Ye Xiaogang

Ye Xiaogang

Ye Xiaogang, male, chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association and doctoral supervisor of the Central Conservatory of music, was born in 1955 in a musical family. At the age of four, he began to study piano and music from his father. After high school, he was temporarily interrupted due to the cultural revolution. During that time, he was transferred to work in the countryside. After six years of apprenticeship in the factory, he enrolled in the Central Conservatory of music.

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In 1987, he received a scholarship from Eastman Conservatory of music of the United States. He studied under the guidance of Dr. Samuel Adler, Dr. Joseph schwantner and Professor Louis andriesean. He has won many awards, including the first prize in the composition competition of the orchestra of the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and the first prize in the United States Alexander.Tcherepnin First prize of composition competition, Howard Hanson award of Eastman Conservatory of music, Shanghai best film music award and Golden Bell award of National Symphony and chamber music.

The American Music Association calls Ye Xiaogang "China's Bach.", John.Corigliano He said, "his music can be deeply felt and highly artistic. It's beautiful, but it's always full of intellectual stimulation.

Ye Xiaogang is a composer with outstanding achievements in Contemporary Chinese music, which is different from most composers of the same age who are keen on Western avant-garde composition techniques and atonal music writing. Ye Xiaogang's music is novel in technique and full of inner passion. He skillfully integrated all kinds of techniques into his music, flowing naturally without any trace of chiseling, reflecting the style of a great family. This is the first time that the International Music Festival has held a special concert for Chinese musicians. In this concert, ye Xiaogang's four symphonic works "the light of Tibet", "the call from afar", "the last paradise" and the Fourth Symphony "the Great Wall" and guzheng "Linquan", which are composed of different customs and regional scenes in China, will be performed. They not only show the composer's skillful creative skills and mature personal style, At the same time, it also shows that ye Xiaogang has a childlike heart for his motherland.

Works introduction

In 1982, poetry of China won the first prize in the American chilpin composition competition

"Violin Concerto No.1" won the "Composition Award of Central Conservatory of music" in 1983

In 1984, he went to New Zealand to attend the "Asia Pacific Regional Art Festival and composers conference" and premiered "Xijiang month"

In 1985, "Ye Xiaogang symphonic works concert" was held, with the premiere of "the story of the old man", "eight horses", "Horizon", and the completion of the music creation of the films "Xiaoxiao xiangnv" and "Qingman Huangshan".

In 1986, he cooperated with Japanese artists to score the dance drama "mighty, a strip of water" and completed the music creation of the films "death, the old man and the young girl" and "wangrilian".

In 1987, he went to Eastman Conservatory of music in the United States to study. He began to accept contracts from all over the world and participated in various international art activities, and created a large number of works. The dance drama Dalai VI premiered in Hong Kong. Ballad was premiered at the Hong Kong International Modern Music Festival by IVA miharshoff, a world-famous pianist.

In 1988, he finished "winter" for Symphony Orchestra, and the dance drama "red snow" premiered at China Arts Festival in Hong Kong and Kunming.

In 1990, he finished his work "silence of Sakya" for Chiba and the band, and "Elegy" won the "Louis Lan" award of Eastman in the United States. The dance drama "stop and ask" premiered in Hong Kong.

In 1991, "winter" won the American "Harward Hansen" award and completed the writing of chamber music strophe.

In 1992, he became a violin and Orchestra and wrote "the last paradise". The silence of Sakya won the first prize in the first composition competition of Taiwan Provincial Symphony Orchestra, and the dance drama "decoy monk" premiered in Hong Kong.

In 1993, "Horizon" was selected as the "20th century Chinese music classic" by the Chinese National Culture Promotion Association, and completed Gangqin and the band work "the eclipse of death".

In 1994, he won the outstanding academic achievement award of the Lee Foundation of the United States. He returned to China to teach at the Central Conservatory of music. He held his first symphony concert after returning to China in Beijing and performed works such as "a Chinese in New York" and "the sinking of Sakyamuni". In the same year, Hugo records of Hong Kong published the CD.

In 1995, he signed a contract with Schott Music Publishing House in Germany to complete the creation of Gangqin and the band's work black mango fragrance.

In 1996, the film music "appointment at dusk" won the "Best Film Music Award" of Shanghai TV station. In the same year, two concerts of 20th century works were held in Beijing to perform many Western and Chinese modern music works.

In 1997, the German wergo record company published Ye Xiaogang and his students' albums "new music from China", including "bamboo fans" and "nine horses". Completed the music creation of the movie "life is like a song", "half life fate", "bright starry sky" and TV series "out of the Arc de Triomphe".

In 1998, the film music "half life fate" won the nomination of "best original film music" in the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards. It was employed as a resident composer by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra to complete the symphony "story of spring" and dance music "Shenzhen story". In response to the contract of Finland International Music Festival, it created chamber music "marginalia", film music "escape from Shanghai" and TV series "Shanghai Cang" The creation of mulberry. He held another solo concert in Beijing, performing "winter" and many film music works.

In 1999, the music of "Shenzhen story" won the "five one project" award of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and the "Wenhua Music Award" of the Ministry of culture. Completed the music creation of the film "bath" and "rainy season in flower season".

In 2000, "Mountain Ghost" won the prize in the "2000 art song competition of the Ministry of culture" and was commissioned by the Macao Cultural Bureau to create dance drama music "Macao bride". Completed the music creation of the TV series "turbulent waves" and "Cai Xitao".

In 2001, he was invited by the Propaganda Department of Shenzhen Municipal Party committee of Guangdong Province to compose the symphony "Great Wall", and by the sabruken Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra of Germany to compose the "Pipa Concerto". He completed the chamber music "nine chaos", "Linquan", symphony "story of spring", "Shenzhen story" first suite, song "rainy season in flowering season" won the "Golden Bell Award" of China Music Association, and the film music "Guasha" won the "Golden Bell Award" of the 21st National Music Festival "Chicken" award for best music, created a large-scale Kunqu song and dance drama "imperial concubine to the East", performed seven times in Beijing and 27 times in Japan.

In 2002, the German wergo record company published Ye Xiaogang's works album, which was commissioned by the Cultural Department of Tibet Autonomous Region to create "the light of Tibet". The film and television works album "half life fate" was published by Beijing Provost Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., served as the artistic director of "China Modern Music Forum" in Shanghai, and "Chinese feelings - Ye Xiaogang symphony concert" organized by Beijing International Music Festival for ye In October. He performed symphony of the great wall and light of Tibet. In the same month, he performed "nine horses" at the Hong Kong International Modern Music Festival and completed the music creation of the films "Fanny's smile" and "lovers in the sky". Won the "national excellent teaching achievement award" issued by the Ministry of education.

personal works

The main film and television music works include Xiaoxiao Xiang girl, death, the old man and the young girl, golden dream, Huangshan Mountain, wangrilian, dusk, half life fate, life is like a song, Financier, out of the Arc de Triomphe, superconductor, bright starry sky, flower season, rainy season, under the sun, Shanghai ark, etc《 Bath, Wuai street, supreme honor, the years of Hong Kong, fleeing to Shanghai, the past of the Republic, Cangsang in Shanghai, spring and autumn of the film, turbulent waves, white trap, Guasha, King Gesar, etc.

Personal speech

·There are two people who have the greatest influence on my artistic path. One is Xian Xinghai, the other is Ding Shande. After introducing western music styles and techniques into China, they both merged into the soul of Chinese folk music and finally formed their own creative process. Their music truly embodies the voice of the country, the nation and the people.

·It is needless to say that the composer's first step is to move the audience's heart.

·Tan Dun, a Chinese American composer in the international music world, has the highest commission fee. As a composer, Tan Dun is the pride of Chinese people, artists and musicians.

·Adhere to classicism, adhere to the use of anti modernist techniques.

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