By Rudolph Tang

Hailed as “Writer and expert on the classical music industry in China” by the New York Times, Rudolph Tang (唐若甫) is a most read journalist for Musical America based in Shanghai and Beijing, member of the Society for Musical Criticism of China, European Correspondent of Music Lover magazine, Chair of the International GINASTERA Society’s China Branch. He has covered topics on classical music and opera since 2000.
Upon graduation from Tongji University, he served as Editor of the Gramophone China, jury member of the MIDEM Classical Awards, Head of Communications of the China Symphony Development Foundation and the Alliance of Asia-Pacific Region Orchestras.
His first book The Many Faces of Musicians in China, a collection of music criticism and journalism since 2005, was published by Beijing Normal University Press in September 2014. He was the co-author of China Creative Digest 2014 & 2015 published by China’s Ministry of Culture.
A native of Shanghai, he was on the nominating committee of Classical: NEXT’s Innovation Awards 2015-19 and selected reviewing panel of China National Arts Fund. Other than writing, he has given lectures at top colleges and conservatories in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanning, Shenzhen and at forums hosted by the Peking University, the Association of British Orchestras, Philharmonie de Paris and Centre national de la musique of France.