In Sunday’s (8/12) South China Morning Post, Raymond Li writes, “A planned campus for the Juilliard School in Tianjin is a coveted deal—the famed New York academy of music, dance and drama gets a share of China’s rising affluence while the bustling northern trading city gets a boost to its international profile. But music lovers will have to wait another three or four years—perhaps longer—to have a real feel of the world-class music education for which the Juilliard is known. In late June, the Juilliard signed a framework agreement with three local partners including the municipal education authorities and Tianjin Conservatory of Music to set up a campus in the city’s fledging Yujiapu financial district. The joint venture will be the Juilliard’s first campus outside New York and its only centre in East Asia to interview prospective Juilliard students. Christopher Mossey, Juilliard’s vice-president, said the academy had spent the past two years looking for locations for long-term programmes through an initiative called Juilliard Global. … Mossey said the Tianjin school would be developed in three phases: a feasibility study, pre-opening preparation, and official opening. The feasibility study will be completed by the end of the year and will be followed by a two-year pre-opening phase, which involves developing the facility and setting up operations.”
Posted August 14, 2012
