Education
He attended the middle school division of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and graduated with a degree in composition from the Tianjin Conservatory in 1964, whereupon he was assigned to the Tianjin Dance Theater.
施光南
He attended the middle school division of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and graduated with a degree in composition from the Tianjin Conservatory in 1964, whereupon he was assigned to the Tianjin Dance Theater.
In 1985 he was elected as vice-chairman of the Chinese Musicians" Association and composed more than 100 works during his 20-year career. He lived in Jinhua, Zhejiang. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
The 1998 Chinese film Rhapsody of Spring direced by Teng Wenji is a slightly fictionalized portrait of Shi (called Zhao Liming in the film).
The film features a number of Shi"s songs.
