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Old music conservatory site returned
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THE original campus of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in Yangpu District will be handed back to the “Cradle of Musicians” before its 90th birthday on November 17 next year, said officials.
Under an agreement signed yesterday by the administration and the district government, the campus at No.918 Minjing Road will be home to a new advanced music research institute named after its former president, He Luting, which was established last month.
Construction of the campus was finished in 1935, but the school was forced to close in August 1937 after its main building and dorm were destroyed by the Japanese military during World War II.
The school was relocated to Fenyang Road after the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949 and the original site has been occupied by the public security bureau.
There are still four of the original structures on the site, including the main building, the two adjacent buildings on the eastern and western sides, as well as a practice room.
The garden has been preserved and a pine tree planted in March 1936 by the famous educator Cai Yuanpei, the conservatory’s first president, is still standing.
The district government and the university will work together to make full use of the resources in the neighborhood, said officials, adding that the government will acquire more land to establish a college of modern music.
The conservatory will also work with the government to develop the Yangpu-based development of the Shanghai Vocational School of Modern Music and the Experimental School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to promote music education.
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