Yu Hongmei

DISTINGUISHED Artistic Adviser

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Yu Hongmei, President of the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM), is an eminent erhu virtuoso, educator, and scholar whose leadership has significantly shaped the development of Chinese music in both national and international contexts. As professor and doctoral advisor at CCOM, she has advanced major initiatives in the preservation and innovation of traditional instrumental practices and has directed nationally funded research projects on the transmission of Chinese musical heritage. She played a central role in establishing the Chinese Music Development Initiative, a collaboration between CCOM and the US-China Music Institute at Bard College, fostering institutional partnerships and global engagement with Chinese music. Recognized with numerous national talent distinctions and international awards, Yu is regarded as a cultural leader at the forefront of Chinese music education, research, and international exchange.

Yu has been selected for the National “Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talent Project” and awarded the title of “Outstanding Young and Middle-Aged Expert with Remarkable Contributions.” She has been recognized as a “Cultural Master and Four Kinds of Talents” by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, and designated as a Leading Talent in Philosophy and Social Sciences under the “Ten Thousand Talents Program.”

Her honors include the Pro Musicis International Award (USA), the Fourth China Golden Record Award, the Indie Award for Best World Traditional Music, the First Prize of the 10th Fok Ying Tung Education Fund Award for Outstanding Young Teachers, the Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award, the Ministry of Education’s New Century Talent Program, the Ministry of Culture’s Wenhua Award for Educators in Chinese Instrumental Music, and the 6th Xinyi Cup Award for Outstanding Chinese Traditional Instrumentalists, among others.

With support from the Beijing Municipal Publicity Department and the Beijing High-Level Cultural Talent Training Program, she established the Yu Hongmei Studio for Chinese Bowed-String Music Masters. She also initiated and organized the creation of one of the Ministry of Education’s first National Bases for the Inheritance of Fine Traditional Chinese Culture (Chinese Traditional Music).

Yu serves as Chief Expert of the major National Social Science Fund Project in Arts, Research on the Inheritance and Development of Instrumental Music Genres in New China (2019). In 2022, she was named the First Outstanding Graduate Supervisor of Beijing.

于红梅
杰出艺术顾问 

于红梅，当代杰出的二胡演奏家、教育家，中央音乐学院教授、博士生导师，现任中央音乐学院院长。中国民族管弦乐学会胡琴专业委员会会长，中国音乐家协会理事，中国民族弓弦乐学会副会长。美国巴德学院客座教授。入选国家百千万人才工程，被授予“有突出贡献中青年专家”荣誉称号，当选中宣部文化名家暨“四个一批”人才，“万人计划”哲学社会科学领军人才。曾荣获美国Pro Musicis International Award“乐府国际音乐大奖”、第四届中国“金唱片”奖、Indie Awards“世界独立唱片大奖”之“最佳世界传统音乐奖”、第十届霍英东教育基金“优秀青年教师奖”一等奖、宝钢优秀教师奖、教育部“新世纪人才资助计划”、原文化部“文华艺术院校奖”中国民族器乐比赛“园丁奖”、第六届“新绎杯”中国杰出民族器乐演奏家。由北京市委宣传部授予、北京文化高层次人才培养项目支持成立“中国弓弦乐于红梅名家工作室”。组织创建教育部首批中华优秀传统文化传承基地（中国民族音乐）。担任2019年国家社科基金艺术学重大项目“新中国器乐乐种传承发展研究”首席专家。2022年荣获首届“北京市优秀研究生指导教师”称号。