Ric Birch

Cultural and Art Consultant for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games

Advisor to the International Paralympic Committee

 

Co-Chief Producer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics

Chief Producer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Torino Winter Paralympics

Chief producer and chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games

Executive Producer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games

Executive Producer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games

Production Director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics

Chief producer and chief director of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games

Christophe Berthonneau

 

2006 Turin Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies and celebration fireworks design and production

2005 Paris Bastille Day Celebration - Design and production of fireworks for the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

2004 London New Year's Eve celebration firework design and production

Design and production of fireworks for the 28th Athens Olympic Games in 2004

2004 Athens Paralympic celebration fireworks design and production

2003 Dublin Paralympics Opening Ceremony Fireworks Design and Production

Design and production of fireworks for the closing ceremony of the 1998 Football World Cup

Design and production of fireworks for the closing ceremony of the 1998 Lisbon World Expo

Design and production of fireworks for the closing ceremony of the 25th Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992 and the Paralympic Games

Jacques Heim

 

2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Opening Ceremony choreographer

In 2001, Heim was one of three choreographers selected to create Ballet Pacifica's annual choreography studio. He was named an "artist with a face" by the Los Angeles Times and "100 Coolest People in Los Angeles" by BUZZ magazine.

In 1999, Heim received a James Irwin Campus Foundation Fellowship and a Brodie Arts Foundation Fellowship in the Choreography Program for Choreographers.

Heim was nominated for the Lester Horton Award for Best Choreography in 1998 and 1999

Nominated for the CalArts/Dance Arts Alpert Award in Dance Art in 1996 and 2000

In 1992 Heim founded the Diavolo Dance Theater

1992 Martha Hill Choreography Award at the American Dance Festival

In 1992, Heim won the Jury Special Award at the 6th International Dance Festival in Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Rick Garson

 

A decision-maker and promoter with fearless creativity in the entertainment industry

The large-scale events he created and produced have reached billions of viewers worldwide. He has extensive knowledge of film, television, sports, and music. Unlimited creativity, ingenious integration of brand and TV programs, successful promotion of world tour sponsors in the media, and the perfect combination of the most prestigious performances in the music industry with the world's top 500 companies make it Enjoy a high reputation in the industry. His works have collaborated with the following artists, including publicity and production works (just to name a few):

Michael Jackson

Avril Lavigne

U2

Britney Spears

Bryan Adams

Destiny’s Child

Celine Dion

Kayne West

The Rolling Stones

Whitney Houston

Alicia Keys

Usher

N’Sync

Han Jingting

Director of the Creative Office of the Political Department of the Air Force (civilian major general)

Member of the National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association

Member of China Music Association, Drama Association,TV Artists  Association, Artists Association and other associations

Member of the Military Art Steering Committee

Famous writer, poet, painter, lyricist

 

More than ten times won the "51 Project Award", "Fei Tian Award" and "Fiction Award"

Served as chief writer in dozens of national large-scale activities, cultural performances and TV evenings, including:

Opening and closing ceremony of the 4th (2005) and 5th (2009) East Asian Games

Opening Ceremony of the 5th (2003) and 6th (2007) Urban Games

Opening Ceremony of the 6th (1999) and 7th (2003) National Minority Traditional Sports Games

Opening Ceremony of the 10th National Games (2005)

Opening Ceremony of the 21st Universiade (2001)

Large-scale theatrical performances to celebrate the return of Hong Kong and Macau to the motherland Main literary works: "Sun Wu", "War, Let Women Go Away", "Triumph at Midnight"

Lyric works: "Today is your birthday, my motherland", "Century Spring Rain", "Broken Bridge Last Dream"

Zhu Hai

Famous Chinese TV literary planner, writer, poet and lyricist

 

He has served as the leading creator of large-scale Spring Festival Gala for many years, "CCTV Spring Festival Gala," "Ministry of Public Security's Spring Festival Gala with Lights from Thousands of Houses," The Laughter of Hundreds of Million Farmers - CCTV Seventh Farmer Spring Festival Gala, "CCTV Spring Festival Song and Dance Gala," "Hundred Flowers Welcome Spring" One by one China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Spring Festival Gala" and other large-scale Spring Festival Gala creative work.

He has been a planner and writer for various large-scale variety show CCTV (national level) for many years. Including "Heart to Heart" Art Troupe, CCTV Young Singer TV Grand Prix; National "Flying Award," "Starlight Award" awarding party, "Film and Television Heroes Meeting", etc.; has been employed as a judge of China Music Television Competition and China Pop Music Competition. Judge for the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games Song Contest and the 26th World University Games Song Contest.

Over the years, he has successively served as the planner, writer and producer of CCTV's brand columns "Variety Show", "Sound and Picture Fashion", "Art Life", "Folk Song China", "Avenue of Stars", "Country Big World", "Homeland" and so on.

Han Li Xun

Chief Stage Designer of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games

 

Serve as the chief designer of large-scale cultural and sports activities or theatrical performances, and the chief designer of the plastic arts: such as the opening ceremony of the Fourth World Conference on Women in the United Nations, large-scale theatrical performances from all walks of life in the capital celebrating the return of Hong Kong to the motherland, and the opening ceremony of the 21st World University Games, etc.

In 2008, he was awarded the "Advanced Individual of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games" by the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Government, and the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee

In 2008, won the Outstanding Individual Award for the performance of the "Xiangyun Theater" in the Olympic Central Area of the Beijing Olympic Games

In 2006, "Heaven, Earth and Man" won the single award of the 7th hundred TV stations' art program selection-excellent dance beauty award

In 2001, the 21st World University Games open-type large-scale cultural performance "Hello, 21" won the Beijing "Ten One Project Award"

Awarded by the Preparatory Committee for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Capital in 1999

In 1999, the opening ceremony of the 6th National Minority Games "Splendid China" was commended by the National Ethnic Affairs Commission

Awarded by the Chinese Organizing Committee of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995

Deng Rui Bin

Famous director, choreographer, national first-level choreographer, famous artist

 

Years as director or executive director of major events include:

Chief director or executive director of more than ten large-scale events, including the opening ceremony of the 6th and 7th National Ethnic Games, the 6th Urban Games, the 10th National Games, the 21st Universiade, and the opening ceremony of the 4th East Asian Games director

Director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 14th Guangdong Provincial Games in 2014

Chief Director of the 7th Nanchang "Urban Games" in 2011

Deputy Chief Director and Executive Chief Director of the opening ceremony of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games

One of the directors of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Executive director of Nanning Folk Song Festival in 2004, director of large-scale landscape drama "Happy Lijiang"

In 2003, he was the editor and director of the Spring Festival Gala of CCTV and the executive director of the cultural performance "Ode to Lotus" by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles to celebrate the return of Macao.

Qiao Wei

Well-known planner、Media person、Columnist

 

Master of Arts in the Chinese Department of Peking University, and a disciple of Zhang Yiwu, a well-known scholar at Peking University. During his studies, he published 100 works in major Chinese literary journals, won the "May 4th Literature Award" and many awards, and wrote many poems and novels.

He won various awards, such as the "China News Award" and "Rainbow Award" for writing live broadcasts of large-scale events such as the return of Hong Kong and Macau to the motherland, the 50th anniversary of the National Day, and the opening of the Beijing Olympics.

He participated in the Beijing Olympic Song Solicitation Series, the Olympic Youth Camp, the Beijing Olympic Volunteer Series, the theme planning, and overall literature coordination of mass parades in the capital of all walks of life since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The large-scale TV programs (events) planned by him have won the China TV Starlight Award and the title of China's famous TV column many times. He has served as "The Same Song", "Art Life", "Golden Years", "Chinese Film Report", and "Glorious Blooming" , "People and Society," and dozens of well-known TV program planning and writing.

In 2005, he was awarded the title of China's top ten media planner and was hailed as the media planner with the most humanistic temperament and cutting-edge style in the industry. Author of monographs "Extraordinary Dialogue", "They Say", "Report of Reporters from Overseas Chinese Hometowns in China", "Global Chinese Media Strategy and Trend," and other monographs.

Qin Zheng

National first-class director of Beijing TV Art Program Center

 

Won the "Golden Eagle Award, Starlight Award, Rainbow Award" and other national awards

1995-1998, 2002, 2004 Chief Director of Beijing TV Spring Festival Gala

18 years of working experience, served as the general director of the following large-scale activities

2010 Asian Games Torch Collection Ceremony

Launching Ceremony of the Torch Relay for the 16th Asian Games

The Closing Ceremony of the 13th Guangdong Provincial Games

The Closing Ceremony of the 11th Henan Provincial Games

The First Olympic Culture Festival Art Performance

2009 The 10th National Middle School Games Opening Ceremony, 2009 National Fishing Championship Opening Ceremony

2008 Beijing 2008 Paralympic Torch Gathering Ceremony Opening Ceremony of Olympic Youth Camp and Cultural Performance

2007 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Torch Release Ceremony and Cultural Performance

2006 Macao Cultural Festival" Opening Ceremony

2005 State Administration of Radio, Film and Television "Film People's Congress Gala", Beijing Olympic theme slogan release ceremony and theatrical performance 2004 Beijing Paralympic Games emblem release ceremony and theatrical performance

2003-2005 Beijing College Student Film Festival Awards Gala

Gao Ju<

 

In 2008, the main creative member of the director group of the opening ceremony of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games

Chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 17th Beijing International Tourism Festival in 2015

Chief Director of 2015 Beijing New Year Countdown

In 2015, CCTV's first large-scale reality show "Ding, cough, throat, and choke" was the chief director of the program

Chief Director of the 20th Anniversary Celebration Party of Tiens Group in 2015

In 2005, he was awarded the title of China's top ten media planners, and was hailed as the media planner with the most humanistic temperament and cutting-edge style in the industry.

Director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the first "Silk Road International Film Festival" in 2014

Chief Director of 2014 Beijing New Year Countdown

Chief Director of 2013 Beijing New Year Countdown

Chief Director of 2013 China International Automobile Rally Launching Ceremony (Beijing Nest)

Chief Director of the Opening Ceremony of the 3rd China Beijing International Film Festival in 2013

2012 Beijing New Year countdown event.

Han Chun Qi

Director of Art Design Department of Beijing Dance Academy

Costume Design for the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games

General costume design for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Guangzhou Asian Games

 

In the past 20 years, he has designed a large number of costumes and stage designs for dances, dance dramas and large-scale cultural evenings.

2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Opening and Closing Ceremony Costume Design General Design

2008 Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony Costume Design Chief

2006 Guangdong Province celebrated the 85th anniversary of the founding of the party's large-scale cultural evening "Historical New Beginning" costume design

Chief designer of costumes and props for the opening ceremony of the 2006 11th World Youth Athletics Championships "Come on Youth!"

2005 The Closing Ceremony of the 4th East Asian Games Large-scale Theatrical Gala "Auld Lang Syne" costumes and props general design

2005 General design of costumes and props for the large-scale theatrical performance "Symphony of the Times" at the opening ceremony of the 10th National Games

2004 Chief designer of costumes and props for the 39th "Singapore National Day Celebration"

2003 General design of costumes and props for the opening ceremony of the 5th National Urban Games

2003 Director of Costume and Props Design for the Chinese side of the super-large panoramic opera "Aida" in Beijing

2002 General designer of costumes and props for the opening ceremony of the 21st Universiade "Hello 21"

1999 Costume Design for the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China "Ode to the Motherland"

Bian Liu Nian

famous musician

 

He served as a director of the China Environmental Culture Promotion Association. National first-class composer and performer, music director and conductor of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, member of the National Association of Instrumentalists, member of the China Light Music Society, member of the National Association of Recording Engineers, and member of the National MIDI Society. As the founder of China's new folk music movement and the leader of Chinese pop music, Xia Jiujiu has served as the music director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for 14 consecutive years and as the music creator, coordinator, guide, and director of CCTV Spring Festival Gala for 22 years. He has also been in charge of the "Guangxi Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival Large-scale Song and Dance Gala", "Dalian International Clothing and Accessories Expo Theatrical Performance", "China TV Golden Eagle Awards Gala", "China Beijing International TV Week Gala", "The Sixth China Art Festival" "Tsingtao Beer Festival", "Luoyang Peony Festival", "Our Xinjiang Good Place Large-scale Cultural Evening", "The Closing Ceremony of the 21st Universiade", "The Celebration Party of the 6th Nanjing Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference", "The Opening Ceremony Performance of the Ninth National Games in Guangzhou", "Harbin Ice and Snow Festival" The main creator and music director of hundreds of large-scale evening shows such as "Opening Ceremony", and almost all the opening songs, theme songs, closing songs, and song creation and arrangement of all large-scale evening shows.

Zhang Hong Guang

Famous Composer of China Opera and Dance Theater, Music Consultant of Asia Philharmonic Orchestra

Chairman/Music Director of Beijing Four Seasons Light Culture Media Co., Ltd.

 

The magnificent theme music, such as the long historical masterpiece "Hanwu Emperor" and "Kangxi Empire," is written by Zhang Hongguang. Borrow Five Hundred Years," and a batch of magnificent music works.

In addition, he also has very high achievements in music arrangement and orchestration. The music works arranged by him such as "Story of Spring", "When it doesn't blow and it doesn't rain, there is sun", "Two Butterflies "Outside the Window" and other music works are widely sung, popular all over China. Zhang Hongguang has also created rich TV and film music works, such as "The Emperor of Han Wu", "Deng Xiaoping", "The Secret History of Emperor Tai "Kangxi Dynasty", "The Secret History of Phoenix in the Jianghu", "Absolute Rights" and other music works, and participated in the production The music of movies and TV series "A World Without Thieves", "Moment in Peking", "Genghis Khan" and "I Love My Family".

In addition, he has also produced music for large-scale dance dramas such as "Desert Dunhuang", Farewell My Concubine, "Shangri-La", and "Yunshui Luoshen". Zhang Hongguang also served as the music director of the 60th anniversary fireworks show and the music director of the 11th National Games.

Xu Zhi Jun

National First Class Conductor

Permanent conductor of the Central Opera House

Permanent Conductor of China National Orchestra

 

As an active conductor in today's music scene, he has cooperated well with many orchestras. He has acted as a conductor in many large-scale performances held by the state. He has visited Germany, France, the United States, the Netherlands, Russia, Greece, Egypt, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and other countries and regions. Conducted the premiere of the Chinese operas "Marco Polo" and "Yu Niang." Due to his outstanding contributions to the field of art, he was awarded the "Excellent Conductor Award" and "(Opera) Best Conductor Award" by the Ministry of Culture, and the title of "Artist with Virtue and Art" awarded by China

2005 "For Justice and Peace" Music Compilation and Creation

2004 "Xiaoping Hello" theme song "Xiaoping Hello" composing

1999 Composer of the song "Flower God" in "Celebrating the Return of Macao"

1997 Composed the theme song "Reunion" of "Celebrating the Return of Hong Kong"

1996 Composer of the theme song "Magnificent Voyage" of "Magnificent Voyage"

1996 "National Anthem Concert" music compilation

1995 Compilation and creation of the theme song "We Love Peace" of "Bright Praise"

1993 "Large party commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth" music compilation

Meng Ke

Composer and famous music producer of China National Oriental Song and Dance Troupe

 

He created program music for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for seven consecutive years. In 2004, he was invited to act as the composer and arranger for the 8-minute Chinese dance music and promotional film music for the flag-receiving ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games closing ceremony directed by the famous director Zhang Yimou; he created the theme song "Sing for You" for the award ceremony of the "2006 Young Singer TV Contest"; Cooperated with famous directors Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, etc. to create film and television music, and created the theme song "Vine Entangled Tree" for the large-scale landscape performance "Impression Liu Sanjie"; also composed Peng Liyuan, Yan Weiwen, Dai Yuqiang, Tan Jing, Yang Kun, Chen Lin, Sun Yue, Chen Composer and arranger for Ming and other personal albums.

His works have won many awards, including: "Teng Chan Shu," which won the 2004 Best World Music Composer Award on the Asia Pacific Music List and the China Original Song Award. The adapted work "I Love You, Snow in Saibei" won the gold medal at the Brussels Music Festival in Belgium. In 2005, 2006, and 2007, the creative works of the Spring Festival Gala won the first and second prizes. "Rush to the Gold Medal," composed and arranged, won the award in the third Olympic song selection and was selected as the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games song. He was responsible for the composition and arrangement of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Wang Bing Ran

Director of Beijing Children's Art

National second-level director and screenwriter

 

Large-scale musical "Monster's Tears" large-scale musical interactive children's drama "Red Children" large-scale musical "Pet Story"

Large-scale realistic children's drama "Children Who Want to Fly" experimental drama "He and She" served as the art director of "Hutong com" in 2015

In 2014, the screenwriter and director's work "Children Who Want to Fly" won the Golden Lion Award for Children's Plays, participated in the 13th "Five One Project" Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction of the Central Propaganda Department in 2014, and won the outstanding work

In 2013, the screenwriter and director's work "Children Who Want to Fly" won the Wenhua Award for Outstanding Play, and the National Top Ten Stage Excellence Engineering Awards

In 2012, the screenwriter and director's work "Pet Story" won the Drama Culture Award and the Drama Golden Lion Award (Excellent Work Award)

In 2010, he won the National Drama Culture Award and the Golden Lion Award for Drama (Excellent Director Award)

In 2009, the musical interactive children's drama "Red Boy" won the Excellent Play Award of the Five One Project Award for the Construction of Spiritual Civilization by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

In 2008, he was awarded the Beijing Olympic Individual Contribution Award by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee for planning and directing dozens of large-scale Olympic-themed events and evening parties.

In 2005, the musical "Monster's Tears" won the Ministry of Culture's Fifth National Children's Drama Excellent Director Award and the First Prize of Repertoire.

Ma Xin

Member of the Audio Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Stage Design

Chief Sound Designer/Chief Conductor of Audio Engineering for the Opening Ceremony of Shanghai World Expo

Beijing Olympic Games (Paralympics) Opening and Closing Ceremonies Chief Audio Designer/Chief Audio Director

 

2010 Shanghai World Expo Opening Ceremony Chief Audio Designer and Chief Conductor of Audio Engineering

2009 The 60th anniversary of the National Day Celebration General parade, Audio general design for the parade

In 2008, the opening and closing ceremonies of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Paralympic Games, the sound design and the chief conductor of sound engineering

2003 Sound design for the world-famous large-scale sitcom "Aida" in Beijing Workers' Stadium

2001 Beijing Workers Stadium, the opening ceremony of the 21st Universiade "HELLO 21" Audio design

1999 Macao Special Administrative Region "The Opening and Closing Ceremonies and Evening Party of the 4th East Asian Games" Audio design

1997 Beijing Workers' Stadium "Celebrate the Return of Hong Kong" large-scale theatrical performance Audio design

1995 Audio design for the large-scale theatrical performance "NGO in Beijing" at the opening of the 4th World Women's Conference

1994 Audio design for the opening ceremony and large-scale theatrical performances of the 6th Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled

Zheng Bing

National First-Class Composer and State Council Special Allowance Expert

Deputy Director of Dalian Song and Dance Troupe

Chairman of Dalian Musicians Association

 

The work "The First Erhu Concerto" won the first prize in the Liaoning Provincial Symphony Competition and the honor award of the "International New Music Composition Competition" in the United States; The first prize and the first prize for the composition of the National Dance Theater Observation Performance:

In 1994, he won the National Outstanding Composition Award for Symphony Music; he composed the ballet "Erquan Yingyue" and won the first prize in the composition of the 1997 National Dance Drama Competition. In 1991, the "Zheng Bing Erhu Works Concert" was held in the Beijing Concert Hall. The gold award composer Zheng Bing is a national first-class composer and an expert with special allowance from the State Council, and was selected as the composition team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

He has created many large-scale square evening parties such as CCTV celebrating the return of Hong Kong, the opening ceremony of the 2001 Beijing Universiade, the opening ceremony of the 5th East Asian Games in Macau, and the opening ceremony of more than ten consecutive Dalian International Fashion Festivals. Zheng Bing is a practitioner of the modernization of traditional Chinese music. He has created more than hundreds of large-scale national instrumental concertos, symphonic poems, symphonic dance music and other diversified works. Outstanding Creation Award, First Prize in Composition in National Dance Drama Competition, Golden Tripod Award for Composition in Taiwan and other awards.