In 1983, Zhang Guoyong graduated from conducting department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, followed by a Ph.D degree in music, with distinction, from the Moscow State Conservatory named after Tchaikovsky. He studied under the direction of two famous conductors, Professor Huang Xiaotong and the world-renowned G. Rozhdestvensky. Maestro Zhang now serves as the president and artistic director of Shanghai Opera House, a professor in the composing and conducting department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music...