Guan Xia (simplified Chinese: 关峡; traditional Chinese: 關峽; pinyin: Guān Xiá) (born June 30, 1957) is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music.
Guan Xia | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 30, 1957 |
| Era | Contemporary |
Guan was born in Kaifeng, and graduated from the China Central Conservatory in 1985. He has been the director of the China National Symphony Orchestra until 2018 and involved in a number of Chinese national committees working with musicians. His important works include the operas Sorrowful Dawn and Mulan Psalm, several symphonies, Earth Requiem, a piano concerto, and the Symphonic Overture No. 1 (also known as Symphonic Ballade‘Sorrowful Dawn’),[1] which is very popular in the concerts in China. He is also famous for composing TV series soundtracks, some of which were orchestrated as concert pieces, including I Love My Family, Fortress Besieged, Little Dragonboy, The Years of Intense Emotion, and Soldiers Sortie.[2][3][4][5]
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