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A world-famous pipa virtuoso, Professor Zhang Qiang is director of the String Instrument Division of the Chinese Music Department at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (CCOM).

Since graduating from CCOM in 1987, Professor Zhang has devoted himself to teaching at the conservatory as a pipa instructor for almost three decades. He has been a judge at major domestic and international instrumental music competitions and has been invited to give lectures at many educational institutions. In addition to his traditional approach in systematic technique training, Professor Zhang focuses on the cultivation of students' music awareness and strongly urges his students to explore and display personal character in performing. Many of his students stand out as national winners of China’s highest-level competitions.

Professor Zhang is an active performer throughout China and abroad. He has regularly appeared in international music festivals: the Edinburgh International Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center Festival of Contemporary Music, Berlin Art Week, Torino Art Festival, and other festivals held in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. His musical collaborations also include the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, Dutch New Orchestra, China Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, China Radio National Orchestra, Shanghai National Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Taipei National Orchestra, Guangdong National Orchestra, Macau Chinese Orchestra, and Singapore Chinese Orchestra. He has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall, Musikverein (Golden Hall in Vienna), and Lincoln Center in New York City. His work features solo pieces for pipa, concertos, and traditional repertoires, and he actively engages in contemporary chamber music.

Professor Zhang maintains a lifelong devotion to academic research. Together with three professors from the Central Conservatory, he has been working on a historical preservation project, Xian Suo Bei Kao, imparting, performing, and eventually completing restoration of 1,814 manuscripts from the Qing Dynasty.

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张强教授是享誉国际的琵琶演奏家，现任中央音乐学院中国民族器乐系弦乐教研室主任。

自1987年毕业于中央音乐学院以来，张强教授三十余年如一日，始终致力于琵琶教学工作。他不仅在技术训练中坚持传统、系统的方法，同时十分重视学生音乐意识的培养，并鼓励学生在演奏中展现个性与艺术表达。他所指导的学生中，有许多在中国最高级别的民族器乐比赛中脱颖而出，屡获大奖。

张强教授不仅在中国活跃演出，还常年受邀出访世界各地，参与国际重要音乐节演出，如：爱丁堡国际艺术节、哈德斯菲尔德当代音乐节、坦格伍德当代音乐节、柏林艺术周、都灵艺术节，以及中国大陆、台湾、香港、澳门等地的音乐盛会。他的合作乐团遍及中外，包括圣彼得堡爱乐乐团、奥菲斯室内乐团、布鲁克林交响乐团、中国国家交响乐团、荷兰新乐团、中国广播民族乐团、上海民族乐团、香港中乐团、台北国乐团、广东民族乐团、澳门中乐团及新加坡华乐团等。

张教授曾登上卡内基音乐厅、柏林爱乐音乐厅、维也纳金色大厅、纽约林肯中心等世界顶级音乐殿堂。他演奏曲目涵盖琵琶独奏、协奏曲与传统曲目，也积极参与当代室内乐创作与演出。

除了演奏与教学，张强教授还长期致力于学术研究。他与中央音乐学院三位教授共同推进清代《弦索备考》的抢救性整理与传承工作，演奏与研究结合，最终完成了对1,814份清代琵琶文献手稿的还原与整理，推动了中国琵琶艺术的历史传承与学术建设。