The Central Conservatory of Music was formed by the merger of several music education institutions, including the National Conservatory of Music, which was established in 1940, in 1949. It is a higher education institution that produces advanced specialized music talents and is the only "Project 211" institution among all art colleges in the country. It now has teaching departments such as Composition, Musicology, conducting, piano, orchestral, Chinese music, Vocal and Opera, Music Education Institute, Violin Making Research Center, Orchestra Institute, Affiliated Secondary Music School, Modern Distance Music Education Institute, Continuing Education Institute, and the Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education - Musicology Institute. / 1,543 undergraduate students and 663 postgraduate students are currently enrolled. As the national center for music education, music research, composition and performance, and social music promotion, the Central Conservatory of Music is a music institution that represents the level of professional music education in China, has a complete range of majors and enjoys a high reputation both at home and abroad.
The Central Conservatory of Music is a place that music talents from home and abroad aspire to. Over the past more than 70 years, the conservatory has built up a strong faculty and teaching management team, produced a number of experts and scholars with outstanding contributions in teaching and research, attracted a large number of talented young musicians from home and abroad to study at the conservatory, cultivated tens of thousands of outstanding music talents and hundreds of foreign students, Most of them have become renowned composers, musicologists, music educators, performing artists, leaders and business backbones of cultural and artistic institutions at home and abroad. While inheriting the musical traditions and experiences of the Chinese nation, the Central Conservatory of Music has been constantly absorbing the excellent musical cultures of all countries and nations around the world. With a broad mind, it accommodates various academic forces, maintains vigorous vitality, and strives towards increasingly perfect international standards to become a world-class conservatory of music.
