Professors

顾平 Gu Ping

Gu Ping is a tenor who graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1988. He was tutored by famous vocal music educator Prof. Zhou Xiaoyan.Gu works at the SHCM as the professor of vocal music, executive deputy director of the Voice Opera Depa

Gu has performed in many operas at home and abroad including Wilhelm Richard Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Bizet’s Carmen, Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and so on.

Gu has won the Baosteel Excellent Teachers award, SHCM He Luting Fund Award and the title of Shanghai’s Model Teacher. He was also invited as the judge of Golden Bell Awards and other vocal competitions.

郭树荟 Guo Shuhui

Guo Shuhui, a professor and PhD advisor of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, head of the teaching and research office on Chinese traditional music theory, deputy director of the Theory and Critic Committee of Chinese Nationalities Orchestra Society

She conducts research in Chinese traditional music, Chinese traditional music in the 20th century, Chinese traditional music in the modern society and aesthetics of Chinese music. She teaches courses of musicology writing, an introduction to Chinese traditional instrumental music, an introduction to the aesthetics of Chinese and Western music, Chinese music, traditional music and modern society, Chinese traditional music and aesthetics of Chinese music.

韩锺恩 Han Zhong’en

Han Zhong’en, a music aesthetician and critic and PhD of the Central Conservatory of Music, is a professor and PhD supervisor for Music Aesthetics and Modern Music Research, academic leader of the national key subject Music Aesthetics in Musicology o

Han is entitled to the special allowance provided by the State Council. He is a member of the Theoretical Committee of Chinese Musicians' Association and member of the editorial committee of People’s Music. Han used to be director of the Musicology Department of the SHCM (2004-2015) and chairman of Chinese Music Aesthetics Society (2005-2015).

Research fields: Music Aesthetics, Anthropology of Music, Philosophy of Music, Music Critics, Modern Music Research.

Courses: Undergraduate and graduate lessons in Musicology Writing, Literature Reading and Study, Music Aesthetics and Music Works Study, Philosophical Issues in Modern Western Music, Figure of Speech in Musical Works, Research on Music Aesthetic Concept Category, Music Critics, Musicology Issues Research, Reading Guidance of Chinese Musicology Classic Literature, Research on Music Culture Issues, Music Aesthetics in Modern China and Research on Modern Music Issues.

黄英 Huang Ying

Huang Ying, a renowned lyric coloratura soprano and an opera performing artist, has performed in operas, concerts, TV plays, movies music records.

As the first Chinese female soprano to perform the heroine in an opera movie, her role in director Frédéric Mitterrand and conductor James Conlon’s film Madama Butterfly won her world fames. She has performed on world stages including the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Cologne Opera and Chinese National Grand Theater. She has played leading roles in operas including the Marriage of Figaro, L'elisir D'amore and Rigoletto. Huang has cooperated with New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra as well as conductors such as James Levine, Christoph Eschenbach and Charles Dutoit. As the ambassador of cultural exchanges between China and the West, Huang was also invited frequently to perform for the world’s celebration events such as the Vienna Christmas Concert in 1997 with co-performers such as Michael Bolton and Opera master José Plácido Domingo Embil and the opening performance of Shanghai Grand Theater with co-performer Tenor Jose Carreras. Huang’s voice is soft and sweet and she is also well-skilled and has an authentic music style. Her performances are widely praised by opera performers, audiences and media. She now enjoys a high fame in the international music circle and has the nickname of “a nightingale flying from China.”

李景侠 Li Jingxia

Li Jingxia is a professor of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, a pipa player, an educationist, a music theorist and a postgraduate supervisor. She has been China’s first person who has obtained the Master degree of the performing art and teaching m

Li is the deputy director of China Nationalities Orchestra Society Specialty Committee of Chinese Pipa, director of Shanghai Musician Association Specialty Committee of Chinese Pipa and a specialist of Shanghai Cultural Talents Certification Center. She has been invited as the judge of major music competitions including Golden Bell Awards and CCTV National Instrumental Music Competition.

Li has won the SHCM President Award and SHCM He Luting Award for her efforts in musical education. Many students tutored by Li won prizes at professional music competitions across the country.

Li is committed to the long-term research of instrumental music art theory. She has published papers and treatises totaling 600,000 characters.