China’s foremost piano teacher has died, at 93

China’s foremost piano teacher has died, at 93

RIP

norman lebrecht

March 07, 2022

The death has been announced of Zhou Guangren, professor at Beijing’s  Central Conservatory of Music for more than half a century.

Born in Hannover, she returned with her family to China in the 1933 and enjoyed a brief performing career in the 1950s.

From the 1980s, she appeared on juries at major piano competitions around the world – Cliburn, Rubinstein, and more – and in 1994 she was founding chair of the  China International Piano Competition.

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