Name Zhu Jian'er | Role Composer | |
Similar People Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, He Xuntian, Alexander Tcherepnin, Huang Tzu, Guo Wenjing | ||
Zhu jian er the heroic poems lyric mao zedong
Zhu Jian'er (Chinese: 朱践耳; pinyin: Zhū Jiàn'ěr; October 18, 1922 – August 15, 2017) was a Chinese symphonic composer and song writer.
Contents
- Zhu jian er the heroic poems lyric mao zedong
- Zhu jianer in memory of the martyrs for truth symphonic fantasia op 21
- Biography
- List of major works
- Students
- References
Zhu jianer in memory of the martyrs for truth symphonic fantasia op 21
Biography
Zhu was born in Tianjin and brought up in Shanghai, China. He began composing in 1940 and pursued composition studies at the Moscow Conservatory in 1955. He was a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory. He composed for both Western and Chinese instruments and his works have been performed around the world. In 2000 he was commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project to compose Silk Road Reverie.
His 1950 revolutionary work Days of Emancipation (翻身的日子, Fānshēn de Rìzi; for banhu and Chinese orchestra) is well known in the West from its appearance on the 1981 CBS Masterworks compilation Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music.
Zhu died on August 15, 2017 in Shanghai.
List of major works
Orchestral:
Symphonies: