Yang Peiyi

Yang Peiyi
Yang Peiyi performing in a shopping mall in Hong Kong
Chinese name	杨沛宜
Pinyin	Yáng Pèiyí (Mandarin)
Born	21 February 2001 (2001-02-21) Beijing, China
Occupation	Singer, Primary School Student

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.

Yang Peiyi (Chinese: 杨沛宜; pinyin: Yáng Pèiyí; born 21 of February, 2001) is a Chinese child singer. She is well known for her performance of China's anthem, Ode to the Motherland [1], which she sang behind the scenes of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on August 8, 2008.

Biography

Yang attends a Primary School associated with Beijing University. Her teacher described the young girl in her blog as a gifted student at the school. "She doesn't like to show off. She's easygoing. She is cute and well-behaved, with a love for Beijing Opera."

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, 9-year-old Lin Miaoke appeared on stage, lip-synching to Yang's pre-recorded voice. The vast majority who watched the broadcast did not know of Yang's role until several days later when music director, Chen Qigang, acknowledged that Lin has been sent onstage in place of Yang.

Yang's first album was released in September 2009.

In October 2009, Yang performed a medley of two songs (one of which was tailor-made for the poem Looking up at the Starry Sky written by the PRC Premier Wen Jiabao) at the Cultural Show in Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China (香港同胞慶祝中華人民共和國成立六十週年文藝晚會) together with Jacky Cheung, Yao Jue and Leon Ko.