Cao Liang

Professor, master’s tutor, and second-level conductor. Member of the Chinese Musicians Association, member of the China Ethnic Minority Music Society, vice president of the Hainan Provincial Orchestra Society, vice chairman of the Haikou Musicians Association, director of the Music Research Institute of the Hainan University Art School, and permanent conductor and artistic director of the "Hainan University Chinese Orchestra" , one of the first batch of academic leaders in education and scientific research in Hainan Province.

Chinese name: Cao Liang

Nationality: Chinese

Ethnicity: Han

Occupation: Teacher

Graduation Institution: Xi'an Conservatory of Music

Representative work: "Music of the Li Nationality"

Professional title: Professor

Entered Xi'an Conservatory of Music in 1991 and graduated in 1995 He stayed at the school to work and obtained a master's degree in musicology from Xi'an Conservatory of Music in 2003. In 2005, he was introduced to teach at the Art College of Hainan University. Main research directions: Chinese music history, musical anthropology.

In 2011, he presided over the National Social Science Foundation's art project "Research on the Traditional Music Formation of the Li Ethnic Group in Hainan Island", and presided over the Hainan Provincial Federation of Social Science and Technology's "Li Studies Series" (first batch) major project "Folk Songs of the Li Ethnic Group in Hainan Island" Research" and participated in a number of Ministry of Education and provincial-level projects. Published monographs "Into the Symphony" (2008), "Li Music Chronicles" (2017), and has been published in "Journal of Hainan University" (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition), "Chinese Music" (Journal of China Conservatory of Music), "Music and Performance" (Journal of Nanjing University of the Arts), "Symphony" (Journal of Xi'an Conservatory of Music), "Journal of Yunnan University of Arts", "Journal of Tianjin Conservatory of Music", "Journal of Hainan Normal University" (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition), "Journal of Guizhou University" 》 and other publications published more than 20 academic papers.

In 1997, he was awarded the title of "Excellent Educator" by the Music Education Department of Xi'an Conservatory of Music; in 2006, he was awarded the honorary title of "The Most Popular Teacher" by Hainan University; in 2009, he published a series of papers on "Panpipes, Ancient Instruments Discovered in Chinese Archeology" "Research" won the third prize for scientific research achievements in higher education institutions in Hainan Province; in 2012, it won the second prize in the 19th Hainan Province Multimedia Teaching Materials (Software) Competition; in 2014, the work "Local Opera - Hanging Hu and Percussion" won the first prize in Hainan Province Third prize in the music category of Nanhai Literary Award. In 2017, he won the National Outstanding Music Conductor Award at the Fourth Hong Kong International Music Festival; in 2017, his paper "A Preliminary Discussion of the Ancient Bronze Drums of Hainan Island" won the third prize in the theoretical commentary category of the second Nanhai Literary and Art Award of Hainan Province; in 2017, he won the Annual Award of Hainan University "Excellent Teacher" title.