Chen Gang (composer)
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Chen Gang (Chinese: 陈钢; pinyin: Chén Gāng; born 10 March 1935) is a Chinese composer best known for his work Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto.[1][2][3] He is the son of songwriter Chen Gexin. Chen Gang started to learn piano and composition from his father and music teachers from a young age.
From 1955 to 1959, Chen Gang was a student at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, studying composition. In 1959, Chen Gang, together with another student, He Zhanhao, composed the violin concerto Butterfly Lovers.
The violin concerto won five Golden Record prizes as well as a Platinum Record prize.[4] The Concerto has also achieved enormous international success. Chen is a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.[1]
In his composition career, he composed and recomposed many classics in China, including Butterfly Lovers, Miaolin's Morning, and The Golden Steel Smelting Furnace. He also composed a virtuoso violin solo piece: Sunshine in Tashkurgan, which is frequently performed in China.[5]
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- ^ a b "Gang Chen- Bio, Albums, Pictures". naxos.com. Naxos Classical Music. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "Butterfly lovers' timeless tale". mobile.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto (1959)". digitalscholarship.unlv.edu. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "Chen Gang". www.kroma.fi. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "Gang Chen - Concerts, Biography & News". BBC Music. Retrieved 2018-03-31.[permanent dead link]
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