Huang has been reading poetry and books since he was a child, and he especially loves music. Huang entered Tsinghua School in Beijing in 1916 and began to be exposed to Western music. In 1924, he went to Oberlin College in Ohio, USA, to study psychology. After graduation, he transferred to Yale University in 1928 to study Western music theory and composition, and received a bachelor's degree in music with the highest honors. In 1929, at the age of 26, he completed his first symphonic overture "Nostalgic", which was his graduation work and was performed in the United States to great acclaim. Returned to China after graduation in 1929. After returning to the country, he taught at Shanghai Hujiang University, National Music College and other schools. In 1935, Huang Zifa founded the Shanghai Philharmonic, the first all-Chinese orchestra. Famous musicians such as He Luting, Zhu Ying, Jiang Dingxian, Lin Sheng, Lin Shengxi, Liu Xue'an, etc. are all students of Huang Zi.

Huang Zi is China’s first composer. Huang Zi was born in a well-educated family. He was courteous and courteous to others, and he was very kind and courteous when teaching students. Therefore, the students respected, loved and admired him. Huang Zi was the first music educator among Chinese musicians to teach theoretical composition in a systematic and planned way. He also served as a music committee member and a music committee member of the Ministry of Education. He soon cultivated many composition talents with outstanding performance. Such as Zhu Ying, Jiang Dingxian, Lin Shengxi and others, and Lin Shengxi was Huang Zi's proud disciple and received the true biography.