중국 진지 선생

Professor of classical guitar in Beijing Central Conservatoire Chen Zhi is a famous international guitar artist.  He assumes posts as director, artisic instructor and conductor of China Broadcasting Guitar Orchestra, council director of China Beijing Guitar Society, council member of Beijing Musician Association, president of Chen Zhi School of Classical Guitar, as well as council member of China International Cultural Exchange Center and council member of Japan International Guitar Association.

In 1982 Mr. Chen Zhi founded the first school of classical guitar "Chen Zhi School of Classical Guitar" in China.  He has been hosting the radio programme "Classical Guitar Lesson once a week" since 1984.  In 1986 he assumed the post as council director of China Beijing Guitar Society.

As the initiator and artistic director, Chen Zhi organize the first China International Guitar Festival in 1987 which won a great success.  In 1989 He assumed the post as the director of China Broadcasting Guitar Orchestra.  In the same year Chen led a delegation to participate the 32nd Tokyo International Guitar Contest and his student Miss Yang Xuefei (l2 years old) won a Special Prize.

At the invitation of the Spanish government Mr. Chen made a three-month visit to Spain for investigation and lecture in 1991.  In 1992 he went to Spain and Portugal once again with his students Miss Yang Xuefei and Miss Bai Pu (13 years old) for a one-month performance.  The performance was very successful and made a great stir throughout the countries.  Chen Zhi also led Miss Yang Xuefei and Miss Bai Pu to Taiwan for a performance tour in 1993 and won high acclaim.  In the same year his student Miss Wang Yameng (l2 years old) beast numbers of strong professional competitors in this field and won the first prize of the 36th Tokyo International Guitar contest. He led a delegation to Taiwan and Japan for performance tour in 1994 and gave lectures in France, Switzerland and Italy in 1995.  His student Wang Yameng also won a 2nd prize in the 28th "Citta di Alessandria" International Guitar Contest in 1995.  Chen Zhi will visit and make performance tours of Italy, France, and Spain in1996.

Since 1993, Professor Chen has been hosting the CCTV programme "The Skill and Expression of Classical Guitar" which is on the air three times a week.  For years, Mr. Chen has written a great many books and articleson the art of guitar, they were published on press at home and abroad.  Chen has paid visits to foreign countries from time to time, pursuing investigation and made friends with dozens of famous musicians.  He was Visiting Professor of Conservatoire de Paris Cit?de la musique and has been confered honorary membership and invited as consultant of art by several international musical organizations.  His activities in art were specially reported by magazines such as "The Gendai Guitar", "Music Of Guitar", "Harmony" and "Daily News" in Japan, "Classical Guitar" in Britain, and the British Broadcasting Company and NBC in the United States.