir Music”, making her China’s first conductor to receive a Master’s degree. In 2015, as a visiting scholar, she went to UC’s College-Conservatory of Music for music exchanges. She currently acts as vice-chairman of the China Choir Union, and Conducting Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music. She is also an artistic conductor for the Qinghua University Students Choir, in-house conductor of the Inner Mongolia Mongolian Youth Choir, and artistic director and conductor of the Inner Mongolia Youth Choir.
Over the years, Yalungerile has constantly been active on the stage both in China and internationally and has held many successful concerts in countries such as the UK, Germany, US, Netherlands, and Italy, and has won many significant awards in China and abroad. She has also served as judge for many large-scale choir competitions throughout Europe, the CCTV Youth Singers Award Competition, and the Golden Bell Award. Her unique conducting style is very passionate and energetic, while having great attention to detail, earning her praise from others throughout the field. In.2017, Yalungerile and the Inner Mongolia Youth Choir performed by invitation at the American Choral Director’s Association in Minneapolis, USA. At this time, she was awarded the title “Chorus Ambassador” by International Federation for Choral Music.