Zhu Jian'er
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Zhu Jian'er (Chinese: 朱践耳; pinyin: Zhū Jiàn'ěr; born October 18, 1922 in Tianjin, China)[1] is a Chinese composer.
Biography
Zhu was born in Tianjin and brought up in Shanghai, and lived in Jing County, Anhui, China. He began composing in 1940 and pursued composition studies at the Moscow Conservatory in 1955. He is a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory. He has 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.
Students
External links
- Zhu Jian'er page from Silk Road Project site
- Baidu Baike article (Chinese)
References
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