Wenchen Qin Explained

Background:person
Wenchen Qin
Native Name:秦文琛
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Erdos, Inner Mongolia, China
Genre:Classical
Occupation:Composer
Years Active:1992–present

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

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"

Notes and References

  1. News: Wenchen Quin - od pasterza do kompozytora. 31 October 2014. Polskie Radio. Polish. 8 March 2016.