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Wang Xilin Celebrates 85

Dec. 17, 2021

Wang Xilin is one of the most significant composers in China, distinct for his expressive and dramatic musical language and his subversive politics. His remarkable life story can be traced through his output, from a teenager sent to join an art troupe in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, to success as a conductor and composer in Beijing and Shanghai, to 14 years spent as a political exile. In the late 1970s, Wang Xilin discovered Western music from previous decades, which had a strong inxfluence on his own compositions. Now Wang’s extensive oeuvre includes eight symphonies, numerous concertos, music for film, chamber and vocal works. We wish him a very happy 85th birthday!

Listen to Wang Xilin's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2010):

(Wang Xilin/Concerto for Piano and Orchestra/China National Symphony Orchestra/
Sa Chen, piano/Emmanuel Siffert, conductor)


To learn more about Wang Xilin, visit: schott-music.com.

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