The Sichuan Conservatory of Music (SCCM, ), founded in 1939, is an interdisciplinary music institution in
Chengdu
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Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
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China
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. SCCM is one of the select conservatories authorized by the State Council to confer graduate degrees to its music and fine arts majors.
Facilities
SCCM runs its own symphony orchestra, philharmonic orchestra, concert wind orchestra, Chinese traditional orchestra, college choirs, and pre-college ensembles. The conservatory holds hundreds of concerts throughout the year and regularly invites distinguished guest artists and teachers from around the world.
Every two years, the school hosts an intensive international piano festival, where students work with world-renowned artists such as
Gary Graffman
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Early life
Graffman was born in New York City to Russian-Jewish parents. Having started piano at age 3, Graffman entered the Curtis Institute of M ...
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John O'Conor
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Early career
Born in Dublin, O'Conor attended Belvedere College in that city. During his early Dublin studies, his ...
John Perry and
Boris Berman.
Provincial and municipal leaders have attached great importance to the development of SCCM. The government is in the process of constructing new concert halls on the existing conservatory grounds, as well as around the city of Chengdu.
Awards
Thousands of students from SCCM have won prizes at home and abroad, including over 430 international prizes.
In 2000,
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Sa Chen
Sa Chen (; born 21 November 1979) is a Chinese pianist. She won first prize in the 1994 China International Piano Competition, fourth place in the XIV International Chopin Piano Competition in 2000, fourth place in the Leeds International Piano ...
won first and fourth place respectively in the “14th International Chopin Piano Competition." In 2005,
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won third place in the “9th Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition." In 2006,
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won third place in the “51st International Violin Competition 'Nicolo Paganini'".
The school's national key research projects such as “Research on the musical instruments of minority groups in southwest China” and “Research on the southwest Silk Road” have also yielded great achievements.
Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts
The
Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts
The Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts ( zh, 成都美术学院) is an art school, based in the Xindu District of Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
The academy is associated with the Sichuan Conservatory of Music and has its facilities located at the Xindu Campu ...
shares facilities with SCCM at its
Xindu
Xindu District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, Southwest China, covering part of the northern suburbs.
Overview
The Xindu District borders the prefecture-level city of D ...
Campus.
See also
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Music of Sichuan
Sichuan is a province of China which has a long history of both folk and classical music. Sichuan opera is an ancient tradition that is well-known across China, while the folk-based Sichuan lantern drama is popular in the region. The Sichuan ...
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Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
Sichuan Fine Arts Institute (SFAI) () is a public fine arts university established in 1940 in the southwest City of Chonqing, China. It is one of the four most prominent art academies in China and the only one in southwest China.
History and reput ...
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Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
References
External links
SCCM official website
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1939 establishments in China
Educational institutions established in 1939
Universities and colleges in Sichuan
Universities and colleges in Chengdu
Music schools in China
Arts in Chengdu