Jin Xiang

Jin Xiang (20 April 1935 – 23 December 2015) was a Chinese composer and conductor. He studied composition at the China Central Conservatory from 1954. In 1959 he received his Bachelor of Arts in Composition.Edna Ehrlich Papers
AR 25639; Box 16; Folder 29; Leo Baeck Institute Since being labelled a rightist in 1957, he was sent to work in Art Troupe of Aksu Prefecture after graduation, and had to labor at the same time. In 1973, he became a conductor of Orchestra of Song and Dance Ensemble of Xinjiang Song, Dance and Drama Theatre. After the Cultural Revolution he returned to Beijing and was conductor and composer in residence of the Orchestra of Beijing Song and Dance Ensemble from 1979–1984. Jin Xiang came to the United States in 1988 and was a visiting scholar at the Juilliard School in 1998 and the University of Washington and the composer-in-residence at the Washington National Opera. From 1994-1995 he was the Art Director of the China Performing Administration Centre of the Ministry of Culture. In 1996, he founded and was the president of the East-West Music Exchange Association, a non-profit that promoted the exchange of eastern and western music.

He died on 23 December 2015, aged 80.

Selected Works

Operas

*''A Warm Breeze Outside'' 1980.
*'' The Savage Land'' (《原野》''yuanye'') 1987 after Cao Yu's 1937 play ''The Wilderness''
*''The King of Chu'' (《楚霸王》) 1994.《楚霸王》

*''Native Fatal Woman'' 1996.
*''Beautiful Warrior'' 2001. Written with Barbara Zinn Krieger.
*''Taxiwayi — The Beloved Troubadour'' 2003.
*''Yang Guifei'' 2004.
*''Eight Women Jump Into the River'' 2005.
*''Rewap Love Song'' 2010.
*''Sunrise'' 1990, 2015.

Chamber, vocal, and solo compositions

*''Four Seasons Songs of Zi-Ye'' 1981.
*''An Album of Chinese Painting: Pine, Bamboo, Plum'' 1985.
*''String Quartet No. 1'' 1990.
*''Chamber Concerto for 14 Instruments'' 1991.
*''The Shape and the Spirit'' 1991.
*''The Cooling Moon'' 1995.
*''Si'' 1995.
*''Nanjing Lament'' 1997.
*''A Desert Ship'' 1998.
*''Instant'' 1998.
*''Sacrificing to Heaven'' 1999.
*''Chinese Calligraphy'' 1999.
*''The cuckoo crying blood'' 2000.
*''From Ancient Style Into New Metre'' 2000.
*''Song of the New Century'' 2000.
*''The Cold Water of Yi River'' 2001.
*''The Reticent Orchid'' 2001.
*''Blood Over The Mountain'' 2003.
*''Midnight Dialogue'' 2005.

Film music

*''The Stars are Sparkling Tonight'' 1979.
*''Fascinating Band'' 1983.
*''Hut in Moonlight'' 1984.

Choral compositions

*''Song of Green'' 1999.
*''Hello, Forest'' 1999.
*''Songhua River'' (Arrangement) 2001.
*''Yunnan'' 2001.

Orchestral compositions

*''Daqing Red Banners Reflecting Tianshan Mountains'' 1974.
*''Taxiwayi'' 1978.
*''Snow Lotus'' 1982.
*''Illusion'' 1983, 2006.
*''Five Songs from Shi-Jing Book'' 1985.
*''A Glimpse of Taklamagan Desert'' 1987.
*''Cao Xiu-Qing'' 1989.
*''The Dream of Red Mansions'' 1989.
*''Nyu-Wa'' 1989.
*''Asking the Sky'' 1993.
*''Ming'' 1994.
*''Se'' 1994.
*''So'' 1995.
*''Hero of the Huge Desert'' 1996.
*''Flower Season'' 1996.
*''New Beginning Sounds'' 1996.
*''Symphonic Overture 1997'' 1996.
*''Wu: A Symphonietta'' 1997.
*''Spring'' 1998.
*''Oh Macao, My Macao'' 1999.
*''The Love of Dragon and Phoenix'' 2000.
*''Li Sao'' 2005.
*''Nanjing Lament'' 2005.

References

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1935 births
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20th-century classical composers
21st-century classical composers
Central Conservatory of Music alumni
Chinese classical composers
Chinese male classical composers
Chinese opera composers
Male opera composers
Musicians from Shaoxing
People from Zhuji
20th-century male musicians
21st-century male musicians