Jin Xiang

Jin Xiang (金湘 1935–2015) was a Chinese composer and conductor. He studied composition at the China Central Conservatory under Chen Peixun.[1] In 1959 he received his Bachelor of Arts in Composition.[2] Soon after, he was labelled a rightist and sent to work in Tibet leading a folk music local ensemble, and then on to Ürümqi in Xinjiang for twenty years doing farm labor. After the Cultural Revolution he returned to Beijing and was conductor and composer in residence of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra from 1979–1984.[3] Jin Xiang came to the United States in 1988 and was a visiting scholar at The Juillard School in 1998 and the University of Washington and the composer-in-residence at the Washington National Opera.[4] From 1994-1995 he was the Art Director of the China Performing Administration Centre of the Ministry of Culture.[5] In 1996, he founded and was the president of the East-West Music Exchange Association, a non-profit that promoted the exchange of eastern and western music.[6]

He died on 24 December 2015, aged 80.[7]

Works

Operas

Chamber, vocal, and solo compositions

Television and film scores

Choral compositions

Orchestral compositions

References

  1. Barbara Mittler -Dangerous tunes: the politics of Chinese music in Hong Kong 1997 Page 163 "Jin Xiang studied composition at the Central Conservatory under Chen Peixun Chan ... His opera Yuanye (The Savage Land) of 1987, depicts a dark and brutal atmosphere, a Chinese verismo that is ..."
  2. Edna Ehrlich Papers; AR 25639; Box 16; Folder 29; Leo Baeck Institute
  3. Edward L. Davis - Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture Page 420 2012 "He was branded a 'rightist' and sent to work in Tibet, where he led a local ensemble, and then on to Urumqi in Xinjiang where ... He was conductor and composer-in-residence at the Beijing Symphony Orchestra (1979–84) and at the same time ... Jin Xiang's style is characterized by a particular sensibility for musical colouring. His opera The Savage Land (Yuanye, 1987) features a Chinese-style verismo, reminiscent of Russian opera but at the same time permuted by distinctly Chinese ..."
  4. Edna Ehrlich Papers; AR 25639; Box 16; Folder 29; Leo Baeck Institute
  5. Edna Ehrlich Papers; AR 25639; Box 16; Folder 29; Leo Baeck Institute
  6. Edna Ehrlich Papers; AR 25639; Box 15; Folder 22; Leo Baeck Institute
  7. 作曲家金湘病逝享年80岁 坚持创作拒绝手术 (Chinese)
  8. Archived Webpage of Jin Xiang's website
  9. Shanghai Opera House description (Chinese)
  10. 《楚霸王》
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