College introduction

 

Nanjing Normal University School of Music, located at the Suiyuan Campus, “the Most Beautiful Campus of the Orient”, is one of the cradles of contemporary Chinese music education. It is among a few of the schools which cultivate doctors majoring in Chinese music education, history of Chinese music, and Chinese music performance. It has an excellent tradition of discipline construction, and supported by liberal arts resources from Nanjing Normal University, it also aims to build a platform for cultivating comprehensive artistic talents.

 

 

                                 

    Dean of the School of Muisc

 

 

Yanhui Zhao is Dean, professor and doctoral supervisor of School of Music, Nanjing Normal University. He worked as a visiting scholar at Central Conservatory of Music,Australian National University School of Music, and Sydney Conservatory of Music. He is a fellow of the International Council for Traditional Music Association (ICTM), the Chinese Musicians Association, and the Chinese Traditional Music Association.

Zhao is a devoted expert on the teaching and research of Chinese traditional instruments (suona and bamboo flute), Chinese traditional music and ethnomusicology. As one of the distinguished young and middle-aged academic leaders, he has been funded by Jiangsu Province "333 Project", Jiangsu University "Green-Blue Incubating Project", Jiangsu Province "Six Talent Peak" and other talent training projects.

In the recent years, Zhao has presided a number of research projects including two of The National Social Science Fund of China, one of The Humanities and Social Sciences Program of the Ministry of Education and two of The Social Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province. He has published over 20 articles in such journals as Journal of the Musicology in China, Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music, Journal of Chinese Music, Journal of People’s Music, Exploration in Music Journal of Sichuan Conservatory of Music in China, Journal of the National Arts, Journal of Hundred Schools in Arts, Journal of EFL Learning and Teaching, Chinese Arts. His other publications include one monograph, two compilations and one performance album. He has won over 10 national and regional awards including the first prize of the 17th Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences issued by Jiangsu Provincial Government, the second prize of Jiangsu Chinese Traditional Instrumental Competition and Jiangsu "Jasmine Flower Music Award". He has also performed in numerous international concerts in the USA, Japan and Australia, bringing China’s traditional music to the global audiences, and building cultural bridges between China and the world.

E-mail: zhaoyanhui1818@163.com