Wenchen Qin， professor of composition of central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
Born in Erdos, Inner Mongolia, Qin Wenchen began to learn Chinese folk music at 9.
Qin entered the Composition Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SCOM) in 1987 to study music composition with musical educators including Zhu Jian-er and Xu Shuya. He has been teaching at the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) since he graduated from the SCOM in 1992. Dispatched by CCOM and sponsored by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) or German Academic Exchange Service, Qin went to Germany in 1998 to continue his education with Professor Nicholas. A. Huber, a world famous composer. In 2001, he received his diploma in music composition - the top level in Germany - from Folkwang Hochschule Essen.
Qin Wenchen is recognized as one of the most prominent composers among the young generation in China. He is very talented, promising, and creates compositions that influence the music world. His composition includes chamber music, symphonic music, Chinese folk music and others. At international composition competitions in Germany, USA, Japan and Taiwan, he won prizes for his works including orchestral music Yi Yun (1991), Sound From Afar (2001), and Symphonic Prelude (1994), orchestral symphony Drumming In The Cold (1996), and chamber music He Yi (1998/99), In Praise Of The Moon (1993), and Lonely Song II (1990). Other major works by Qin Wenchen include the music for two string orchestras and percussion groups Lonely Song I (1990) and Shadow Of The Sun series (1987-), suona concerto Calling For Phoenix (1996), Orchestral work Holy Road In May (2004), Cascade Of Sound for sheng, recorder and orchestra (2004), Cello Concert(2008),The Nature’s Dialogue for tape and Orchestra(2010) and Towards a Far Place –30 pieces for Chinese instrumentr(2010/2011).
For more than a decade, Qin has been writing commissioned works for many music organizations over the world. His works are widely presented in many countries by more than seventy well-known music ensembles including the German Ensemble Recherche, French L'Ensemble Itineraire, Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Italian Ensemble Europa Antidogma, Japanese Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra, German Kassel Stadt Theater Orchestra, Nieuw Ensemble Holland, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Austrian Ensemble on Line, Swiss Phoenix Ensemble Orchestra, and Chinese Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Beijing Symphony Orchestra. The performances are disseminated through public media including Northern Deutch Radio (NDR), West Deutch Radio (WDR), Radio France, Swiss Radio, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), the Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, German Bayerischer Rundfunk, ORF-Radio and Deutsche Welle. His works were also performed at a number of music festivals including the Torino Biennale Arte Emergente in Italy, the Munich Musica Viva, the Beijing-Tokyo Contemporary Music Festival, the Bonn International Beethoven Festival, the ISCM International Music Festival, the Dutch Music Festival, the Asia-Pacific Music Festival and the Berlin Maerz Musik Festival.
Wenchen Qin
Wenchen Qin， professor of composition of central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
Born in Erdos, Inner Mongolia, Qin Wenchen began to learn Chinese folk music at 9.
Qin entered the Composition Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SCOM) in 1987 to study music composition with musical educators including Zhu Jian-er and Xu Shuya. He has been teaching at the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) since he graduated from the SCOM in 1992. Dispatched by CCOM and sponsored by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) or German Academic Exchange Service, Qin went to Germany in 1998 to continue his education with Professor Nicholas. A. Huber, a world famous composer. In 2001, he received his diploma in music composition - the top level in Germany - from Folkwang Hochschule Essen.
Qin Wenchen is recognized as one of the most prominent composers among the young generation in China. He is very talented, promising, and creates compositions that influence the music world. His composition includes chamber music, symphonic music, Chinese folk music and others. At international composition competitions in Germany, USA, Japan and Taiwan, he won prizes for his works including orchestral music Yi Yun (1991), Sound From Afar (2001), and Symphonic Prelude (1994), orchestral symphony Drumming In The Cold (1996), and chamber music He Yi (1998/99), In Praise Of The Moon (1993), and Lonely Song II (1990). Other major works by Qin Wenchen include the music for two string orchestras and percussion groups Lonely Song I (1990) and Shadow Of The Sun series (1987-), suona concerto Calling For Phoenix (1996), Orchestral work Holy Road In May (2004), Cascade Of Sound for sheng, recorder and orchestra (2004), Cello Concert(2008),The Nature’s Dialogue for tape and Orchestra(2010) and Towards a Far Place –30 pieces for Chinese instrumentr(2010/2011).
For more than a decade, Qin has been writing commissioned works for many music organizations over the world. His works are widely presented in many countries by more than seventy well-known music ensembles including the German Ensemble Recherche, French L'Ensemble Itineraire, Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Italian Ensemble Europa Antidogma, Japanese Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra, German Kassel Stadt Theater Orchestra, Nieuw Ensemble Holland, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Austrian Ensemble on Line, Swiss Phoenix Ensemble Orchestra, and Chinese Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Beijing Symphony Orchestra. The performances are disseminated through public media including Northern Deutch Radio (NDR), West Deutch Radio (WDR), Radio France, Swiss Radio, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), the Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, German Bayerischer Rundfunk, ORF-Radio and Deutsche Welle. His works were also performed at a number of music festivals including the Torino Biennale Arte Emergente in Italy, the Munich Musica Viva, the Beijing-Tokyo Contemporary Music Festival, the Bonn International Beethoven Festival, the ISCM International Music Festival, the Dutch Music Festival, the Asia-Pacific Music Festival and the Berlin Maerz Musik Festival.
