WFIMC 2025 Yearbook

Pearl River Piano

Shanghai Conservatory of Music

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The Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SHCM), formerly the National Conservatory of Music, was founded by Cai Yuanpei and Dr. Xiao Youmei on November 27, 1927 as China’s first music education institution of higher learning. It was renamed in 1956 and was affiliated to the Ministry of Culture before 2000. Now, it is under the dual leadership of the ministry and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the conservatory has had numerous directors, successively from He Luting, Sang Tong, Jiang Mingdun, Yang Liqing, Xu Shuya, Lin Zaiyong and now to Liao Changyong.After 94 years, the SHCM has become an internationally renowned music school with departments of composition, conducting, musicology, music education and voice opera, etc. with an emphasis on performing arts and music research. The school has produced many talented musicians and is dubbed “a cradle of musicians”. The SHCM now has 2,545 students (1,703 undergraduates, 759 graduates and 83 doctoral

Pearl River Piano Group Co., Ltd. which was founded in 1956, is the first comprehensive musical instrument culture enterprise that achieved A-share overall listing and the leading enterprise in the musical instrument industry in China. After more than 60 years of innovative development, Pearl River Piano has internationally

Steinway & Sons has been renowned for producing the

finest pianos since 1853. Passion and commitment, perfection and quality, reliability and – of course – an inimitable sound are just some of the characteristics people all over the world associate with these high- quality instruments. On top STEINWAY SPIRIO – an innovative self-playing system – is opening up a whole new way for you to enjoy the musical magic of a STEINWAY. We continue to enhance the appearance, touch, tone, structural stability, and every aspect of what makes a Steinway a Steinway. Our pioneering handcrafting methods continue to this day to ensure our uncompromising standards of quality. The integration of this old-world craftsmanship with our ongoing development and significant investment in state-of- the-art technology have resulted in a Steinway that possesses the widest range of tonal colours and the most responsive touch of any instrument we have ever built in our company’s history. Our legacy of innovation in materials, design and manufacturing guarantees that today’s Steinway shatters the heretofore imaginable limits of Henry E. Steinway’s credo: “To build the best piano possible”.

leading product innovation capability and global scale

piano production and marketing capability. Pearl River Piano is the main drafting unit of national and industrial standards for piano products and components, piano manufacturing skills standards and training materials, and the global leader in piano manufacturing. At present, the Pearl River Piano has formed an operation pattern of coordinated development of three business segments with piano, digital musical instrument and cultural industry. Pearl River Piano has six piano manufacturing bases in Guangzhou, Foshan, Beijing, Zhejiang, Germany and Poland. Pearl River Piano’s domestic market share is more than 40%, the global market share is more than 30%, and production and sales volume have ranked first in the world for more than 20 consecutive years.

candidates) and 528 faculty members (307 lecturers, 59

professors, 113 associate professors, and 29 foreign teachers), and 72 foreign students from 20 countries.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

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