Guo Wenjing

Guo Wenjing

Guo Wenjing, born in Chongqing in 1956, is a Chinese composer and graduated from the composition department of the Central Conservatory of music.

In 1983, he returned to Chongqing song and dance troupe. During this period, he created a number of films and TV music. In 1990, Guo Wenjing was transferred back to the Department of composition of the Central Conservatory of music to teach, and successively served as deputy director and director of the Department. In June 1994, "Diary of a madman" premiered at the Dutch Art Festival. In 2001, he resigned from his administrative post to concentrate on teaching and composing. In 2003, he was named "artist of the year" in the Sixth Beijing International Art Festival. In 2008, he won the "Special Music Creation Award" of the Sixth China Gold Record Award.

Character experience

In 1968, he began to learn violin. In 1970, he was admitted to Chongqing song and dance troupe and became a musician in the band.

In 1977, he was admitted to the composing Department of the Central Conservatory of music. During his college years, he studied under Professor Li Yinghai and Professor Su Xia.

In 1984, his graduation work, the symphonic poem "Sichuan cliff hanging funeral", premiered in the United States.

In April 1987, he successfully held a concert of his own symphony works in Beijing, and performed works such as "Sichuan Road is difficult" and "Sichuan cliff hanging funeral".

In 1988, "Sichuan Road" and "Sichuan cliff funeral" were performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra and choir in Glasgow, UK.

In 1990, he was transferred back to the composition department of the Central Conservatory of music to teach, and successively served as deputy director and director of the composition department.

In June 1994, at the Dutch Art Festival, European actors and bands premiered Guo Wenjing's Opera diary of a madman in Chinese.

In 1995, a special concert was held at the Autumn Art Festival in Paris.

In 1996, the chamber music "oracle bone inscriptions" was commissioned by the Dutch Art Festival and premiered in Amsterdam music hall on June 11.

In May 1997, the Chinese Music Association held a seminar on Guo Wenjing's works; in the same year, at the invitation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, he wrote the symphony Overture "the wind is blowing far away" for the celebration of Hong Kong's return, which was premiered in Hong Kong's honghom Stadium on July 1; in the same year, he was invited by the US corona Quartet to write "the second string quartet".

In 1998, at the request of the Almeida opera house, four indoor operas, the banquet, were created and premiered at the Almeida opera house in London in July.

In 1999, he wrote String Quartet No.3 at the request of akiti Quartet and performed it in Huddersfield modern music festival in November. In the same year, he gave a special concert at Edinburgh Music Festival.

In 2001, under the Joint Commission of the Paris Autumn Festival, the German modern orchestra and the Lincoln Center Festival, the extended version of the opera "Banquet" was created and premiered in Paris in October 2001; in the same year, under the Commission of the European harp conference, the harp concerto was created and premiered at the Amsterdam music hall in August; in the same year, a personal performance was held at the "dialogue" music festival in Rotterdam A special concert.

In 2002, a special concert was held at the Lincoln Center Art Festival.

In 2003, he was named "artist of the year" in the Sixth Beijing International Art Festival.

In 2004, commissioned by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, he composed the symphony Yuanyou, which was premiered at the concert hall of Hong Kong Cultural Center in October. In the same year, he gave a special concert at the September Music Festival in Turin.

In 2006, he was commissioned by musikviva of Germany to compose Erhu Concerto; in the same year, China Radio National Orchestra held a special concert of Guo Wenjing's folk music works in Beijing Concert Hall.

In October 2007, the opera "poet Li Bai" was performed in the 10th Beijing International Music Festival; in the same year, a special concert was held in Cologne Art Festival.

In 2008, he won the "special award for music creation" of the Sixth China Gold Record Award; in the same year, he was invited to write music for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.

In December 2017, he was the composer of the original drama Guanglingsan. In October 2018, he participated in the first Chinese Contemporary Music Festival jointly created by bard Conservatory of music and China Central Conservatory of music, and his work "Tibet" was performed at Carnegie Hall in New York; in November, he acted as a composer in the dance drama "Dunhuang" of the Central Ballet.

In September 2020, a concert of Guo Wenjing's works was held in the Opera House of Hangzhou Grand Theater, performing such works as the recitation of gongs, weeds, Chinese folk song suite and collection.

Gain prestige

Although Guo Wenjing also had the helpless years of working in China but mainly for foreign countries, his works are still obviously different from those composers who have lived abroad for many years, such as Tan Dun, Chen Qigang, Chen Yi, Sheng Zongliang and so on. For example, Tan Dun's operas Marco Polo, Peony Pavilion, tea and even Qin Shihuang all have English lyrics, Guo Wenjing's operas diary of a madman, banquet and Fengyi Pavilion all have Chinese lyrics, and so should his new work Li Bai; Chen Qigang wrote a dream of a French woman, Guo Wenjing wrote Mu Guiying and Hua Mulan; Chen Yi wrote commemorative poems Guo Wenjing wrote "Oriental red sun" and "heroic Symphony" to commemorate the Chinese party and country in "tea" of the "September 11" incident in the United States; Sheng Zongliang composed "China dream" and "Postcard" in memory, and Guo Wenjing composed "voice of Tibet" and "far journey" with first-hand materials Tan Dun and others, who have lived abroad for many years, are more and more limited to the materials accumulated in their early years in China to compose music with Chinese characteristics. They are more and more using the social culture of their resident country as the music performance theme, and their first goal is to get the recognition and love of foreign audiences. However, their fellow student Guo Wenjing is still committed to his native land and is still in touch with the music of his native land for the first time Influenced by the life of his native land, Guo Wenjing is a much more authentic Chinese composer than Tan Dun. Therefore, the New York Times once called him "the only Chinese composer who has not lived abroad for a long time and has established an international reputation.".

Music Album

Diary of a madman

The opera "Diary of a madman" is adapted from Lu Xun's novel of the same name. Its English name is wolf cub village. It is the first Chinese opera on the world opera stage. It was premiered by actors from Britain, Switzerland, Holland and China, as well as European directors, choreographers, conductors and orchestras. The play has achieved a number of zero breakthroughs. The play was produced by 94 'Dutch art saving manuscript and premiered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In Paris, London, Rouen, Frankford, Lisbon, Turin, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Edinburgh and other places. Since its premiere in 1994, four stage versions have been rehearsed in Europe. It has made a stir in the European theater

The banquet

The night banquet was created by the poet Zou Jingzhi according to the famous painting Han Xizai's night banquet by Gu Hongzhong, a court painter of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Guo Wenjing's Opera perfectly combines the beautiful lyrical features of Western Italian opera with the refined and elegant features of ancient Oriental Chinese art. It can be called the best opera in the world after Stravinsky's death. This opera was broadcast on vara TV station in the Netherlands, and it has strong repercussions. The extended version of the play has toured Paris, Berlin and Brussels. Last year, the Lincoln Center of the United States rearranged it, performing several times in New York, making a sensation on Broadway.

Film music

"Sunny days", "red powder", "journey to the South", "stagnant water", "riding alone for thousands of miles" and other film and television music.

These works have been published in Konzerthaus in Vienna and the famous ottobouillon Church in Bavaria, Germany. Many cities in the United States, such as Paris, France, Minster, Frankfurt, Edinburgh, Huddersfield, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Taipei, China and Seoul, Korea, have continued to achieve success, calling their works "full of exquisite music and grand silence."

Guo Wenjing has also been invited to write music for more than 40 films and TV dramas, including Zhang Yimou's "riding alone for thousands of miles", Jiang Wen's "sunny days", Li Shaohong's "red powder" and Teng Wenji's "king of chess". In addition, he also composed music for the drama "lights of thousands of families" directed by Lin Zhaohua, director of Beijing People's Art Theatre, which won the national stage excellent project award, the new concept beijing opera "Mu Guiying", "Hua Mulan" and "Liang Hongyu" directed by Li Liuyi, as well as the drama "Beijinger" and the poetic drama "confession". In 2008, he was invited to create a unique music for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.

other

"Gorge" (the fourth episode of "mountain spring" of China's Famous Piano Masterpieces), "ancient porcelain" and other instrumental solos.

Ba, Chuanjiang narrative, Shehuo (Chinese new music, zebra company of Holland), oracle bone inscriptions, lichudi, voice of Tibet and other small Western instrumental or vocal music works.

Some medium-sized Western instrumental or vocal music works, such as Chuanya hanging Funeral (China Record Award winning Symphony album, China Record Shanghai), Jingfan, shudaonan (excellent Symphony poem of gadamelin, China Record Corporation), yufengwanli (2002 Vienna Chinese New Year Concert, China Record Corporation), etc.

Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto, Harp Concerto, Oriental red sun / hero symphony, Yuanyou and other large Western instrumental or vocal music works.

"Worry empty mountain", "late spring", "West Yunnan local style", "Sun Moon Mountain" (this film), "Zen courtyard" and other national musical instrument band works.

"Shanhaijing", "Xi" (this film), "Xuan" (this film), etc

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