Qin Wenchen

Qin Wenchen

Qin Wenchen, born in Ordos, Inner Mongolia on October 29, 1966, is a Chinese composer.

In 1984, he was admitted to the composition class of Inner Mongolia Art School. In 1987, he was admitted to the composing Department of Shanghai Conservatory of music. In the same year, he created the first work in the chamber music series shadow of the sun, namely shadow of the sun I. In 1991, he created the orchestral work "Yiyun". In 1992, he was assigned to the composition department of the Central Conservatory of music. In 1998, he was sent by the Central Conservatory of music to Germany to study with composer Nicolas A. Huber. In the same year, he won the prize of "German Academic Exchange Center". In 1999, he won the second place in the "Hannover Biennial International composition competition" in Germany with his work "oneness". In 2001, he won the highest diploma in German composition with the first prize, and then returned to China to continue teaching; in the same year, his work "the sound of the world" won the first prize in the German "Buerger proa" orchestral composition competition.

In 2003, he released his first solo album, shadow of the sun: works of Qin Wenchen. In 2004, he created his orchestral work diexiang. In 2008, he won the "four one batch" talent award of Beijing. In 2010, he released his personal album "Qin Wenchen's chamber music works". In 2012, he composed Violin Concerto "mountain line". In 2013, he released his solo album orchestral works, which was recorded by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and China National Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, he premiered his work Yunchuan at the closing ceremony of the 60th Warsaw Autumn International Music Festival in Poland. In 2018, he served as the vice president of the Central Conservatory of music; in the same year, he performed his work "the earth sound poem" in a concert at Lincoln Center in New York. In 2019, he served as the first vice president of the composing and composing theory society of China Music Association.

Composing experience

In October 1966, Qin Wenchen was born in ejinholo banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. From the age of 9, he began to study folk music. In 1984, he was admitted to the composition class of Inner Mongolia Art School and studied under composer Du Zhaozhi. In 1987, he was admitted to the composing Department of Shanghai Conservatory of music and studied with composers Zhu Jianer and Xu Shuya. In the same year, he created the first work of the chamber music series shadow of the sun, namely the piano solo shadow of the sun I. In 1991, he created the orchestral work Yiyun. In 1992, he was assigned to the Central Conservatory of music after graduation. In 1994, he created the orchestral work "Symphony prelude"; in the same year, his chamber work "ghost II" won the best work award in the third Taiwan composition competition. In 1997, he took part in the Takemitsu international composition competition held in Tokyo, Japan with his orchestral work "Yiyun", and won the "selection Award" together with four composers from Britain, the United States, Italy and Japan. In the same year, the work was first performed by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo Opera City. In the same year, conductor Wang Fujian joined hands with suona performer Guo Yazhi and Chinese youth The National Orchestra premiered its suona Concerto "calling Phoenix" in Beijing Concert Hall. Since 1998, he has been funded by the German academic exchange center and sent to Germany by the Central Conservatory of music to study with composer Nicolas A. Huber for three years. In the same year, he won the "German Academic Exchange Center" award. in 1999, he won the second place (first place vacancy) in the "Hannover Biennial International composer competition" in Germany for his chamber music work "oneness"; in the same year, he won the "Fok Ying Tung young teacher award". In 2001, the symphony "the sound of the world" won the first prize in the "Buerger proa" orchestral composition competition in Germany; in the same year, he won the highest diploma in German composition with full marks at Essen University of music. In 2003, in cooperation with Phoenix Chamber Orchestra in Basel, Switzerland, China Youth National Orchestra, suona player Guo Yazhi, guzheng player yuan Sha, etc., he released his first music album, shadow of the sun - works of Qin Wenchen. His repertoire includes series of works, such as shadow of the sun III and shadow of the sun IV, suona Concerto, and so on. In 2004, he created orchestral work "the holy way of May" and "diexiang" for Sheng, Clarinet and Orchestra; in May, France National Radio held a concert for Qin Wenchen, presenting works such as "oneness" and "Huaisha". In 2005, the documentary "crossover China", which was recorded by German TV station and focused on Qin Wenchen's creation and life, was broadcast in English, German and French on German TV station. In 2006, he won the "district Yongxi excellent Music Education Award" of the Ministry of culture of China. In 2007, he was selected into the "new century talents plan" of the Ministry of education. In 2008, he composed Cello Concerto "dawn"; in the same year, he won the Beijing "four one batch" Talent Award. In 2010, he created dialogue between mountains and rivers for tapes and orchestras; in March, he released his personal album chamber music works by Qin Wenchen, which includes Pipa Ci, shadow of the sun VII, sound of evoking memory, etc. In 2012, he created the Violin Concerto "the mountain line"; in the same year, he released his personal album "to the distance - 30 pieces of folk chamber music collection" and Qin Wenchen's works review collection "the sound of the world - Qin Wenchen's music". in 2013, he released his personal music album "Orchestral Works", which was performed by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and China National Symphony Orchestra, including Orchestra works "dawn" and "dialogue with landscape". In the autumn of 2017, his Sheng Concerto Yunchuan premiered at the closing ceremony of the 60th Autumn International Music Festival in Warsaw, Poland; in December, his chorus shadow of the sun x premiered in Taiwan. in January 2018, he served as the vice president of the Central Conservatory of music; on January 28, he performed his "Earth Music Poetry" in the "2018 Chinese Contemporary Music - The Premiere Concert of new works by composers of the Central Conservatory of music" at Lincoln Center in New York. On May 25, 2019, at the Closing Concert of Beijing Modern Music Festival, conductor Chen Lin, Symphony Orchestra of Central Conservatory of music and Sheng performer Zheng Yang jointly played "Yunchuan" composed by Qin Wenchen; in July, the inaugural meeting of composition and composition theory society of China Music Association was held in Central Conservatory of music, with Qin Wenchen as the first vice president.

Main works

Music works

musical composition

Source of the above main works

Participate in special documentary

Creative features

General characteristics

In Qin Wenchen's works, through the surface of his sound structure, people can think of thinking about a series of problems such as art, human nature and even philosophy, but the content of these thinking is always at the edge of concrete and abstract thinking. The colorful timbre and strong multiple rhythms always have a potential cool tone. Opening the music score of Qin Wenchen's works, we can not find the original traces of folk songs, nor the so-called profundity and excitement in previous music works. However, with the spread of national style in his works, nationality has become a simple and profound spiritual symbol in music. After listening to Qin Wenchen's works of "atonality" and "differential sound", it is not easy to associate with composers of modern style. On the contrary, in the complicated sound effects created by his works, it reminds us of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in the 20th century. Their music seems to come from the mountains, rivers, lakes or rural fields in nature. Their works are similar in image, but their music language is quite different.

Characteristics of different genres

Orchestral Works

In 2016, Qin Wenchen recorded his orchestral works collection, including guzheng Concerto echo on the other side, Pipa Concerto XingKong, secluded song for 42 musical instruments, and Orchestral Works dialogue with mountains and waters using tapes. These Orchestral Works enrich the visual presentation effect of Chinese Music: as a member of the Mesozoic composers, Qin Wenchen has a special relationship with the previous generation composers (such as Tan Dun, Xu Shuya, Sheng Zongliang, Zhou long, etc.). In contrast, Qin Wenchen also devoted himself to the study of the confluence of Chinese and western music, and developed the richness of orchestral music. In the echo of the other side, the special chord of Guzheng creates a rough color character, which needs to cooperate with other musical instruments in practice, so as to maintain a moderate aesthetic feeling. Echo is essentially different from the works written by Tan Dun and Zhu Xiaogu for guzheng. He uses a lot of contrast motivation in his works, which is similar to Simon stern ander's prelude. Qin Wenchen's treatment of Pipa makes it echo with the scene created by the band in a deep way. Sometimes his voice is integrated with the band in a nearly religious way, and sometimes he participates in it in a dynamic way. Dialogue with mountains and rivers brings better sensory effects, accompanied by sounds related to nature and human activities (the sounds of birds and cicadas are presented in imitation or audio mode). In seeking the corresponding relationship with the staff, these sounds are almost integrated with the silver of the orchestra. This not only reflects the author's respect for nature and life, but also an attempt to organize music instinct, material object and semiotics.

Chamber music

Qin Wenchen's chamber music works do not have the sound momentum of his symphonic works, but they still give people a deep impression. This does not come from the pure sound strength itself, but from the strength of its music

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