25 Notable alumni of Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Updated: June 04, 2026 EliteDegrees
Shanghai Conservatory of Music is ranked #5,637 in the world and #465 in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from Shanghai Conservatory of Music sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Shanghai Conservatory of Music won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Lü Ji
1909-2002 (aged 93)
composer
musicologist
music theorist
politician
Lü Ji, originally named Lü Zhanqing (吕展青; pinyin: Lǚ Zhǎnqīng; Yale romanization: Lyǔ Jǎn-Chīng), was a Chinese composer. He was also a music writer, educator, and administrator.
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2. Dantes Dai Liang
1978-. (aged 48)
presenter
singer
writer
Dantès, or Dai Liang is a French singer-songwriter. He is also a trilingual host and a writer.
3. Huang Ruo
1976-. (aged 50)
pianist
singer
composer
Huang Ruo is a Chinese-born composer, pianist and vocalist who now lives in the United States.
4. Jue Yao
musician
Jue Yao is a Chinese violinist and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the Hong Kong Children's Chamber Orchestra and the Hong Kong String Orchestra. She was a recipient of the Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 2004.
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5. Min Huifen
1945-2014 (aged 69)
composer
musician
Min Huifen was a performer of the erhu, a traditional Chinese bowed string instrument, and a composer. She was considered the undisputed master of the instrument, nicknamed the "Queen of Erhu". She composed some of her own hits, including "Yangguan Melody – Three Variations" and "Wishes of the People of Honghu Lake." Her most famous piece was the Great Wall...
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6. Di Yu
1981-. (aged 45)
singer
Yu Di is a Chinese classical crossover singer-songwriter, musical actor and educator. A classically trained lyric baritone, he combines his singing career with his full-time teaching position at Shanghai Theatre Academy and gained nationwide recognition after participating in the first season of the singing competition Super–Vocal.
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7. Yi-Kwei Sze
1915-1994 (aged 79)
opera singer
Yi-Kwei Sze was a Chinese operatic bass-baritone and music educator.
8. He Xuntian
1954-. (aged 72)
composer
He Xuntian is a composer and professor of music composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
9. Chen Gang
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Chen Gang is a Chinese composer best known for his work Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto. He is the son of songwriter Chen Gexin. Chen Gang started to learn piano and composition from his father and music teachers from a young age.
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10. He Luting
1903-1999 (aged 96)
composer
politician
He Luting was a Chinese composer of the early 20th century. He composed songs for Chinese films beginning in the 1930s, some of which remain popular.
11. Liu Fang
1974-. (aged 52)
performing artist
musician
Liu Fang is a Chinese–Canadian musician who is one of the most prominent pipa players in the world. Described in the media as the "empress of pipa" (L'actualité), "divine mediator" (World), "the greatest ambassadress of the art of the pipa", Liu Fang is known as "possessing virtuoso technique, grace and a unique empathy toward the music she plays – whether...
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12. Wang Jian
1954-. (aged 72)
researcher
geneticist
businessperson
Jian Wang is a Chinese cellist. A soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher, he was the first Chinese musician to ever sign an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon.
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13. Zhou Xiaoyan
1917-2016 (aged 99)
singer
classical singer
Zhou Xiaoyan was a Chinese vocal pedagogue and classical soprano. Dubbed by The New York Times as "China's First Lady of Opera", she was considered to be the first important instructor of Western opera in China.
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14. Urna
1968-. (aged 58)
singer
Urna Chahar-Tugchi, known mononymously as Urna (stylized in all caps), is a Mongol singer and yangqin player from Inner Mongolia, China. She currently lives in Bavaria, Germany.
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15. Ying Huang
1968-. (aged 58)
voice actor
opera singer
actor
musician
Ying Huang is a Chinese operatic soprano. She first came to international attention when she sang the title role in Frédéric Mitterrand's 1995 film Madame Butterfly and went on to an international career both in opera and on the concert stage.
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16. Xiong Ziqi
1992-. (aged 34)
actor
singer
television actor
Xiong Ziqi, known professionally as Dylan Xiong, is a Chinese actor and singer. He has been a member of Taiwanese boyband SpeXial since 2016.
17. Xian Xinghai
1905-1945 (aged 40)
composer
Xian Xinghai or Sin Sing Hoi was a Macanese composer. He was among the first composers in his country to draw on western classical music and has influenced many later Chinese musicians. Xian composed in the major musical forms (two symphonies, a violin concerto, four large scale choral works, nearly 300 songs and an opera), and is best known for...
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18. Liao Changyong
1968-. (aged 58)
opera singer
Prof. Liao Changyong, sometimes referred in English media as C. Y. Liao or Changyong Liao, is a Chinese operatic baritone and academic. He won first prize in three different international competitions in 1996 and 1997: Operalia; the French International Singing Competition of Toulouse; and the Queen Sonja Singing Competition. While his performance career has mainly been in China, he has...
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19. Cai Chengyu
1998-. (aged 28)
singer
Cai Chengyu is a Chinese tenor. He is known for participating in Hunan TV's singing variety show Super-Vocal where he first gained attention and recognition for becoming one of the top 6 leading singers in 2018. Cai joined Decca Records in 2019 and released his first solo EP Cai Chengyu in 2021. Cai made his opera debut as Don Ottavio...
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20. Yu Long
1964-. (aged 62)
conductor
Yu Long is a Chinese conductor. He is currently artistic director and chief conductor of the China Philharmonic and of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, and principal guest conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Yu is also the Chairman of the Artistic Committee of the Beijing Music Festival and co-director of the Music...
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21. Du Yun
1977-. (aged 49)
performing artist
composer
musician
Du Yun is a Chinese-born American composer, performer, musician and performance artist. She won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her opera Angel's Bone, with libretto by Royce Vavrek. Du Yun was named as one of the 38 Great Immigrants by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 2018, and received a 2019 Grammy nomination in the category of...
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22. Zhou Jieqiong
1998-. (aged 28)
singer
Zhou Jieqiong, known professionally as Jieqiong or Kyulkyung (in Korean), is a Chinese singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the girl group I.O.I after finishing sixth in the survival show Produce 101. She also became a member of Pristin and its subgroup Pristin V. She made her solo debut with the single "Why" on September...
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23. Wu Qian
1984-. (aged 42)
pianist
Wu Qian, also known as Janice Wu, is a Chinese actress. She rose to fame for portraying the younger counterpart of Zhao Mosheng in the 2015 hit romance drama My Sunshine, and gained attention for her roles in the television series My Amazing Boyfriend (2016), Fighter of the Destiny (2017), The Brightest Star in the Sky (2019), Le Coup de...
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24. Zhou Yi
musician
Yi Zhou is a Chinese film director, writer, producer and multimedia artist.
25. Jiaxin Cheng
1974-. (aged 52)
cellist
Jiaxin Cheng is a Chinese cellist.