Gordon Shi-Wen Chin

Gordon Shi-Wen Chin, 金希文, a Taiwanese composer and conductor, is a member of the faculty of National Taiwan Normal University.[1] He earned his doctoral degree at the Eastman School of Music under Christopher Rouse and Samuel Adler.[2] As Taiwan's most prolific composer, his works have been performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, as well as by ensembles in Tokyo (Euodia Orchestra), France (Ensemble 2e2m), the International Sejong Soloists (USA), and many others.[3] The Los Angeles Times has called him a "confident master of the Western modernistic large orchestral idiom used for dramatic rather than abstract purposes."[4] Chin is now the music director of the Yinqi Chorus & Orchestra.[5]

References

  1. ↑ National Taiwan Normal University, biography (in Traditional Chinese and English)
  2. ↑ National Taiwan Normal University, biography (in Traditional Chinese and English)
  3. ↑ "Gordon Shi-wen Chin Music Festival—Symphonic Concert (金希文樂展—管絃樂之夜)," Taipei Times, December 1, 2006
  4. ↑ "'Salute to Taiwan' Features 2 Composers," Los Angeles Times, February 28, 1997
  5. ↑ Yinqi Culture & Music Foundation, biography

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