北京爱乐合唱团创始人杨鸿年逝世，享年86岁-中新网 新京报讯(记者 刘臻)7月26日，北京爱乐合唱团发表讣告，北京爱乐合唱团创始人，中国著名指挥家、音乐教育家，中央音乐学院终身学术委员、指挥系教授杨鸿年，因病医治无效，于2020年7月26日13时55分在北京逝世，享年86岁。 图片来自北京爱乐合唱团官网。 杨鸿年出生于1934年，江苏南京人，自幼酷爱音乐。 1951年任南京人民广播电台合唱队指挥，1951年秋考入上海华东师大音乐系，师从杨嘉仁教授及德国指挥家希兹曼学习指挥，向前苏联专家阿尔扎玛诺夫学习曲式、复调。 1958年任教于北京艺术师范学院音乐系，1973年调至中央音乐学院作曲系、指挥系任教。 杨鸿年于1983年创办北京爱乐合唱团。 三十余年来，他秉承“爱和奉献”的宗旨，率领这支合唱团唱遍世界各地，并在国内外重要比赛中获得了几十项大奖。 曾先后指挥中央乐团合唱队、中央民族歌舞团、东方歌舞团、上海合唱团等30余个团体的演出，并举行多场交响音乐会及合唱音乐会。 著作有《乐队训练学》、《合唱训练学》、《二部歌曲写作》、《儿童歌曲集》(上下册)及论文《论合唱音准问题》、《论管弦乐的音响层次布局》，以及译作《合唱配器法》及《德彪西的和声语言》等。
Yang Hongnian, Founder of Beijing Philharmonic Chorus, Dies at the Age of 86-China News Service Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) On July 26, Beijing Philharmonic Chorus issued an obituary, saying that Yang Hongnian, founder of Beijing Philharmonic Chorus, famous Chinese conductor and music educator, and lifetime academic member and professor of Conducting Department of Central Conservatory of Music, died in Beijing at 13:55 on July 26, 2020 at the age of 86 due to a disease not eradicated with medical treatment. The picture is picked from the official website of the Beijing Philharmonic Chorus. Born in 1934 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Yang Hongnian loved music since childhood. In 1951, he became conductor of Nanjing People’s Broadcasting Station Chorus, and in the autumn of 1951, he was admitted to Music Department of East China Normal University to study music conducting under the tutelage of Professor Yang Jiaren and German conductor Hizman and simultaneously learn about musical forms and polyphony from the former Soviet specialist Arzamanov. In 1958, he became a tutor in Music Department of Beijing Normal University of Arts, and in 1973, he was transferred to Composition Department and Conducting Department of Central Conservatory of Music for teaching there. In 1983, Yang Hongnian founded Beijing Philharmonic Chorus. For more than 30 years, he has been adhering to the tenet of "love and dedication", leading this chorus to sing all over the world, and has won dozens of awards in important competitions at home and abroad. He has successively directed the performances of more than 30 groups including Central Orchestra Chorus, Central National Song and Dance Ensemble, Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble, and Shanghai Chorus, and held numerous symphony and chorus concerts. His books include "Theory of Orchestra Training", "Theory of Chorus Training", "Composition of Soprano & Alto Songs", "Collected Children Songs" (Volumes 1 and 2), and papers including "On Chorus Intonations", "On Sound Hierarchical Layout of Orchestral Music", and translation works "Orchestration for Choruses" and "Debussy's Harmonic Language".