JIN Ping (US)

• Professor Jin is currently Associate Dean and Head of Composition Division at the School of Music of the Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen

Professor Jin is currently Associate Dean and Head of Composition Division at the School of Music of the Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen. He was a professor at the State University of New York before he returned to China in 2008. Since then, he was a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music and was Head of Composition Department at the China Conservatory of Music. He has been music director for MUSICACOUSTICA-BEIJING, an international electronic music festival, since 2008.
Jin’s music has been commissioned and performed by many orchestras and ensembles such as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, Orchestra Academia China, EarPlay, Bang On A Can, and the Newstead Trio. He won the First Prize at the national art song composition contest in China and Golden Bell Prize for his Chinese orchestra work. His sextet received award from the New York State Council on the Arts.Jin was born in China. He studied composition at the Central Conservatory of Music, the Syracuse University, and the University of Cincinnati, where he received his doctorate.