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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
HARBIN, July 17 (Xinhua) — The Harbin Conservatory of Music in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province will continue to strengthen cooperation with Russian universities to build a first-class Sino-Russian music culture exchange center, a first-class Sino-Russian music education cooperation base and a Sino-Russian high-level academic and research exchange platform in China, Song Fei, director of the conservatory, told Xinhua News Agency on Thursday.
According to her, since the conservatory was founded in 2016, a total of 23 Russian experts have been invited to work there, and currently 10 Russian experts work at the conservatory. It is expected that by the end of 2025, their number will reach 20 people.
Among these experts is Anton Ostapenko, a specialist from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, who came to Harbin in 2016 and has since worked as a teacher at the Harbin Conservatory.
He noted that Harbin has its own unique geographical advantages and historical foundation for the development of classical music, and plays a very important role in promoting exchanges in the musical field between Russia and China.
"I am very glad that the exchange of musicians between Russia and China is constantly developing. As far as I know, there are currently many Russian musicians working in China on a permanent basis," he said.
“I taught quite a few talented Chinese students at the Harbin Conservatory,” said A. Ostapenko. He noted that more and more outstanding Chinese musicians are taking part in international competitions.
Meanwhile, the professionalism of Russian experts is widely recognized by students and teachers at the Harbin Conservatory. “Russian teachers have their own unique methodology. At the same time, they pay special attention to practice. All this helps us develop our musical sense,” said Wang Siyuan, a student at the conservatory.
In recent years, conservatories in China have been actively developing cooperation with Russian specialized universities. In 2023, the Harbin Conservatory, together with the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, established the Chinese-Russian Musical Union. In March of this year, the Chinese-Russian Research Center for Musical Culture was founded at the Chinese Conservatory in Beijing. -0-
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