2016年3月4日凌晨零时32分,把一生献给中国声乐教育事业的歌唱家、教育家周小燕先生在上海瑞金医院平静地离开了。3月10日上午,周小燕先生告别仪式在龙华殡仪馆大厅举行,各界群众千余人满怀悲痛前来送别这位呕心沥血倾情于中国声乐事业的教育家。是日下午,周小燕先生的亲人、同事和各地赶来的学生们聚集在上海音乐学院排演中心,追思这位把一生献给祖国、献给事业、献给学生的伟大老师。 At 0:32 on March 4, 2016, Mr. Zhou Xiaoyan, a singer and educator devoted his life to China’s vocal education, left peacefully at Shanghai Ruijin Hospital. On the morning of March 10, Mr. Zhou Xiaoyan’s farewell ceremony was held in the hall of Longhua Funeral Parlor. More than a thousand people from all walks of life came to show their grief to bid farewell to this educator who worked hard in China’s vocal cause. On the afternoon of the same day, Mr. Zhou Xiaoyan’s relatives, colleagues and students from all over came to the rehearsal center of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and recalled the great teacher who devoted his life to the motherland, dedicated to his career and dedicated to his students.