Du Yinjiao | Saxophone Teacher
Du Yinjiao is the celebrated Chinese saxophonist and educator, the Saxophone Chief of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Military Band (PLA military band), Art Director of China Sachs Alliance, member of China Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (CASBE) and China’s top-ten wind music performer of CCTV’sGloryBlossoms program.
He graduated from Peking University with a Master’ degree in Art Administration. His solo album Dream Sachs recorded in 1991 won the China Record Award.
In 1992, Chinese saxophonists were sponsored by Selmer, a French musical instrument company, to attend the 10thWorld Saxophone Conference held in Italy where he successfully held a solo concert at the invitation. His wonderful performance greatly shocked the audience and met with much applause from other world-class saxophonists at the conference.
In 2007, Du Yinjiao gave a remarkable jazz concert in Berlin at the invitation of the Berlin Art Festival.
In January 20, 2010, Du Yinjiao played Such a Beautiful World at the welcome banquet for Austrian President, Heinz Fischer held by Chinese President, HuJintao. Du Yinjiao got recognized and highly appreciated, for which he was specially introduced to President Fisher by president Hu—“This is China’s top saxophonist.”
In 2012, the Four-dimensional Space, China’s first original saxophone solo album was released.
From 1990 to 2012, over ten textbooks like Saxophone Basic Course, Anthology of Chinese and Foreign Famous Saxophone were published.
Since 1988, he has cultivated many excellent saxophone students for the PLA military band.
Du Yinjiao has made great breakthrough and achievement son saxophone performance and teaching both of classical and jazz style since1981. He has been active on the military art stage inside and outside the army, making him sophisticated in teaching and performance by in-depth exchange of views with domestic saxophone masters and experts visiting China in the work of reception and arrangement for performances, master classes and seminars.
