The pianist on this album, Xing Rong, has won several major prizes and made her United States debut in Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Composer Biography
An-lun Huang's father, Feilih Huang, also attended Yale University, where he studied with Paul Hindemith and later founded the first conducting department of the Central Conservatory of Music in Tianjin.
Composition History
The ballet 'A Dream of Dunhuang' by An-lun Huang was inspired by the magnificent cave art of Dunhuang, an important Silk Road center in western China.
Compositional Technique
An-lun Huang's piano transcriptions of his own works are considered masterpieces, challenging the view that transcriptions are inferior to the original compositions.
Composer Biography
An-lun Huang's musical education was interrupted by the Maoist Cultural Revolution (1966-76), during which he was sent to the countryside as a laborer.
Composer's Artistic Vision
An-lun Huang, the composer, believes that good Chinese music should convey a universal spirituality, strengthening and enriching it rather than diminishing it.
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