Date: 9:30am, Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Venue: Auditorium 2F, west wing, Shanghai Library
Lecturer: WANG Yong
Booking Code: 120301

About the Lecture
Franz Joseph Haydn, known as the founding father of the ‘Viennese Classical Music’, was born on April 1st, 1732 in Rohrau of south Austria, a village near the border with Hungary. When he died on May 1st, 1809, he had become one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period and even in the world music history.

Joseph Hayden is often called the "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms. He was also instrumental in the development of the piano trio and in the evolution of sonata form.

He was also a close friend of, and even looked upon as ‘father’ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; he was also a teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven, whom Haydn was the least satisfied with. He excelled in almost every music genre, yet his marriage was incredibly next to a dead frustration.

About the Lecturer
Dr. Wang Yong, associate professor of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, vice dean of Artistic Management Department, and beneficiary of German Academic Exchange Service, was born into a family of music. After finishing the undergraduate program in Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1993, Wang continued education in Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and returned to China in 2005.

Within the last five years, Dr. Wang published one monograph per year and undertook research programs on the national and municipal levels. He also presides over music radio/TV programs and is renowned as the “TV presenter who knows the most about music and music icon who knows the most about presenting”.
 
How to Attend the Lectures
1. Tickets are available at the information desk since February 22nd, 2012.
2. Text Message Booking: readers could text "JZ□Booking Codes□Name" to 021 5395 9993.
3. Online Booking: please register and log onto http://www.jiangzuo.org or http://www.library.sh.cn/jiang for booking. Please register 30 minutes in advance at the hall entrance after successful booking.

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