Ding Shande (Chinese: 丁善德; pinyin: Dīng Shàndé; Wade–Giles: Ting Shan-te; November 12, 1911 – December 8, 1995)[1] was a Chinese composer, pianist, and music teacher.
[2] Ding taught at the Shanghai Conservatory in the late 1930s.
From 1947 to 1949, he studied composition in the Paris Conservatoire with Noël Gallon, Tony Aubin, and Nadia Boulanger.
[3] Ding's influential composition includes the Long March Symphony, symphonic suite New China, and the children's piano suite Happy Festival.
[3] Renowned conductor Yu Long is Ding's grandson.