Name:
HE PING
Introduction:
Retired professor
Doctor of letters and music theorist , professor of second class, Ph.D tutor, visiting professor in many other universities.
Dr He was born in Tianjing,1953. He went to the affiliated primary school of Tianjing Conservatory of Music and learned to play violin. During the cultural revolution , he went to the countryside as an educated youth working with the local farmers. In 1970, he was admitted to the Art Troup of Zhangjiakou, acting as a principal, conductor and composer. In 1977, he was enrolled into the music department of Hebei Normal University and graduated with a bachelor degree . Then he started teaching there after graduation. In 1987, he took Master program in the composition department of Tianjin Conservatory of music under the supervision of Professor Xu Yongsan and obtained Master degree. In 1994, he was admitted as a PhD candidate to the department of musicology of Shanghai conservatory of music and obtained his PhD degree in 1997. Besides composing and conducting, Dr.he has been mainly engaged in the study of musical theories.
Up to now he has academic writings with 2,200,000 words and all kinds of musical works published . His works include instrumental music, vocality, dance and music for films and TV. Many of his writings and works received a lot of state or provincial prizes such as the Sixth Golden Bell Prize Of China Music and the outstanding achievement in philosophy and social sciences. In 2001, He was awarded the honor of the Excellent National Instructor and the Excellent Instructor of Guangdong Province in 1999.