Jin-Min Zhang - Bassoon Artist, Professor and Head of Woodwinds at Singapore Yong Siew Toh Conservatory

Zhang Jin Min graduated from Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music in 1982 studying with Professor Liu Zhigang, and won a French government scholarship to study at the Paris Conservatoire where he obtained an advanced performance certificate and was awarded a gold medal for chamber music. From 1984 to 1985, he was the Head of the Brass and Woodwind Departments at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, and at the same time, managed the China National Youth Orchestra. Following this, he received a government scholarship to pursue the Master of Music degree at the Geneva Superior Conservatory. He was a member of the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande before joining the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as Principal Bassoonist in 1987. As of June 2017, he was appointed Guest Principal at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under invitation by Maestro Yu Long, and teaches woodwinds in the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Academy. Effective 1 September 2018, he will be appointed Distinguished Professor at the