On December 4, 2024, at the Faculty of Music and Choreography, within the framework of the “Guest Lecturer” program for postgraduate and undergraduate students, a meeting with Associate Professor Wang Chen, the Dean of the Conservatory of Dalian University of Technology was held. The topic of the lecture was “Research on teaching bel canto style in colleges and universities in China: a scientific approach”.
Wang Chen graduated from A.V. Nezhdanova Odesa Academy of Music, laureate of numerous competitions, associate professor of Dalian University, vocal teacher. He is also a postgraduate student of the Department of Musical Art and Choreography (scientific supervisor - Professor Olena Rebrova); is preparing to defend his dissertation.
The meeting was attended by postgraduate students of specialty 011 Educational, pedagogical sciences of the ESP “Artistic Pedagogy of Higher Education” and master's students of specialty 025 Musical Art.
With extensive experience in teaching vocals, Wang Chen successfully combines the classical approach to teaching academic singing based on the Odessa and Italian vocal schools with innovative approaches, in particular, the use of artificial intelligence. According to his experience, this approach allows students to "immerse" themselves in the era, feel the emotional range of a particular style, and feel the spiritual world of the heroes of opera dramas. During the lecture, the main aspects of pedagogy were revealed, which are used in the professional performance training of future singers at the Conservatory of Dalian University of Technology.
We thank Wang Chen for the interesting information. We wish him success in his creative and scientific activities.