Qin Wenchen

Qin Wenchen ( Chinese  秦文琛 , Pinyin Qín Wénchēn ; born October 29, 1966 in Ordos , Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China ) is a Chinese composer .

Life

Qin was born in Inner Mongolia. At the age of nine he was taught Chinese folk music. In 1987 he began studying music at the Shanghai Conservatory in the composition classes of Xu Shuya and Zhu Jian'er . After graduating in 1992, he taught at the Central Music Conservatory in Beijing . In 1998 he received a scholarship from the DAAD and came to Germany to the Folkwang Hochschule Essen, where he graduated with distinction in 2001. Since his return to Beijing (2001) he has been teaching again at the Central Conservatory and composing for many international music institutions. Qin has received several awards at composition competitions in Germany, the USA, Japan and Taiwan.

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orchestra

• Yi Yun (1991/92)
• Yin Yi (2000/01)
• Pilgrimage in May (2004)

Order from Deutsche Welle

• Wind-Moon Consonance ( Sheng , recorder & orchestra, 2004)

Commissioned by the "Chinese-Japanese Contemporary Music Festival 2004"

• "Dawn", concert for violoncello and orchestra (2008)

Order from Radio Shanghai and "Shanghai Spring International Music Festival"

Mixed ensembles

• Suoana Concerto (for Chinese orchestra, 1996)
• He-Yi (drums, zheng , piano & strings, 1998)
• Huai Sha (drums, harp, mandolin, piano & strings, 2000)

Commissioned by WDR Cologne

• The Sun Shadow III (harp, violoncello & drums, 2000)
• The Spirit of the Mountains (soprano, violin, cello, piano & drums, 2003/04)

Text by Qu Yuan

• The Sun Shadow VI (chamber ensemble, 2005)
• The Sun Shadow VII (six strings, 2005)

Commissioned by the "Shanghai Spring International Music Festival"

• Five Songs on the Horizon (cello, accordion & strings, 2005)
• Pi Pa Words (Pipa solo, 2006)

Web links

• Works by and about Qin Wenchen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Qin Wenchen . In: Sikorski

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Qin is the family name here, Wenchen is the first name.