{"id":1118,"date":"2023-10-24T03:59:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/juilliard-gives-honorary-doctorate-to-peng-liyuan\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T20:58:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T12:58:55","slug":"honorary-doctorate-to-peng-liyuan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/honorary-doctorate-to-peng-liyuan\/","title":{"rendered":"Juilliard Gives Honorary Doctorate To Peng Liyuan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping has been awarded an honorary doctorate<\/a> from the world-renowned Juilliard School for the Performing Arts in the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping has been awarded an honorary doctorate<\/a> from the world-renowned Juilliard School for the Performing Arts in the United States.<\/p>\n

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Peng Liyuan (2nd left), folk singing soprano and wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, receives her honorary doctorate from New York\u2019s Juilliard School at a ceremony in Beijing on December 6. Photo: China Conservatory of Music<\/p>\n

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Peng Liyuan \u2013 a soprano and popular folk singer \u2013 was presented with the degree at the China Conservatory of Music on Wednesday, the Beijing-based school said on Friday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis honor is not given to me alone, it is also a recognition of Chinese folk music and a reflection of the closer cultural ties between Chinese and Americans,\u201d Peng said at the award ceremony.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI hope the cooperation between art schools and organizations in the two countries will be deepened in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peng\u2019s singing career began at the age of 15 when she enrolled in a music school. In 1980 she was made a People\u2019s Liberation Army soldier of literature and arts, and soon after became a regular face on state-run television programs.<\/p>\n

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She also made frequent appearances in state broadcaster CCTV\u2019s New Year Gala, a hugely popular annual show that airs around the time of the Lunar New Year.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Weibo<\/p>\n

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While she has performed in public only rarely since Xi took over as Chinese leader in 2012, Peng has been seen as a symbol of China\u2019s expanding<\/a> soft power under her husband\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n

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In 2014, she was named UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girls\u2019 and Women\u2019s Education and has made frequent appearances on the pages of fashion magazines and websites.<\/p>\n

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Joseph Polisi, the president of New York-based Juilliard was quoted as saying that he \u201chighly commended Dr. Peng Liyuan\u2019s achievement in arts\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Weibo<\/p>\n

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Peng last visited the school in 2015 while on a state visit to the US with Xi. During that trip, Juilliard announced its partnership with the Tianjin Conservatory of Music in northern China, and a plan to open its first overseas branch \u2013 The Tianjin Juilliard School \u2013 in 2019.<\/p>\n

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The new facility will offer a US-accredited master\u2019s degree in music, as well as other courses in the performing arts, according to a statement on its website.<\/p>\n

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Source: SCMP<\/p>\n

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