Shanghai University of Music
| 上海 音乐 学院 Shanghai University of Music |
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| founding | 1927 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Shanghai , People's Republic of China |
| president | Lin Zaiyong |
| Students | 1,200 |
| Employee | 50 professors |
| Website | shcmusic.edu.cn |
The Shanghai Music Academy ( Chinese 上海 音乐 学院 , Pinyin Shànghǎi Yīnyuè Xuéyuàn ) is the oldest music academy in China.
history
The Shanghai Music Academy goes back to the Shanghai Conservatory, which Cai Yuanpei founded on November 27, 1927. The first director was Xiao Youmei (蕭友梅; Shio Yiu-mei), who graduated from the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig .
Graduates
(Selection)
- Lü Ji - composer
- Muhai Tang
- Yuan-Qing Yu
- Li Wei Qin
- Liu Fang
- Jian Wang
- Zhou Yi
- Jiaxin Cheng
- Rui Shi Zhuo
- Yang Erche Namu
- Liang Geng
- Jampa Tsering
- Wang Jianzhong - composer and pianist
literature
- Sheila Melvin and Jindong Cai, Rhapsody in Red: How Western Classical Music Became Chinese , New York 2004, ISBN 0-87586-179-2