Jiang Ying (musician)
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| Jiang Ying | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 蔣英 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 蒋英 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Jiǎng Yīng (Mandarin) |
| Born | August 11, 1919 Haining, Zhejiang, China |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Beijing, China |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Spouse(s) | Qian Xuesen |
Jiang Ying (simplified Chinese: 蒋英; traditional Chinese: 蔣英; pinyin: Jiǎng Yīng; August 11, 1919 – February 5, 2012) was a Chinese opera singer and music teacher.
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Family
Jiang was of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent. She was the third daughter of Jiang Baili, a leading military strategist of Chiang Kai-shek, and his Japanese wife, Satō Yato (佐藤屋子?). She was a distant relative of the wuxia novelist Louis Cha.
In 1945 in Shanghai, Jiang married famous rocket scientist and engineer Qian Xuesen, who co-founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the United States and later led the space program of the People's Republic of China.
Life
In 1936 Jiang went to Europe with her father and studied music in Berlin. Jiang graduated from Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin in 1941. When World War II broke out in Europe, Jiang had to move and further studied opera in Switzerland. Jiang graduated from Musikhochschule Luzern in 1944.
Jiang went back to China (at that time the Republic of China) and first performed in Shanghai on 31 May 1947. Jiang moved to the United States later that year.
Jiang went to the People's Republic of China together with Qian in 1955 when he was deported by the United States government. Qian and Jiang entered China through Kowloon, Hong Kong. Jiang became a professor of music and opera, and head of the department of Western Vocal Music at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.[1]
Jiang died on 5 February 2012 in Beijing.[2][3]
References
- ↑ http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/CaltechNews/articles/v36/tsien.html
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External links
- Memory of Jiang Yin and Tsien Hsue-sen (from Sohu)
- Famous singer and professor: Jiang Yin (from www.gmw.cn)
