Jinfan Chinese Orchestra of the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University won the Gold medal of the 20th Beijing Arts Festival

On June 1, 2017, the results of the 20th Beijing Elementary and Middle School Art Festival Competition were announced, and the Tsinghua Jinfan Folk Orchestra won the gold medal of the festival。

The competition of the Folk Music Golden Fan Group was held at Beijing No. 35 Middle School on April 23。Eighty students from the Jinfan Chinese Orchestra of the High School Attached to Tsinghua University participated in the competition under the leadership and conductor of Mr. Hu Jun, director of the office of the orchestra. They played "The Yellow River Under the World" and "Harvest Festival", which are two different styles of music with distinctive characteristics of North and South China。The students made excellent use of the Chinese Musical Instruments in their hands, showing the excitement and mystery contained in the works vividly。After the competition, critics used the word "impeccable" to comment and praise the orchestra's performance。

This competition，It follows the "The 5th International Art Festival Competition of Lincoln Center", the "New York United Nations" Special concert "The Flag of Our Fathers Flies Forever in the South China Sea", and the "Golden Sails Singing to the Motherland - The 10-year Award-winning Concert of the Golden Sails Chinese Orchestra of the Affiliated High School of Tsinghua"，The fourth major event attended this year，It is also the biennial technical test of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission and the Beijing Student Activity Management Center for the City Golden Fan Orchestra，The school and the orchestra attach great importance to it。Before the competition, Bai Xuefeng, the vice president in charge of the orchestra, came to the orchestra's rehearsal hall many times to watch the rehearsal and do the pre-game mobilization。In mid-March, after the audition in Haidian District, the orchestra re-adjusted the players and finally achieved a good result of the gold medal。

It is reported that the 20th Beijing Student Art Festival is sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission. The city-level performance of the Art festival opened on April 17, covering dance, instrumental music, rhythmic gymnastics and other content throughout the year。The participants cover about 1.3 million students from more than 1,600 primary and secondary schools in 16 districts of the city and Yanshan district。