{{short description|Chinese pianist (born 1940)}} {{family name hatnote|Dan ({{noitalic|{{linktext|lang=zh|但}}}})|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox person | name = Dan Zhaoyi | native_name = {{nobold|但昭义}} | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1940}} | birth_place = Chongqing, Sichuan, China<!--do NOT remove Sichuan. At the time Chongqing was still a part of Sichuan Province--> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (enter DEATH date then BIRTH date (e.g., ...|1967|8|31|1908|2|28}} use both this parameter and |birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> | death_place = | alma_mater = Sichuan Conservatory of Music | years_active = | occupation = Pianist, Piano Pedagogue | awards = | honours = | signature = | module = {{infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = Classical | instrument = Piano | label = | website = }} }} '''Dan Zhaoyi''' ({{zh|s=但昭义|t=但昭義}}; born 1940), is a Chinese classical pianist and piano pedagogue. He is regarded as the "Godfather" of piano education in China.<ref name="dan">{{cite web |title=Dan Zhaoyi: ‘Godfather’ of piano education |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2018-10/19/content_21155125.htm |publisher=Shenzhen Daily |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024171055/http://www.szdaily.com/content/2018-10/19/content_21155125.htm |archive-date=24 October 2018 |date=19 October 2018}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Zhaoyi was born in Chongqing, Sichuan, China in 1940, and was from a family of doctors. Since his father was interested in music, both Zhaoyi and his brother received music education. Later, Zhaoyi studied under {{ill|周广仁|zh|lt=Zhou Guangren}} at Sichuan Conservatory of Music.<ref>{{cite web |title=但昭义：深圳是一片沃土 |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2448312 |publisher=The Paper |language=zh |date=17 September 2018|trans-title=Dan Zhaoyi: Shenzhen is fertile ground}}</ref>
== Career == Zhaoyi serves as a tenured professor of {{ill|深圳藝術學校|zh|lt=Shenzhen Arts School}}. He is also the dean of Piano Art Institute, Sichuan Conservatory of Music. Additionally, he serves as counselor of Piano Society of Chinese Musicians' Association and Honorary Chairman of Shenzhen Musicians Association.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artistic Director |publisher=CSIPCC Organizing Committee Office |url=https://www.csipcc.com.cn/about-us/artistic-director/ |access-date=5 May 2024 }}</ref>
==Students== Zhaoyi's students includes Yundi,<ref name="journal">{{cite journal |last1=Fu |first1=Xi |last2=Cherevko |first2=Kateryna |last3=Pysmenna |first3=Oksana |title=Performing skills of Li Yundi in the context of China's leading trends in the piano art development |journal=Amazonia Investiga |date=2021 |volume=10 |issue=46 |pages=42–50 |doi=10.34069/AI/2021.46.10.4 |url=https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2021.46.10.4|doi-access=free }}</ref> Zee Zee,<ref>{{cite web | title=Pianist Zee Zee on how becoming a mum changes her playing, and the things she sacrificed growing up a prodigy | url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3131793/pianist-zee-zee-how-becoming-mum-changes-her-playing-and | work=South China Morning Post | author=Jack Lau | date=2021-05-01 | accessdate=2024-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501100054/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3131793/pianist-zee-zee-how-becoming-mum-changes-her-playing-and|archive-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> Sa Chen and Haochen Zhang.<ref name="dan"/>
==Bibliography== === Biography === * {{cite book |title=但昭义钢琴艺术人生 |date=1 November 2011 |publisher=上海音乐出版社|language=zh|trans-title=Dan Zhaoyi's Life for the Art of Piano|isbn=9787807518730}}
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