Wang Qiang (composer)
Wang Qiang is a Chinese composer.
Biography
Wang Qiang began her study of composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1955. As a third-year student she won first prize in the 1959 World Youth Music Composition Competition with the choral piece River of Fortune. After graduating in 1960, she took a position teaching composition at the same school. She continued to work at the Conservatory until 1991, when she moved to live and work in Hong Kong.Works
Wang Qiang composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble, operetta, choral ensemble and film and television scores. Selected works include:Orchestral Works:
- Ga Da Mei Ling for Cello and Orchestra, 1960
- La Ba and Gu for Orchestra, 1980
- Overture - Aspiration for Orchestra, 1992
- Fantay Overture “ Love ” for Orchestra, 1993
- Violin Concerto No. 0 for violin and Orchestra, 1998
- Passacaglia for Orchestra, 2002
- Trio for Flute, Viola and Arpa, 1979
- Cello Octet Twelve pieces for Eight cellists, 1989
- Cello and Contrabass Five pieces, 1989
- Quartet For four Zhengs, Twelve pieces, 1990
- Trio Two pieces, for Flute, Zheng and Erhu, 1991
- Untitled for Flute, Cello and Percussion, 1995
- Flower for Soprano, String Quartet and Guitar, 2003
- Erhu and String Quartet Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, for Erhu and String Quartet, 2006
- Celestial dream dance for Flute, Clarinet and Percussion, 2006
- River of Fortune for Choral and Orchestra, 1958
- Chinese Folk song Choral Three pieces for Choir and Piano, 2003