Lin Wang (composer)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Lin Wang (Chinese: 王琳; pinyin: Wáng Lín (original name), also called Chinese: 王滢乔; pinyin: Wáng Yíng Qíao), is a Chinese composer.[1][2][3] Lin Wang was born in Dalian, China, in 1976.

Biography

Lin Wang studied music composition at Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (1996–2001). Later she studied composition and music theory at Hochschule für Musik Saar with Theo Brandmüller, and electronic music at IRCAM at the Centre Georges Pompidou in France. She also studied theatrical philosophy in music theater at University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, under Chaya Czernowin.

In 2008, her impromptu chamber ensemble JI LI GU LU was premiered at the 10th Munich Biennale.[4] It was selected for performance again in the same year at the Biennale di Venezia and the Bregenz Festival.[5] In 2010, her opera "Die Quelle" (The Source) was premiered at the 11th Munich Biennale.[6] Lin Wang and Can Xue co-wrote the libretto. In this opera, drying and bubbling-up of the spring symbolize loss and regain of one's own identity. Chinese instruments Sheng, Guzheng and Sanxian were used in its music. An unusual feature is combination of English pronunciation and Chinese intonation in this opera. Her third opera "Oh, wie schön ist Panama!" (Oh, the Beautiful Panama!) was based on an illustrated children book "The Trip to Panama" by Janosch. It was premiered at Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2013.[7]

Awards

Lin Wang has won several international music composition competitions:

· First Prize, Musica Femina München Komponistinnen entdecken und foerdern, Germany (2009).

· First Prize, the first Edition of “Franco Donatoni ” International Meeting for Young Composers Composition Competition, International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), Italy (2008).

· Grand Prize, the Isang Yun International Composition Prize, South Korea (2007).[8]

· First Prize, the First session of International Hamburg Klangwerktage New Musik Festival and Composition Competition, Germany (2006).

· First Prize, European Young Composers Competition in Hochschule fuer Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Germany (2005).

· Special Prize and the Second Prize, the Luxembourg Sinfonietta on the Third Luxembourg International Composition Prize, Luxembourg (2004).[9]

Selected works

Premiere Title Description Source and libretto
2003-Feb-01 1 Feb 2003, “CHINA-USA” Landschaftsfotografien von Wolfgang Volz Ru Yi Si Zhu Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and Fagot, 11'40"
2003-May-30 30 May 2003, musikFabrik Ensemble fuer Neue Musik + Spezialisten fuer historische Musikinstrumenten, by Konzert zum Abschluss des Kompositionswettbewerb der Landesmusikakademie NRW Monchengladbach Dong Xiang Xie Yi (A Sketch of the Dong Nation's Country) Chamber Orchestra for 15 Instruments, 11'40"
2004-May-08 8 May 2004 Luxembourg Sinfonietta Lin Lang (A Fine Jade) Chamber Ensemble, 13'42"
2004 2004 wei Kraniche unter einer Kiefer (Two Cranes under a Pine Tree) Piano solo, 11'04"
2005-09-06 6 Sept 2005, Nieuw Ensemble at Gaudeamus Muziekweek festival, Gaudeamus Foundation Ba Yin (Eight Sounds) Chamber Ensemble for Eight Instruments, Voice and Conductor
2005 2005 Ensemble Modern and Gesellschaft für Neue Musik Jawohl "Herr Praesident!" I am here!!! Music Theater, 13' after a poem by E. E. Cummings
2006-Nov-15th 15 Nov 2006, International Hamburg Klangwerktage New Musik Festival and Composition Competition, Germany Who Desires the Secret Quartet
2007-Feb-17th 17 Feb 2007, IMPULS, International Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music. Competition. Festival. Events. Das Raetsel der Begierde (The Enigma of Desire) Quartet, 9'30" inspired by Salvidor Dali's painting My Mother, My Mother, My Mother
2007-Sept-15th 15 Sept 2007, Korean Contemporary Orchestra on the first session of International Isang Yun Music Prize Composition Competition La…de la me’moire for Chamber Orchestra Chamber Orchestra inspired by Salvidor Dali's painting My Mother, My Mother, My Mother
2008-01-20 2008 Munich Biennale JI LI GU LU Chamber Ensemble, 9'09" impromptu piece
2008-05-01 1 May 2008, Divertimento Ensemble by the first Edition of “Franco Donatoni ” International Meeting for Young Composers Composition Competition A Secret That is Wanted Chamber Ensemble
2008-01-20 16 June 2008, ensemble counter)induction, New York DI LI BA LA Chamber Ensemble
2010-05-099 May 2010, Munich Biennale Die Quelle (The Source) Chamber Opera, 85' libretto by the composer and Can Xue, after a short story The Double Life by Can Xue
2011-0-1010 Feb 2011, Musica Femina Munich e.V. and Munich Chamber Orchestra e.V. Jade Chamber Ensemble
2012-03-055 March 2012, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern ...To Be Sung in the Wood... Double Concerto for Symphony Orchestra, Sheng and Zheng, 23' after Epithalamion (Wedding Song) written by the English poet Edmund Spenser
2013-01-26 26 Jan 2013, Deutsche Oper Berlin Oh, wie schön ist Panama (Oh! How beautiful is Panama) Opera/Music Theater, 55' libretto by Dorothea Hartmann, after an illustrated children's story Oh, wie schön ist Panama written by Janosch

References

  1. ↑ "青年作曲家王滢乔：我一直在路上". from Deutsche Welle website.
  2. ↑ "寻找梦想家园——记作曲家、歌剧导演王滢乔". from Xinhuanet website, Xinhua News Agency.
  3. ↑ "慕尼黑的中国《泉》作曲家的德国缘". from Deutsche Welle website.
  4. ↑ Preliminary information for the 2008 edition from the Munich Biennale website.
  5. ↑ Kultur Datenbank: Lin Wang (Germany Cultural Databank)
  6. ↑ Preliminary information for the 2010 edition from the Munich Biennale website
  7. ↑ "Kinderoper: Oh, wie schön ist Panama (Children's Opera: Oh, how beautiful Panama)". from Goethe-Institut website.
  8. ↑ "Isang Yun International Composition Prize 2007". Isang Yun International Composition Prize.
  9. ↑ International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2004 from the Luxembourg Sinfonietta website

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