Time: 2018-09-23

Source: Publicity Department of the Party Committee      Author: Wu Zhe

At 10:00 on September 22, the press conference on “2018 Leadership Network of Global Music Education League” was held at the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Chinese National School of Music at China Conservatory of Music. 8 domestic heavyweight medias including People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, China Central Television, People’s Daily Online, China Education Television and Music Weekly attended the press conference. Wang Zheng, vice-president of the China Conservatory of Music, and directors of relevant functional departments also attended the press conference.

Last year, the “Global Leadership Network on Higher Music Education” hosted by the China Conservatory of Music exerted a great influence at home and abroad. When talking about the differences between this year and last year’s activities, President Wang Liguang talked about leading a team of teachers to visit most of the league’s member schools in Europe and his upcoming visit to the member schools in America, as well as a series of important results he had achieved. The biggest highlights in this year’s activity are the projects of “2+2” for undergraduate students, “1+1+1” for graduate students, “4+2 / 4+1” for students directly from undergraduate to graduate and so on, which are the first joint talent training mechanism initiated by the China Conservatory of Music and the league’s members. Agreements on these projects will be formally signed in the meantime. International joint talent training project will extend the channels, provide more resources and set up high-end platforms for China Conservatory of Music to cultivate music talents.

When talking about the purpose of establishing the “Global Music Education League”, President Wang Liguang pointed out that music is a messenger for purifying the mind, shaping the perfect personality, and delivering peace. Arts education is a language without borders, for it enlightens the human mind, leads the development of culture, promotes world peace and builds the community of human civilization. Therefore, the essence of the “Global Music Education League” makes it become “United Nations in the field of cultural education” in the musical industry.

At the same time, President Wang Liguang stressed that the “Global Music Education League” would work together with the China Conservatory of Music for further progress. The China Conservatory of Music has entered the ranks of national first-class discipline construction, taken root in the land of China, taken the study of the Chinese ancient civilizations as its foundation, and regarded the construction of Chinese music education system as its mission. The school is dedicated to establishing the “Chinese National School of Music”, which has attracted the top music colleges and universities in the world and make more worldwide music colleges and universities gather around it. It will carry out the common mission of cultivating talents, and play an irreplaceable role in building up the confidence of Chinese culture, so as to promote Chinese culture to go globally, and even make contributions to the functional construction of “Four Centers” in Beijing.

At the press conference, President Wang Liguang answered the questions concerned by CCTV, People’s Daily, People’s Daily Online, China Education Television, Music Weekly, etc., and he welcomed medias to come to China Conservatory of Music to conduct live interviews and enjoy the grand occasion on September 25 and 26.

The “2018 Leadership Network of Global Music Education League”, which was opened on September 25, is a representative meeting of some members of the league. The principals of the world’s top 20 music institutions gathered at the China Conservatory of Music, where the Council of the “Global Music Education League” will be convened. Besides, a series of activities, such as exchanges of subjects, concerts, signing of cooperation agreement, arts collection and so on, will yield significant results.