On November 27, overseas students from over ten countries all over the world gathered in the hall of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, attending the Overseas Students in Russia Talent Show held there. Eight overseas undergraduates from Institute of Russian Language and Culture, SIS, together with overseas students from universities home and abroad and Russian students showed their talent. The wonderful performance of ZJUers won prolonged applause. They impressed Russian professors and students and overseas students from other countries with the glamour of Chinese multiculturalism and the excellent achievements of the comprehensive quality-oriented education carried out by SIS, ZJU. The talent show proved to be a big success.
Subsidized by the National Scholarship offered by the Education Department and Birchwoods Fund, SIS, the 8 students went on a Government-sponsored exchange to St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University this September. They spent a whole month creating and rehearsing to constantly improve their performance. They sang Chinese and Russian classical songs. Beautiful male & female duet, resonant male chorus and modern dancing provided the audience with a feast both for the ears and the eyes. It is refreshing that the students brought greetings from China through Chinese and Russian music and vigorous modern dancing to the audience.
After the show, a leader from St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University gave generous praise to our students: “What a wonderful show! Not only are you good at singing and dancing, but you are skillful in playing various musical instruments. This is the first time that I see Chinese students singing Chinese and Russian songs in Russian with modern dances with great difficulties. We have found the leading quality of Chinese university students from your performance.
St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University has decided to invite the students from SIS, ZJU, as the representative of the team of Chinese overseas students, to show the brilliant talent of Chinese students to the professors and students from St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University and all over the world in the Russian Festival next April.
(Translated by WU Yezi)
