Qianyuan Zhang, the suona player, is the only double gold medal winner in the suona field, receiving China's top music award, the Golden Bell gold medal, and the Wenhua Prize gold medal.
Composer Biography
Wenchen Qin is one of China's most influential composers, with commissions from many international music organizations and performances by over seventy well-known musical groups worldwide.
Composer Biography
Wenchen Qin is a professor of composition at the Central Conservatory of Music and a distinguished professor at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
Performer Biography
Li-Wei Qin, the cellist, won the Silver Medal at the 11th Tchaikovsky International Competition and First Prize at the 2001 Naumburg Competition in New York.
Performer Biography
Mengla Huang, the violinist on this album, won First Prize at the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition in Italy in 2002 and the Sendai International Music Competition in 2001.
Composer Biography
Wenchen Qin, born in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, became familiar with the folk music of his home at a very young age.
Recording & Production
This album features world première recordings of all three concertos: 'The Border of the Mountains', 'Dawn', and 'Calling for Phoenix'.
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