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Women's Twelve Musical Instruments Archives and Introduction

Women's Twelve Musical Instruments was born in June 2001, and is a pop art group that combines traditional Chinese instrument combinations with modern pop performance forms. She is a pop art group that combines traditional Chinese musical instruments with modern pop music performance forms. With beautiful music melodies and passionate live performances, she has expanded the appreciation group of Chinese folk instrumental music and promoted Chinese folk music at home and abroad.

The members of the Twelve Girls' Music Ensemble come from China's prestigious art schools such as the Central Conservatory of Music, the China Conservatory of Music, the Central University for Nationalities and the People's Liberation Army Academy of Art. The instruments used in the performances are: guzheng, yangqin, pipa, erhu, bamboo flute, xiao, hulusi, dulcimer and other Chinese instruments.

The agency of the Twelve Girls is Beijing Century Star Disk Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and the general manager, Mr. Wang Xiaojing, is the founder of the Twelve Girls. As early as 1997, Mr. Wang Xiaojing began to think about how to repackage Chinese folk music, so as to expand its appreciation group and have the ability to enter the international mainstream music market. After years of serious thinking and repeated discussions with close friends in the art world, a brand new form of folk music performance was gradually taking shape in his mind - this is the Twelve Girls' Music Ensemble, which is a hot phenomenon at home and abroad today.

On June 10, 2001, graduates and students from China's major art schools flocked to the recruitment site of the Twelve Girls' Music Ensemble to show off their skills. Twelve beautiful women were selected, and on June 18th, the 12 Girls' Music Ensemble was founded, and on October 5th, the first concert of the 12 Girls' Music Ensemble was held at the 21st Century Theatre in Beijing, the Charm Concert. From then on, the Twelve Girls' Music Ensemble's innovative form of folk music expression began to accept the test of the market. At a time when there were mixed feelings about the concert, mixed feelings about the future of the Twelve Girls and their new form of folk music performance, and skepticism about whether or not Chinese folk music could ever catch fire, the Twelve Girls made appearances one after the other on various stages in China, diligently presenting their music and performances to the world. At the same time, Mr. Wang Xiaojing was also actively contacting foreign counterparts to introduce the 12 Girls' Ensemble to the international market, in accordance with the original concept of the Ensemble. As the music content and performance form became more mature, on January 7, 2003, the 12 Girls' Ensemble successfully held its second concert, "Miracle", at the Beijing Exhibition Center Theater. The perfect combination of Chinese folk instrumental music and modern pop music expression touched the hearts of people inside and outside the industry, and was also recognized by professionals at home and abroad. With its infectious music and powerful performances and innovative folk music combination forms, Women's Twelve Music Ensemble has knocked on the door to the international market.

In February 2003, Beijing Century Star Disk Culture Communication Co., Ltd. signed a contract with Japan Platia Co., Ltd. and *** with the operation of the Twelve Women's Music Ensemble to enter the Japanese market. After a large-scale, high-investment, multi-vision publicity, when July 24, 2003 Women's Twelve Music Studio in Japan listed on the first music album has just come out, it jumped on the Japanese sales champion list: sold 10,000 copies on the first day, two months to break through the 1 million mark. So far, the album has sold more than 2 million copies in Japan. It has created the miracle of overseas distribution of Chinese music records, and also the miracle of single-disc distribution of Japanese instrumental music albums. Successively won the 2003 Japan Record Award, Sales Award, Outstanding Artist Award and so on. Received six nominations for the first China Light Music Society Award and finally won five of the awards. Honored to participate in the 2003 Japan Red and White Song Contest. Appointed as the city tourism ambassador by Hangzhou, China. 2004 March 3, the second album "Splendor" released in Japan was on the market and released, and created new sales records: the first day of sales on the first day of the market in Japan, and the first week of sales on the first week of the market.

Beijing Century Star Disk Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and Japan Platia Co., Ltd. have begun to cooperate to develop a new market for Twelve Girls: the North American market. It is expected that Girls' Twelve represents not only the image of Chinese music, but also the image of Oriental music, and will successfully penetrate the mainstream music market in North America. "Our goal is: the Grammy Awards," is a vow that Mr. Wang Xiaojing, General Manager of Beijing Century Star Disk Cultural Communication Co.

Ying Lei: plays erhu and dulcimer

Graduated from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts,

won the gold medal in the National Ethnic Minority Instrumental Competition

Binqu Liao: plays wind instruments

Graduated from the Central University for Nationalities, she won the silver medal in the Guangxi Provincial Instrumental Competition.

Zhang Kun: plays Pipa

Graduated from China Conservatory of Music,

was awarded the Junior Silver Prize in Hebei Province Instrumental Competition.

Zhou Jiannan: plays Guzheng

Graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music,

was awarded the Gold Prize in the Beijing Ethnic Instrumental Competition.

Ma Jingjing: plays the yangqin

Graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music,

Did a double course in guzheng and percussion during her college years,

Has traveled abroad for many times for lectures and performances.

Zhan Lijun: plays erhu

Graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music,

Was awarded the Excellence Prize in the International Instrumental Music Competition.

Zhongbao: plays pipa

Graduated from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts,

was awarded the Best Performance Prize in the Hebei Provincial Ethnic Instrumental Competition.

Zhang Shuang: plays Pipa

Graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music,

was awarded the Gold Prize in Liaoning Provincial Instrumental Competition.

Yang Songmei: plays yangqin

Graduated from the China Conservatory of Music,

was awarded the Silver Prize in the Beijing Ethnic Instrumental Competition

Sun Yuanyuan: plays wind instruments

Graduated from the Central University for Nationalities,

was awarded the Silver Prize in the First Hope Cup Instrumental Competition.

Jiang Jin: plays Erhu

Studying at the China Conservatory of Music,

was awarded the Junior Gold Prize in the Beijing Instrumental Music Competition.

Sun Ting: plays erhu

Studying at the Central Conservatory of Music,

was awarded the Silver Prize in the Longyin International Instrumental Competition.

Yan Yin: plays Erhu

Graduated from the China Conservatory of Music,

won the Silver Prize in the Nanjing Instrumental Competition.

Lady's Twelve Music Ensemble Milestones:

June 18, 2001 Founded in Beijing.

On October 5, 2001, the first concert was held at the 21st Century Theater in Beijing.

February 2002 Performed at the Spring Festival Gala organized by CCTV.

January 7, 2003 In Beijing Exhibition Hall Theater held a special concert.

February 2003 Started to cooperate with Platia Japan to develop the Japanese market.

July 24, 2003 "Twelve Girls" album was released in Japan. The album sold 10,000 copies on the first day and exceeded the million-copy mark within two months.

On December 31, 2003, the band won the "Japan Record Award 2003" and participated in the "Japan Red and White Song Contest 2003".

January 2, 2004: A special concert was held at the Japan Budokan.

January 15-18, 2004 in Hong Kong Red Pavilion concert, originally scheduled for only two shows, but due to the strong market response and increased to four shows.

January 2004 Participated in the "China Light Music Society Award", won six nominations, and finally won five awards.

February 18-19, 2004, two concerts were held in cooperation with JTB Japan, more than a thousand Japanese fans came to Shanghai to watch the performance.

On February 20, 2004, "Twelve Girls" was hired by Hangzhou City as "Hangzhou Tourism Image Spokesperson".

March 3, 2004, the second album "Brilliant" was released in Japan, creating new sales records: the first day of sales in Japan, the first week of sales.

March 10, 2004 Won Japan's 2003 Outstanding Artist Award. Won Japan's 2003 Annual Record Sales Award. 2004 March 19-20, 2004 in Beijing Exhibition Hall Theater successfully held "in that distant place - Wang Luobin works concert".

On April 1 and May 8, 2004, he performed 32 concerts in Japan.