Jacqueline Tang Beihua is a distinguished piano professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and serves as a guest professor at both the Tianjin Conservatory of Music and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is also chair of the U.S. branch of the Shanghai Western Returned Scholars Association and president of the Pacific Musicians Society.

Highly regarded as both a pedagogue and performer, Professor Tang has served on the juries of numerous prestigious international piano competitions, including the Concurso Internacional de Piano Premio Jaén and the Conservatorio Municipal de Música “José Iturbi” de Valencia in Spain, the Premio Mauro Paolo Monopoli in Italy, and events in Gabala (Azerbaijan), South Carolina (USA), and competitions hosted by China’s national broadcaster, CCTV.

Her excellence in teaching has been widely recognized. She received the Grand Prix at the Annual Award for Outstanding Teachers presented by the Shanghai Culture and Arts Talent Fund and was awarded second prize in the He Luting Prize for Teaching Excellence by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

As a concert pianist, she has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras, including the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, the Central Philharmonic Society in Beijing (now the China National Symphony Orchestra), the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Shanxi Symphony Orchestra. Her performances have featured works by Chopin, Mozart, and the iconic Yellow River Piano Concerto. She has also presented solo recitals, lectures, and master classes across France, Italy, and the United States.

Professor Tang’s contributions to music scholarship include her acclaimed Chinese translation of Notes from the Pianist’s Bench by Boris Berman, which has been reprinted 15 times. Her recording of Chinese piano repertoire has reached more than 50 million listeners on a major news platform in China.

Her students have gone on to achieve remarkable success on the global stage: Qin Yunyi became the first Chinese pianist to win the 50th Concurso Internacional de Piano Premio Jaén. Yin Cunmo has earned top honors at both the International Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn and the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, and is now the first Chinese faculty member at the affiliated middle school of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover in Germany. Zhang Shengliang, known professionally as Niu Niu, is one of the most sought-after concert pianists of his generation.