Organizing committee introduction
◆ Meng Rong - Co-Chair, Director of the Confucius Institute
Ms. Meng Rong is the Director of Confucius Institute in Quebec, the Principal of Montreal Jiahua School, the President of Quebec Chinese School Association, and the Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 7th FHXY Montreal Chinese New Year Gala. After graduating from East China Normal University with a degree in Chinese, Meng Rong came to Canada to study Educational Administration at McGill University and received his Master's degree. She has not only gained teaching experience in China, but also worked at McGill University and Dawson College for many years teaching Chinese as a foreign language. She has hosted several large cultural performances in Montreal, Canada.
◆ Jun Guo - Chief Planner
Jun Guo, pseudonym Mengcun Lao Guo, is a Chinese-American writer and poet. He is the president of the North American Literary Institute. He has planned and organized many large-scale events in Montreal. His main activities include the six "Feng Hua Xue Yue FHXY" Chinese New Year Gala from 2017 to 2022, and the four Canadian International Double Fifth Festival series in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, where he was the chief planner and chairman of the organizing committee. In 2020, he was the chief planner of the first "Poetry in the Epidemic - Love is Eternal" global poetry reading concert online charity performance. In 2018, he won the Top 10 China Poets Award and the China Poet Laureate Award, and in 2019, he was hired as the deputy editor-in-chief by the editorial board of New Age Writers and Poets, and in the same year, he was hired as a consultant by the editorial board of the National Culture Heritage Committee. Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Editorial Board.
◆ Jie Zhang - Chief Director
Ms. Jie Zhang, pseudonym Lavender, lives in Montreal, Canada. She is a member of the North American Literary Institute and the Canada-China Pen Society. She has published a series of works such as "Sending Love to the Landscape", "People on the Journey" and "Women's Flowers in the Eyes of Lavender" in many media in Montreal. She was the general director of the four FHXY Chinese Spring Festival Gala in Montreal in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022, and the general director of the four Canadian International Double Fifth Culture and Arts Festivals in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. The 7th and 8th Chinese Poetry Spring Festival Gala Canada Branch directing team member. Head of the Montreal Branch of the 1st and 2nd CCTV Aihua Spring Festival Gala.
◆ Jane Chen - Famous piano professor
Jane Chen, a Certified Music Professor at the Royal Conservatory of Canada, studied at Guangdong Xinghai Music Institute and Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, majoring in piano, studied in Canada in 1997, received a diploma of piano art performance from Concordia University Music Department and a master of music education from Mcgill College of Music. She is the President of the Quebec Chinese Musicians Association since 2016. 2022 is the music director of the 4th Canadian International Double Fifth Festival.
◆ Elsa Sun - Famous choreographer in Montreal
Elsa Sun, a former Canadian examiner for the Chinese National Culture Ministry's Art Examination Center; received the qualification certificate for the Chinese Dancers Association's examinations and the qualification for the Chinese National Culture Ministry's Art Center's examinations; served as a dance instructor for Gong Li and others. She was the special choreographer of the first "China New Singer Finals" in Montreal, the dance teacher of Questo in Montreal, the contracted coach of Nike, and the general director of the performance of the large photo exhibition "Chinese Family Portrait of 56 Nationalities Walking Together". She was the Artistic Director of the 4th, 5th and 6th Montreal FHXY Spring Festival Gala and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Canadian International Double Fifth Festival "Love in a Thousand Mountains". She has performed and composed many Canadian and American jazz greats and was appointed Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at McGill University's Schulich School of Music and continues to perform as a pianist and drummer on a freelance basis.
◆ Yaoping Wang - Montreal famous dance artist
Wang Yao Ping is a famous Canadian dancer, founder of Yao Ping Dance Studio, and dance instructor, who provides beginner and intermediate dance training for dance enthusiasts, and selects the best students to form dance teams to rehearse dance repertoire for quality cultural performances in Montreal. The studio mainly teaches Chinese folk dances, and has rehearsed many classical works, such as Han dance "A Thousand Degrees in a Dream", "Butterfly Spring Love", "Wind and Rain Memory"; Tibetan dance "Big Choma and Little Choma", "Heart Sound", "Xueer Dawa"; Han and Tang dances "Caiwei", "Stepping Song", "Luo Shui Qiao Ren"; beautiful modern dance "River and Mountain Like a Picture"; Korean dance "Changbai Waterfall", "Arirang"; Beijing opera dance "Sleeve Dance", "The Dance of the Foot", and "The Dance of the Sleeve". Beijing Opera Dance "Dancing with Sleeves", etc.
◆ Maike - Montreal pianist
Maike, Chinese freelance pianist, founder and director of THREE KARAT ART piano school. Bilingual, piano performance and education experience on three continents; 5 years of performance experience, including 10 years of teaching accompaniment, concerto and chamber music; Master's degree in piano performance from the Birmingham Conservatory of Music; founder and principal of the "Three Kat Art" piano school in Henan, China; authorized by the China Conservatory of Music as an adjudicator for piano grade examinations; invited to work for the China Youth Publishing House as a foreign music publications as a translator and proofreader.
◆ Victoria Zhu - Montreal Music Composer
Victoria Zhu, learned piano at the age of four, and was admitted to the primary school attached to the National Key Conservatory of Music at the age of six. She studied piano and composition majors successively. Won the Outstanding Teaching Award in the Composition Competition of the American International Music Festival, and the Chinese Pop Music Golden Melody Award at the 7th Asian Music Festival. She is the editor and host of the music program of the domestic official media radio station. Currently living in Montreal, teaching piano music theory.
◆ Zizhou Wang - Montreal Youth Guzheng Performing Artist
Zizhou Wang, graduated from the Wuhan Conservatory of Music majoring in guzheng performance and studied under the young guzheng performer Associate Professor Liu Wenjia. Director of Jiangxi Nationalities Orchestra Society. During her overseas life, she has been invited to various art exchanges and performances many times and has rich performance and teaching experience.
◆ Xing Qi - Director of The Dreamland Chinese Choir of Montreal
Xing Qi, Chinese-Canadian, is currently the head of The Dreamland Chinese Choir of Montreal. She has successively served as the stage director of the second, third, fourth, and fifth FHXY-themed Spring Festival Gala.
◆ Jinfang Wu - Consultant of North American Literature Academy reading group
Jinfang Wu, the former host of the Xi'an TV program, moved to Canada in 1999. She is the recitation advisor of the NALAA Recitation Group and has been the recitation director of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th FHXY Montreal Chinese Spring Festival Gala and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Canadian International Double Fifth Culture and Arts Festival. She is the recitation advisor of the 9th Canadian Chinese Poetry Spring Festival Gala 2023.
◆ Minying Yang - Founder of Yangtze Education Group
Minying Yang, founder and principal of Yangtze Education Group. Settled in Canada in 1997, has 20 years of experience in running schools in the field of education, and cooperates with many famous schools in Canada to help children dream of famous schools in North America.
◆ Guozhen Ye - NALAA Visual Art Director
Guozhen Ye, of Chinese Canadian descent, is currently the visual art director of NALAA, the director of the Canadian Chinese Culture and Arts Association and Montreal Chinese Photography Association. He has studied painting and calligraphy and photography since childhood. In the 1980s, he was a teacher of Chinese painting and calligraphy to American students in Guangdong. Over the years, in addition to promoting Chinese culture and art, he has continued to explore the use of different artistic approaches in China and abroad to create works. He was the visual art director of the 3rd and 4th Canadian International Double Fifth Festival and the 4th, 5th and 6th FHXY Festival.
◆ Wei Wang - Editor in Chief of NALAA
Wei Wang currently lives in Montreal. She is a member and editor-in-chief of the North American Literary Academy. She is a member of the Quebec Poetry Research Society of Canada and a member of the Yunxiang Poetry House. She has written a collection of poems and lyrics and also writes prose and poetry criticism. She is the writer and literary director of the "Epidemic in Poetry - Love is Eternal" Global Poetry Recitation Concert Online, the 5th and 6th FHXY Spring Festival, and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Canadian International Double Fifth Festival, jointly sponsored by NALAA, North American Cultural Media Group and Zhuhai Siyu Academy.
◆ Li Feng - Senior Gold Medal Host in Montreal
Li Feng, host, recitation and hosting training teacher and sound company dubbing director, and "North American Recitation Friends" artistic committee member. She is the former host of CJNT TV and Fujian Economic Radio in Canada and the artistic advisor of the Phoenix Chinese Star Art Troupe in Montreal. She has won the third prize in the China Broadcasting Award and the third prize in the Fujian Provincial Radio and Television Broadcasting Work and has been dubbed for many imported and domestic TV series.
◆ Yueshan Li - Senior host of the new generation in Montreal
Yuexuan Li graduated from McGill University with a degree in Education and is fluent in English, French and Chinese. She has participated in many large-scale events in the Chinese community, especially as the host of the six consecutive Montreal-themed FHXY Spring Festival Gala in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. She was the host of four consecutive Montreal International Double Fifth Festivals in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. In addition, she has participated in the Montreal Chinese New Year Festival and the China-Canada Youth Chamber of Commerce, among others. She is currently working in the Canadian government.
◆ ISSA - New Generation Host in Montreal
Issa, currently studying at Collège Jean - de - Brébeuf, has participated in major modelling shows in Montreal and Toronto, and was selected by a leading Canadian agency. Member of NALAA. He has hosted the 6th FHXY Montreal Chinese New Year Gala, Montréal Chinese Spring Festival and other large-scale cultural events in Montreal and Toronto.
◆ Bin Fan - Montreal host
Bin Fan, with a North American PMP certificate, graduated from Concordia university in Canada with a master's degree in construction engineering and worked as an overseas project manager for China Chemical Siding Engineering Co.