JIN Ping (US)

• 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 ofMusic of the Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen. He was a professor at the Statereturned to China in 2008. Since then, he was a professolUniversity of New York before heat the Central Conservatory of Music and was Head ofDepartment at the chingcompositionConservatory of Music. He has been music director for MUSICACOUSTICA-BEIJING, aninternational electronic music festival, since 2008.
Jin's music has been commissioned and performed by many orchestras and ensembles such as the Cincinnat Symphony Orchestra, ChinaNational Symphony Orchestra, China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, Orchestra Academia China, EarPlay, Bang OnA Can, and the Newstead Trio. He won the first prize at the naional art song composition contest in China and Golden Bell Prize for hisChinese 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 ofCincinnati, where he received his doctorate.