Despite political difficulties, Wang Lisan incorporated 'subversive' musical techniques like dissonance and polytonality into his 1964 piece "We Are Walking Along the Broad Road."
Composition History
The "Fantasy-Sonata, 'Black Soil', The Memory of Er-ren-zhuan" reflects Wang Lisan's difficult years from 1959 to 1963, when he worked as a troupe musician in the Great Wilderness of the North.
Compositional Technique
Wang Lisan's "A Dream of Heaven" was the first published twelve-tone piano piece in China.
Composer Biography
Wang Lisan, a Chinese composer, was labeled a rightist in 1959 and exiled to northeastern China after criticizing a work praised by Chairman Mao Zedong.
Performer Biography
Pianist Yiming Zhang has extensively researched and performed the piano music of Wang Lisan, including writing a biography of the composer and undertaking this complete recording project.
Composition History
Wang Lisan's piece "Poem" subtly expresses subversive feelings by hiding fragments of melodies symbolizing tears and innocence, written shortly before he was condemned as a rightist.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Wang Lisan's suite "Other Mountains" uses the concept of 'stones from other mountains' to represent his belief that his musical ideas stem from Western music traditions, while looking back to ancient Chinese aesthetics.
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