Abstract:From the 1980s, the systematic research on Chinese piano music began to revive. With the publication of relevant monographs and papers, this field has gradually become a hot topic of academic research. In this paper, the author will go over the research progress of Chinese piano music during this period and give an overview of the viewpoints of representative researches from three aspects.

Key words: Chinese piano music; review; academic overview; development process and problems; the “nationalization” of creation; education of Chinese piano music