There was a performance by a band of 12 girls at the 42nd Korea Hundred Creative Arts Awards. Is this 12 women's group from China or South Korea?

China's famous folk music group 12 girls band, which was popular in Japan and performed in North America, Europe and Southeast Asia, boarded a plane to South Korea on May 18, and officially started a 20-day tour in South Korea after pre-publicity in South Korea.

It is reported that the Korean market is the last market for 12 girl band in Asia, and Fang Yue has made full preparations for this tour in Korea. According to Wang Xiaojing, in addition to classic tracks such as Miracle, Jasmine Flower and Dunhuang, Fang Yue also made several tracks specially for this performance in South Korea, including Arirang, the theme song of the once-popular Korean TV series Winter Love Song with Bae Yong-joon as the leading actor, and the episode of Karma of the King, which is currently popular in South Korea.

It is also known that 12 girl band has also released a selected album in Korea, ready to accept the test of the market.

Member introduction:

Play the guzheng and Yang play the dulcimer.

Ma Jingjing: Playing dulcimer Bao Zhong: Playing pipa.

Zhang Kun: Playing the Pipa Zhang Shuang: Playing the Pipa.

Liao: Blowing wind music: playing erhu.

Zhan Lijun: Playing Erhu Yin Yan: Playing Erhu.

Lei Ying: Erhu and Solo Sun Yuan: Playing wind music.

Jiang Jin: Playing the erhu

12 girl band was born in June 2006, 5438+0. She is a pop art group that organically combines Chinese traditional musical instruments with modern pop music performances. With her beautiful music melody and passionate live performance, she expanded the appreciation group of China national instrumental music and pushed China national music to home and abroad. 12 female band members come from the Central Conservatory of Music, the China Conservatory of Music, the Central University for Nationalities and the Art College of the People's Liberation Army. The main musical instruments used in the performance are: guzheng, dulcimer, pipa, erhu, bamboo flute, flute, cucurbit silk, unicorn and other Chinese musical instruments. The agency of 12 girl band is Beijing Century Star Disc Culture Communication Co., Ltd., and Mr. Wang Xiaojing, the general manager of the company, is the founder of 12 girl band. As early as 1997, Mr. Wang Xiaojing began to think about how to repackage China folk music, so as to expand the audience and have the ability to enter the international mainstream music market. After years of careful thinking and repeated discussions with friends in the art world, a brand-new form of folk music performance gradually took shape in his mind-this is the 12 girl band, which is extremely popular at home and abroad.

On June 1 day, 200 1, graduates and students from major art colleges all over the country flocked to the recruitment site in the 12 girl band to show their talents. After screening, twelve beautiful women were shortlisted. In June, 18, 12 girl band was announced. 10.5, the first 12 women's band concert-charm concert was held in Beijing 2 1 century theater. Since then, the innovative folk music of 12 girl bands has been tested by the market. At a time when people from all walks of life have different opinions about this concert, and they are both worried and happy about the future of 12 girl band and its new folk music performance, and doubt whether Chinese folk music can be popular or not, 12 girl band has appeared on various stages in China one after another, tirelessly showing his music and performance to the world. At the same time, Mr. Wang Xiaojing is also actively contacting foreign counterparts, trying to push 12 women's band to the international market according to the original idea of planning Fang Yue. With the maturity of music content and performance form, 12 Girl Band successfully held its second special concert "Miracle Concert" in Beijing Exhibition Hall Theater on June 7, 2003. The perfect combination of China national instrumental music and modern pop music has touched the hearts of people inside and outside the industry, and has also been recognized by professionals at home and abroad. 12 girl band has knocked on the door of the international market with its infectious music, powerful performance and innovative folk music combination.

In February 2003, Beijing Century Star Disc Culture Communication Co., Ltd. signed a contract with Japan Platia Co., Ltd. to jointly operate 12 girl band to enter the Japanese market. After large-scale, high-investment and multi-viewpoint publicity, on July 24th, 2003, the first music album of 12 girls band, which was released in Japan, jumped to the top of Japan's sales list: 1 10,000 copies were sold on the first day, and it broke through the 6.5438+0,000 mark within two months. So far, this music album has sold more than 2 million copies in Japan. It has created the miracle of overseas release of Chinese records and the miracle of single release of Japanese instrumental albums. He has won the 2003 Japan Record Award, Sales Award and Outstanding Artist Award. In the selection of the first China Light Music Society Award, he won six nomination awards, and finally won five of them. I was honored to attend the 2003 Japanese Red and White Song Festival. He was hired as the ambassador of city tourism image by Hangzhou, China. On March 3, 2004, the second album "Brilliant" released in Japan was released, setting a new sales record: the first day and the first week of listing in Japan.

Beijing Century Star Disc Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and Japan Platia Co., Ltd. have begun to cooperate to open up a new market in 12 girl band: North America market. It is predicted that 12 Girl Band can not only represent the musical image of China, but also the musical image of the East, and can successfully enter the mainstream music market in North America. "Our goal is: Grammy Award", which is Mr. Wang Xiaojing, general manager of Beijing Century Star Disc Culture Communication Co., Ltd., constantly urging himself.