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Prof. Li Cong 李聪居住于中国上海,1978年到1982年就读于上海师范大学音乐学院,师从原上海乐团手风琴演奏家吴嘉平女士学习手风琴。1982年毕业留校担任手风琴教师至今。现任上海师范大学音乐学院院长、教授。

1995年,担任上海手风琴学会会长;

2002年,担任中国音协手风琴学会(CAA)副会长;

2009年,担任中国教育学会高等师范院校手风琴学术委员会常务副主任;

2009年,担任中国音乐家协会理事;

2010年,担任国际手风琴联盟音乐艺术委员会委员。

1998年7月,李聪远赴新西兰,与Accordions Worldwide 创办者哈里琼斯先生签约,作为AWW代表,创办《中国手风琴在线》网站,建立了中国手风琴国际交流的平台和桥梁,至今积累了大量中国和国际手风琴活动的珍贵资料。

李聪编写了大量手风琴教材,其中有中国高等师范院校的系列手风琴教材、上海手风琴考级教材、少年儿童手风琴学习教材,还主编了关于中国手风琴发展研究的《中国手风琴的多元化发展》论文集等。

1999年,李聪创办了“上海李聪手风琴专修学校”,至今累计培养少年儿童手风琴学生3000人。其中部分优秀学生已成为音乐院校手风琴专业学生和手风琴教师。

李聪组织过多次成功的、重大的中国手风琴活动,如2006年的上海之春国际手风琴艺术周,2008年的全国高等师范院校手风琴教学多元化发展研讨会,2009年的上海之春全国手风琴邀请赛等,这些活动极大的推动和引导了中国手风琴的未来发展。

作为中国音协手风琴学会的代表,李聪参加了许多国际手风琴活动和会议。如担任第58届、60届、61届、62届、63届世界杯手风琴锦标赛国际评委,意大利卡斯特尔费达多国际手风琴比赛评委,俄罗斯北方杯国际手风琴比赛评委,俄罗斯远东国际青年艺术节手风琴比赛评委等。

多年来,李聪致力于推进中国手风琴的全面发展,致力于促进中国手风琴在国际间的往来和交流,推动CAA与CIA的合作。他出席了多次国际手风琴联盟代表会议,2007年1月,在于斐济召开的国际手风琴联盟第117次会员国会议上,李聪代表中国音协手风琴学会向国际手风琴联盟递交入会申请,1月24日,国际手风琴联盟接受中国音协手风琴学会为正式成员国,这是中国手风琴界进入国际手风琴大家庭的重要里程碑。

在2010年10月19日于克罗地亚举行的国际手风琴联盟第124届代表大会上,李聪当选为国际手风琴联盟艺术委员会委员。这是国际手风琴联盟自1935年成立以来,第一次有中国手风琴界代表当选艺术委员会委员。

目前,李聪与他的团队正全力筹备2011年10月将在中国上海举办的第64届Coupe Mondiale世界杯手风琴锦标赛。为表彰李聪老师为推动世界杯手风琴锦标赛在中国举办所做出的不懈努力和贡献,国际手风琴联盟主席雷蒙达先生宣布授予李聪先生“2011年国际手风琴联盟荣誉副主席”称号。

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Shanghai Scene cover with 8 page insert about Cong LI published December 2013. Download pdf of article: Shanghai Scene printable Cover and 8 page Insert

Cong LI, now living in Shanghai, studied in College of Music, Shanghai Normal University (SHNU) during 1978 to 1982 and was taught by the former accordionist of the Shanghai Philharmonic Ms. Jiaping WU. Cong LI, has taught accordion as a teacher in SHNU since 1982. He is now a professor and also dean of Music College in SHNU.

1995 to 2014, President of Shanghai Accordion Association;

2002, Vice President of Chinese Accordion Association (CAA);

2009, Vice Director of Normal Universities Accordion Committee, Chinese Society of Education;

2009, Director of Chinese Musicians Association;

2010, Member of Music Committee, CIA

2012 President of Chinese Accordion Association (CAA)

To honor Mr. LI for his devotion and great efforts in promoting Coupe Mondiale in China, President of CIA Mr. Raymond Bodell awarded him the title of “2011 CIA Honorary Vice President”.

Hugely successful 2011 Coupe Mondiale in Shanghai hosted by the Chinese Accordion Association with Prof. LI Cong as President.

Official Coupe Mondiale web site for full report, pictures, results and video at: www.CoupeMondiale.org
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Part 1: 2011 Coupe Mondiale Highlights
Part 2: 2011 Coupe Mondiale Highlights
Part 3: 2011 Coupe Mondiale Highlights


In July 1998, LI went to New Zealand to sign a contract there with the founder of Accordions Worldwide Harley Jones and founded the www.accordion.com/china website as the representative of AWW, which built a major platform where Chinese accordion could have the chance to communicate with the world since then. Since that time, this website has grown to include a huge quantity of information recording lots of local and international accordion events in Chinese language.

LI has written and edited numerous accordion text books including the series of text books for Chinese normal universities, books for grade tests and for kids’ and teens’ accordion learning. Besides, he has also composed the memoir 'The Multiple Development for Accordion in China' and various other publications.

In 1999, LI established the LI Cong Accordion School. Students, as many as 3,000 since inception, some of whom became accordion-major students at conservatories and then became accordion teachers.

LI has successfully organized quite a few significant accordion events in China. Among those are:
2006 Shanghai Spring International Accordion Festival,
2008 National Normal University Accordion Diversified Teaching Seminar,
2009 Shanghai Spring National Competition and so on.
All of these events have greatly promoted the future development of the accordion in China.

As a representative of CAA, LI attended many international accordion events and meetings. He worked as a adjudicator at the 58th, 60th – 63rd Coupe Mondiales, Castelfidardo International Accordion Competition and also other national and international competitions.

For years, LI has always been devoted to promoting the all-around development of accordion in China and strengthening the communication between CAA and CIA. He has attended a lot of CIA International Delegates Conferences. In January 2007, LI submitted the member application on behalf of CAA to CIA at the 117th CIA member countries’ meeting. On January 24th, 2007, CIA approved that China had officially become a full Voting Member, and this date became the vital milestone, marking when China accordion entered fully the international accordion family.

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Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) Congress, Croatia, Eastern Europe, October 2010.
Above from left to right: Crystal Wang (Vice President of the Shanghai Accordion Association), Professor Li Cong (CIA Delegate and 2011 CIA Honorary Vice President), and Mr. Yu Zhen (Vice President and General Secretary of the Shanghai Musicians Association) presenting details of the 2011 Coupe Mondiale to be held in Shanghai to the enthusiastic CIA General Assembly of Delegates.
201010月,在克罗地亚的会议上,从左至右为:王从余(上海音协手风琴专业委员会副会长)、李聪(CIA代表,2011CIA荣誉副主席)、余震(上海音乐家协会副主席兼秘书长)正在向国际理事会各国代表介绍2011年中国上海第64届世界杯手风琴锦标赛的筹备情况.
 
Signing of the 2011 Coupe Mondiale contract

Signing of the 2011 Coupe Mondiale Contract

After the signing of the contract for the 2011 Coupe Mondiale in Shanghai, China, the official recognition of the completed contract was signified by the shaking of hands by Prof. Li Cong (CIA Delegate and 2011 CIA Honorary Vice President), with Raymond Bodell (CIA President) and Mr. Yu Zhen (Vice President and General Secretary of the Shanghai Musicians Association) shaking hands with Kimmo Matilla (CIA Secretary General) and the formal handing over of the signed contracts to very strong applause from the international accordion delegates from around the world.
 
CIA Music Committee 2010

CIA Music Committee 2010 - 2013

Andreas Nebl (Germany), Li Cong (China), Viatcheslav Semionov (Vice Chairperson, Russia), Frederic Deschamps (Chairperson, France)
Vojin Vasovic (Serbia), Grayson Masefield (New Zealand), not pictured Pasi Hirvonen (Finland).
 

At the 124th CIA International Delegates Conference on Oct.19th, 2010 in Croatia, LI was voted as member of the Music Committee. This is the first time a Chinese delegate has ever become a member since the establishment of CIA in 1935.

At the moment, LI together with his team is sparing no effort in preparing the 64th Coupe Mondiale which will be held in October, 2011 in Shanghai, China. This is widely expected to be the largest attended Coupe Mondiale ever held.

For further information about Li Cong, read his Celebrity Interview

Contact Details:

Prof. Li Cong
No.100 Gui Lin Rd.
Shanghai
China 200234
Tel: +86 21 64322363
Mobile: +86 13816776688
Email: licong@shnu.edu.cn
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