He Xuntian

He Xuntian

He Xuntian (何训田) (born in 1953 in Suining, Sichuan Province) is a modern Chinese composer and also a music composition professor at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. By age eight, he has been studying music theory by himself and composition follows suit. In 1982, he graduated from the Composition Department of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music. He created "Method of Musical Composition" and became the first Chinese composer to compose with one's own music theory.

He is famous for his compositions done for Dadawa, whose breakthrough is "Sister Drum" - a surprise international bestseller that sold more than 2 million copies. He had been collecting Tibet music for twenty years and this heavily influenced his compositions.

Awards

* International New Music Composer Competition - The Outstanding Musical Achievement Award in USA (1989-1990)
* The Gold Tripod Award in Taiwan (1995)

Major works

* "Four Dreams" (symphony)
* "Telepathy" (symphony)
* "Two of the Earthly Branches" (chamber music)
* "Phonism" (chamber music)
* "Imagine the Sound" (chamber music)
* "Caprice of Dabo River" (folk orchestral)
* "The Sign", a soundtrack to a 3D MMORPG game, with Chen Kaige as the art director

Discography

* Yellow Children (黄孩子) (1992)
* Sister Drum (阿姐鼓) (1995)
* Warrior Lanling (兰陵王) (1995)
* Voices from the Sky (央金玛) (1997)
* Paramita (波罗密多) (2002)
* Miracle (神迹) (2005)
* Seven Days (七日谈) (2006)
* Mystical Scent (神香) (2007)

External links

* [http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200012/26/1222267.htm Hong Kong Sinfonietta Press Release]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/3983/topdadawa.html#about About He Xuntian]
* [http://english.cri.cn/144/2004-1-10/102@77962.htm China Beat entry on He Xuntian]


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