Wei Tingge, research fellow, doctoral tutor, director of the Chinese Contemporary Music and Aesthetics Research Office of the Music Research Institute of the Chinese National Academy of Arts, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Piano Artistry, and author of Music Appreciation: Piano, Guide to Piano: Answers to 388 Questions, and Collection of Wei Tingge’s Works. He edited and annotated 30 Famous Piano Pieces Composed by Chinese Musicians, and edited and co-authored Famous Piano Pieces Composed by Chinese Musicians (Four Volumes). He died of illness on October 6, 2021.