PQ Phan

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PQ Phan , Vietnamese Phan Quang Phục (born 1962 in Da Nẵng , Vietnam) is a Vietnamese composer living in the USA.

Life

Phan first studied architecture. Since 1976, he has been learning piano, composition and orchestration in self-tuition . In 1982 he immigrated to the United States of America and began studying music, which he completed in 1987 with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California , in 1989 with a Master of Music and in 1993 with a Doctor of Musical Arts in composition from the University of Michigan . He also received a master's degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Michigan in 1993 .

He has taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Cleveland State University . He is currently (as of 2017) Associate Professor of Composition at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University Bloomington .

In 1997/98 Phan received the Prix ​​de Rome . During his associated stay at the Academy, he completed his 70-minute “Instrumental Opera” for string quartet An Duong Vuong: Submersion in Trust and Betrayal, commissioned by the Kronos Quartet .

Works

Phan composed more than 100 works, including two major operas, a requiem, orchestral works and chamber music.

Operas

Vocal works

  • 1987: Three Songs for soprano and piano
  • 1995: Solemn Waves for soprano and organ
  • 2004: Spring Confession for mezzo-soprano and piano based on poems by the Vietnamese poet Hồ Xuân Hương
  • 2008: Songs of Solitude for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
  • 2015: A Vietnamese Requiem

Big orchestra

  • 1988: Freedom Seekers
  • 1991: Immortal Fragments
  • 1991: Memory of a late afternoon
  • 1992: Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh, symphony
  • 2000: When the Worlds Mixed and Times Merged

Small orchestra

  • 1989: Inner Voices for wind sextet and small orchestra
  • 1999: La vita del necropoli

Chamber orchestra

  • 1991: Home Cookin ' for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, two percussionists and string quartet
  • 1996: It All Began With a Shot of B52 for chamber orchestra
  • 2000: AC / DC for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, bassoon, percussion, piano and string quintet
  • 2003: From Perseus Cluster for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, trumpet, bassoon, percussion, piano and string quintet
  • 2004: Kaleidosonicon for flute, clarinet, glockenspiel, concert piano, violin, viola, violoncello

Band and wind ensemble

  • 1990: Festivities
  • 1998: Memory of a late afternoon
  • 2005: Race of Gods for wind ensemble (based on the original version for orchestra)

Concerts

  • 1985: Solo HoTuNo for guitar and orchestra
  • 1985: Solo HoTuNo for violin and nine instruments
  • 1987: Fantasia for alto saxophone and orchestra
  • 1992: Double Concerto for alto saxophone, trumpet and wind band
  • 1992: Solitary Reminiscence for solo guitar and chamber orchestra
  • 1994: Percussion Concerto for solo drums, piano, violin, flute, oboe, clarinet and violoncello
  • 2001: Concertino for horn and mixed ensemble (flute, clarinet, bassoon, harp, violin, viola and violoncello)
  • 2004: Kaleidosonicon for flute, clarinet, glockenspiel, concert piano, violin, viola and violoncello

Chamber music

  • 1989: Autumn for Carillon
  • 1989: Kiteflute for solo flute and two pianos
  • 1989: Seagulls for saxophone quartet
  • 1992: Friday Evening at the Piano for solo piano
  • 1992: The Song of Princess My Nuong for flute, alto flute and harp
  • 1993: Banana Trumpet Games for solo organ
  • 1993: Rough Trax for oboe and alto saxophone (revised 1998)
  • 1994: Ha Noi Taxis for solo organ
  • 1994: My Language for alto saxophone and piano
  • 1994: Rock Blood for percussion quartet
  • 1994: Shining Through for flute / piccolo, oboe, trumpet and organ
  • 1994: from me with lust for solo harp
  • 1995: Beyond the Mountains for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
  • 1997: Unexpected Desire for violin, violoncello and piano
  • 1997: When Soldiers Dance for solo bass trombone and trombone octet
  • 1998: My Language, version for Bb clarinet and piano
  • 2000: It Eats You Alive for alto saxophone, bassoon and piano
  • 2002: Movement for flute, clarinet, harp, violin and violoncello
  • 2005: Sonorous Ray for clarinet, violin and piano

String quartet

  • 1995: Memoirs of a Lost Soul for string quartet alone
  • 1995: Memoirs of a Lost Soul for string quartet and traditional Vietnamese instruments
  • 1996: Len dong [Raising Shadow] for string quartet
  • 1998: An Duong Vuong: Submersion in Trust and Betrayal, opera for string quartet

saxophone

  • 1987: Fantasia for alto saxophone and orchestra
  • 1989: Seagulls for saxophone quartet
  • 1988: My Language for saxophone

guitar

  • 1995: Solo HoTuNo for guitar and orchestra
  • 1991: Nights of Memory for guitar
  • 1992: Solitary Reminiscence for solo guitar and chamber orchestra

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on Indiana University Bloomington website , accessed April 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c Biography on the Oakland Symphony website, accessed April 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ Richard Trythall: A History of the Rome Prize in Music Composition. American Academy in Rome, 2007, p. 67 f. ( Online, PDF ).
  4. ↑ List of works on the composer's website ( Flash ), accessed on April 17, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Phan, PQ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Phan Quang Phục
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vietnamese composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Đà Nẵng