音协人物 - 通俗歌曲演唱家曾燕琴
通俗歌曲演唱家曾燕琴 / Biography of Yanqin Zeng
曾燕琴毕业于广西艺术学院，主修声乐。波士顿中国音乐家协会创会会员，广西通俗音乐学会理事。是波士顿文艺舞台备受欢迎的演唱家。在中国多次参加声乐比赛获奖，如：中央电视台“第三届青年声乐大奖赛”广西赛区通俗唱法一等奖；广西桂林市“独秀歌星大奖赛”一等奖；中国“西南六省歌手大赛”优胜奖等。曾燕琴还多次受邀到香港、韩国等地演出，在参加各种大型演出活动中受到好评；在参加东盟博览会广西“三月三”大型文艺演出活动中获优秀演员奖。广西音像出版社对曾燕琴演唱的部分歌曲制作为磁带和CD销售，市场反应极佳。她还担任过2005年环球国际小姐中国赛区广西分赛区决赛评判；2008年K王争霸北美大型歌唱赛美东赛区裁判。曾燕琴目前分别在剑桥中文学校 和牛顿中文学校成人班担任声乐教师。
自波士顿中国音乐家协会成立以来，曾燕琴多次在“音协”举办的专场音乐会和文艺演出活动中演唱歌曲，这次将在“泱泱国风-《红楼梦》全版主题歌曲音乐会”中担任“题帕诗”和“叹香菱”的独唱任务，以及合唱辅导等工作。
Biography of Yanqin Zeng
Yanqin Zeng, a well-known popular music singer, graduated with major in vocal performance from the Guangxi Arts Institute, China. She is a co-founder of the Boston Chinese Musicians Association (BCMA), council member of the Guangxi Popular Music Association, and a well-recognized popular music vocal artist in the greater Boston area.
Ms. Zeng received many vocal competition awards including the first prize as a popular music singer in “the Third China Central Television (CCTV) Youth Vocal Competition” in Guangxi district; the first prize in “the Emerging Vocal Star Competition” in Guilin city, Guangxi; and the excellent singer award in “the Singing Championships of the Six Provinces in Southwest China” among other awards. She was also invited to have vocal performances in Hong Kong, South Korea and many other places for the international cultural exchanges and well received with high praises. She obtained “the Outstanding Vocal Artist" award for her performance in “the March Third Folk Music & Art Festival” in the China-ASEAN Exposition (CAEXPO) conducted in Guangxi, one of the major cultural events in Southeast Asia. Part of her performance was recorded on cassettes and CDs by the Guangxi Musical and Video Studio and achieved remarkable marketing successes and awareness. She also served as judge in the finals competitions of the “the 2005 Miss Globe” in Guangxi-China and “the 2008 North America King of Karaoke Singing Championships, Eastern US Division”. Ms. Zeng currently teaches vocal classes in Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture and Newton Chinese Language School in Massachusetts.
Since the foundation of BCMA, Ms. Zeng participated and performed in numerous concerts hosted by the BCMA and other art events. She will perform as soloist in BCMA’s “The Sound of China: Music from the Dream of the Red Chamber” and sing two songs in this show, Handkerchief Melody (题帕诗) and the Tragic Story of Xiang Ling (叹香菱). In addition, she serves as vocal coach for the BCMA chorus.
