...Asweapproachtheendofthefallsemester,wefollowedupwithDiegoAcosta(MM’24,flute),ashereflectsonhisfirstsemesterasaTianjinJuilliardstudentandshareshisgoalsforthenexttwoyears.IamafluteplayerfromMexicoandafirst-yearstudentoftheOrchestralStudiesprogram.Icomefromab...

...ViolinistJuilaGlennhasalwaysbeeninterestedintheconnectionsbetweenlanguageandmusic.GlenncompletedherDoctorateinViolinatJuilliardandalsotaughtMusicTheoryandAnalysisandMusicHistoryattheSchool.DuringherstudiesatJuilliard,Glenntappedintoherbackgroundinlinguisti...

...Ivaluemystudents’motivationtolearn.Iwantthemtoaskdaringquestions.Ihopetheyarealsointerestedinareasoutsideofmusic.Tolearnmusic,onehastobefilledwithimagination.”—ChangChouHanFortyyearsago,ChangChouHanappliedtostudyatJuilliardattherecommendationofthecomposerW...

...SeasonHighlightsInclude:TheTianjinJuilliardOrchestrapresentsnineconcertsunderresidentconductorKenLam,incollaborationwithguestartistsJianWang,XianghuaMa,andShao-ChiaLüTheTianjinJuilliardEnsembleshowcasesaseriesofeightconcerts,includingaconcertattheXinghaiCo...

...BornintoafamilyofmusicloversinSouthKorea,cellofacultyYeonjinKimgotanearlystartplayingthepianoattheageofeight.Herparentswereavidfansofmusic,andalthoughtheydidnotaskhertopursuemusicasacareer,Kim’spassionguidedher.Shelovedsinginginachoir,andplayingthepianoand...

...Withtheintroductionoftheclassicalvoiceandclassicalguitarmajors,TianjinJuilliardPre-CollegestrengthensitscommitmenttooffercomprehensiveandcollaborativemusicprogramsthatareuniqueinChina.BeyondprovidingoutstandingtechnicalandartistictrainingtotalentedPre-Coll...

...TheYongSiewTohConservatoryofMusic(YST)attheNationalUniversityofSingapore(NUS)andTheTianjinJuilliardSchoolhavesignedanMOUtocollaborateintheareasofperformance,teaching,andcurriculumdevelopment.Thetwoschoolswillalsoengageinfacultyandvisitingartistexchangeaswe...

...AHungariancomposer,pianist,ethnomusicologist,andteacher,BélaBartókisconsideredoneofthemostimportantcomposersofthe20thcentury.Bartókrepresentsagroupof“nationalist”composersyetbroadenedthedefinitionofnationalismbyfusionwithhisownmodernism.Profoundlyinfluence...

...Inanticipationoftheinauguralgraduatestudiesclassstartinganewschoolyear,ourArtisticDirectorandDean,WeiHeshareshishopesanddreamsforincomingstudentsastheymarkanewchapterintheirlives.ApartfromChina,ourTianjinJuilliardgraduatestudentscomefromSouthKorea,UnitedSt...

...Goodmorningorgoodeveningtooneandall.IamAlexanderBrose,ExecutiveDirectorandCEOoftheTianjinJuilliardSchool.ItismygreatanddistincthonortowelcomeeveryoneofyoutotheTianjinJuilliardSchool.Thismomentousdayhasbeenaverylongtimeinthemaking.CountlesspeopleinboththeUn...

...LastNovember,TheTianjinJuilliardSchoolandTianjinGrandTheatrejointlystagedthefirstTianjinChamberMusicFestivalandithasbecomeanannualfixtureinthelocalartsscene.Theinauguralfestivalwasconceivedwiththegoalofbringingchambermusictotheforefrontofclassicalmusic,and...

...ÁdámKondorisalivingHungariancomposerwhomourflutefaculty,GergelyIttzéshasworkedwithinthepast.Ittzéspraiseshisoriginalworksas“modernandveryindividual.”Since2001,KondorhaslivedinBudapest.In2012,hemovedtoThailand,andlivedthereforfouryearsbeforegoingbacktoHunga...

...Overthedecades,hundredsofstudentshavetraveledfromSouthKoreatoNewYorkCitytostudyatTheJuilliardSchool.Thismonth,Juilliard’sOfficeofAlumniRelationsandTheTianjinJuilliardSchoolorganizedanalumnireunionandconcertinSeoul.TheeventtookplaceonSeptember19atIlshinHall...

...AsaChina-born,Juilliard-trainedpianist,IwasfortunatetoexperiencetheeducationalsystemsbothintheUSandAsia,whichhelpedmetremendouslyformyworkintheTianjinJuilliardSchool.Inthepast6years,mostofmytimewasspentintheUSwhereIacquiredknowledgeandskills,butIthinkthemo...

...Aftersixyears,theworld-renownedJuilliardStringQuartetreturnedtoTheTianjinJuilliardSchoolonNovember3withabrand-newlineupforaweeklongresidencyofteachingandperformances.Thefourmusicians—AretaZhulla,LeonardFu,MollyCarr,andAstridSchween—offeredarichprograminclu...