Wang Jianzhong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Jianzhong (Chinese: 王建中; 1933–2016)[1] was a Chinese composer, pianist, and educator. His works, many of them composed during the Cultural Revolution, bridge Chinese folk music and Western classical piano tradition and have made him a household name in his own country.[2] His A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix is considered one of the six representative twentieth-century Chinese piano masterpieces.[3]

  1. ^ "The Music of the Film – Above the Drowning Sea". Above the Drowning Sea.
  2. ^ Lian, Liu (9 September 2013). "Saluting a living legend: modern piano composer Wang Jianzhong". China Daily. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  3. ^ Chong, Eddy K. M. (2010). "Beyond birdsongs and the five notes: Teaching with Wang Jianzhong's Bai Niao Chao Feng". Proceedings of the 29th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, pp. 38–42. ISBN 978-0-9806310-0-5. Retrieved 4 December 2013.