Wenchen Qin

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Wenchen Qin
秦文琛
Born1966 (age 5758)
Erdos, Inner Mongolia, China
Genres Classical
OccupationComposer
Years active1992–present

Wenchen Qin (Chinese :秦文琛, b. October 29, 1966) is a Chinese composer. [1]

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Life

Wenchen Qin (family name: Qin) was born in Erdos, Inner Mongolia, China, where he had classes in Chinese folk music at an early age. In 1987 he began his studies in composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He studied under Xu Shuya and Zhu Jian'er. After his graduation in 1992, he taught at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. He went to Germany on a DAAD scholarship at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen in 1998, where he graduated with distinction in 2001. His teacher was Nicolaus A. Huber. Since his return to Beijing in 2001 Qin is back as a teacher at the Central Conservatory of Music and he composes for many international patrons.

Major works

Orchestra

for Deutschen Welle
for "Chinese-Japanese Contemporary Music Festival 2004"
for Radio Shanghai and "Shanghai Spring International Music Festival"

Mixed ensembles

for WDR Köln
lyrics: Qu Yuan
for "Shanghai Spring International Music Festival"

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References

  1. "Wenchen Quin - od pasterza do kompozytora". Polskie Radio (in Polish). 31 October 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2016.