Qigang Chen: Er Huang, Enchantements oubliés & Un temps disparu

Featuring

Chun-Chieh Yen
Lü Shao-chia
Jiemin Yan
Taiwan Philharmonic
Qigang Chen

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Composer Biography

Qigang Chen served as the musical director for the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Performer Biography

Jiemin Yan, the erhu artist, is currently a Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and has performed internationally.

Composer Biography

Qigang Chen was the last and only student of the eminent French composer Olivier Messiaen from 1984-88, after Messiaen's retirement from the Paris Conservatoire.

Recording & Production

All three works on this album — Er Huang, Enchantements oubliés, and Un temps disparu — are world première recordings.

Composer Biography

Qigang Chen, the composer, endured three years of 'ideological re-education' during China's Cultural Revolution before resuming his musical studies.

Performer Biography

Chun-Chieh Yen, the pianist on this album, won Third Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 1997 and First Prize at the Hamamatsu International Academy Piano Competition in 1999.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Olivier Messiaen described Qigang Chen's compositions as showing 'real inventiveness, very great talent and a total assimilation of Chinese thinking with European musical concepts.'