Professors

谢乐 Xie Le

Xie Le, a professor of the Voice and Opera Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, is a tutor of postgraduates and deputy head of the teaching and research office on bel canto.

She graduated from the Vocal Music and Opera Department of the SHCM in 1982, under instruction of Professor Chen Minzhuang, a famed vocal music educator.

In 1993 she went to Moscow to study in the famous Tchaikovsky School of Music there and learnt from a renowned vocal music educator in Bolshoi Theatre of Russia. After returning to China, she worked as singer in a military sing and dance troupe and a Shanghai orchestra. Xie Le has acted leading roles in operas Faust, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana and mezzo-soprano solo in Messiah. During her study in Russia, she was invited to stage a solo concert in Pushkin Art Palace to sing songs from home and abroad, which won unanimous applause from audience.

Xie Le has organized several concerts for her students, including special performance of Russian vocal music works, vocal music works of Beethoven, special concert on Ave Maria by composers of different ages, as well as the premiere of Shostakovitch’s From Jewish Folk Poetry.

徐达维 Xu Dawei

Xu Dawei, Shanghai Conservatory of Music’s accordion professor, a postgraduate supervisor and head of the keyboard and guitar teaching and research office, is now a CPPCC member of Xuhui District, vice chairman of Revolutionary Committee of The Chine

Xu won many international awards between 1990 and 2001. He was sent to study in Russia in 1999 and was given the Master of Art Degree on Bayan Accordion Performance and Instructional Theory by the Ministry of Education of Russian Federation. He was also honored by the Russia Far East and Coastal Border Area Musician Association as “Artist of Merit” (Заслуженный Aртист).

In 2003 Xu was invited by the SHCM to found the major of accordion. He has sat on the judge panel for international competitions in China, Italy, Australia, Ukraine and Russia. His students came top in multiple accordion competitions home and abroad. Xu has been honored with Special Award of He Lvting Music Foundation, “Outstanding Teacher” award by the Shanghai Culture and Art Talent Foundation and “Outstanding Instructor” in many international accordion contests.

徐孟东 Xu Mengdong

Xu Mengdong, a composer, theorist and doctor, is regarded as the leading talent in Shanghai and enjoys special subsidies from the government. He now serves as a high-ranking professor and doctoral tutor of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. His stud

He has created more than 30 music works covering symphonies, chamber music and music dramas and published about 40 theses. His students have won dozens of prizes in major Chinese music composition competitions.

His works have won the first prize of Wenhua Award, the art innovation award, the third prize of the 11th national music work competition and Shanghai excellent work awards. He has also won national and municipal awards for his education achievements. His comprehensive achievements in creation, education and research won him Ou Yongxi Excellent Music Education Award issued by the Ministry of Culture, the top prize of Shanghai Excellent Art Talent and 10 He Lvting Fund Prizes.

He has been invited as jury for national composition competitions, Golden Bell Awards and Wenhua Award, art projects under the national philosophy and sociology fund and some important domestic and international music competitions.

杨健 Yang Jian

Yang Jian, a professor of the Department of Music Engineering of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, studies music technology and musical performance.

He respectively obtained his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Southeast University, master’s degree in violin performance from Nanjing University of the Arts and doctorate in Western music history from the SHCM. In 2013 and 2014, he was a visiting scholar at the Faculty of Music and St John’s College of the University of Cambridge and was granted an Overseas Visiting Scholarship. He has published more than forty papers, a dozen books (including monograph, co-authoring, translation and music scores) and CDs and directed several national and ministerial research projects. In 2015, Yang was awarded the first prize of the 14th Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Outstanding Young Teachers of Higher Education, one of the most highly recognized prizes for young scholars in China. His courses for graduate students including: “The Method and Application of Visualized Music Analysis”, “Musical Performance Studies in an Interdisciplinary Perspective”, “Guided Appreciation and Review on the Classic Recordings of the Century”, and courses for undergraduates including: “An Introduction to Music Technology”.

杨茹文 Yang Ruwen

Yang Ruwen is a member of the academic committee, professor and postgraduate supervisor of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, director of the international percussion center of the SHCM, deputy dean of the modern instrumental music and percussion mu

As the academic leader of percussion music in the SHCM, Yang has worked hard in academic development, faculty and talent team building and textbook compiling. Thanks to his strict and scientific education, his students have won more than 50 international prizes and over 40 domestic prizes, filling all the blanks for Chinese mainland percussion students in international competitions.

As a performer, he has cooperated with many renowned musicians and music troupes to perform a wide range of music works and has attended many international art festivals in China, the United States, Italy, Germany, France and Austria. He also has joined the recording and production of the movies and recordings “The Banquet” and “Home”, published two albums in which he cooperated with Shanghai Percussion Orchestra. He is regarded as an exceptional world-class percussion performer.