He Xuntian

This is a Chinese name; the family name is 何 (He).
He Xuntian 何训田

He Xuntian (simplified Chinese: 何训田; traditional Chinese: 何訓田; pinyin: Hé Xùntián；born in 1953 in Suining, Sichuan) is a modern Chinese composer,creator of a new musical language and also a music composition professor at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. [1][2]

Biography

He studied music theory by himself from the age of eight and composition followed. In 1982, he graduated from the Composition Department of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music.

He Xuntian: Whirling Udumbara II
He-drum Percussionist Ehesuma and The Israel Symphony Orchestra

In 1981, he established the Three Periods Theory and the Theory of Musical Dimensions; In 1982, he developed the RD (renyilv duiyingfa) Method of Musical Composition, the first compositional method of contemporary China; In 1995, Sister Drum was launched, making him the first Chinese composer to have his record released worldwide. This album, together with a number of others including Voices from the Sky, was released in more than 80 countries with a total sales volume of several million copies; In 1996, he established the SS (stream of structure) Method of Musical Composition; In1997, he put forward the Theory of Interspace; In 2003, he composed Images in Sound, which was humanity’s first gift of primordial music to all species of the natural world; In 2008, he produced Ehe Chant, the first work of Preconsciousness Music in human history. [3][4] He has received 15 international composition awards, including the Outstanding Musical Achievement Award of the International New Music Composer Competition USA 1989-1990; 13 national composition awards, including the First Prize at the Third All-China Music Competition. [3]

He Xuntian and The Israel Symphony Orchestra

His works have been published globally by a number of international publishing companies, including Warner Music Group and Schott Music; and premiered and performed worldwide by many leading orchestras and ensembles, including BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and The Israel Symphony Orchestra. [5][6][7]


Thousands of national and international news media and academic journals, including the New York Times, the Times Magazine, the Washington Post, The Times, BBC, ABC, CNN, NHK etc., have reviewed He’s works, composition techniques and ideas. His theories and works are believed to be “epoch-making” and “You can hardly trace the origin of He’s music in any Western music literature.” As “the most distinctive Chinese composer”, “He Xuntian’s music marks the emergence of China’s own school of music” and according to the New York Times, he “fulfilled the Chinese people’s dream to introduce their music to the world.” His brief biography appears in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. [1][3][8]

He is famous for his compositions done for Dadawa, whose breakthrough was Sister Drum - an international bestseller that sold more than 2 million copies. He has been collecting Tibetan music for twenty years and this has heavily influenced his compositions.

Awards

Major works

Theorie

Poems

（Every single living human being who encountered the first ray of light of this new century will pass away this century）
If I should make it to the final destination still clear-minded
could you even guess that my intangible hand would still be strumming your lost lute
If I should push open that sunlight-uncontaminated yet-to-be constructed city gate and still can find no place to rest
do you think that your departed face could ever find my unborn pair of eyes
（遭遇新世纪第一缕阳光的所有活着的人都将会在本世纪死去）
如果我走完最后的终点仍然很清醒
你是否猜得出我那无形的手仍然在拨弄你那只消失的琴
如果我推开那座没有被阳光污染还没有被建成的城市之门仍然找不到休息地
你那逝去的脸是否寻得着我那双未出生的眼睛

——何训田《路过地球》, He Xuntian Passing By the Earth 1999

Chinese Orchestra

Chamber Music

He Xuntian: Scent Dance 3

Piano Music

Orchestral Music

Unconventional Instruments

Preconsciousness Music

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Multimedia Music

Discography

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "He Xuntian". shcmusic.edu.cn. Retrieved 2012.
  2. ↑ "He Xuntian". epaper.dfdaily.com. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "He Xuntian". schott-music.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "He Xuntian". cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 20 June 2001.
  5. ↑ "何训田携手以色列交响乐团 收入捐赠敦煌研究院". 东方网. Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  6. ↑ "“泛异域”的何训田". 北青网. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  7. ↑ "留在时代年轮上的乐音". 人民日报人民网. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  8. ↑ "何训田He Xuntian". academic.ru. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "如是我闻何训田". max.book118.com. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "the Compositional Concept and Theory of He Xuntian 何训田创作观念与作曲技法". cdmd.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "何训田方舟". cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 15 January 2005.
  12. ↑ "He Xuntian". cnki.com. Retrieved 15 June 2001.
  13. ↑ "Singing From Heaven". hangzhou.com.cn. Retrieved 23 October 2002.
  14. ↑ "何训田歌曲研究". shangxueba.com. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "西方凝视下的中国新音乐". doc88.com. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  16. ↑ "Tathagata". cdbaby.com. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  17. ↑ "Ehe Chant". mtv.com. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

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