Works by Weiya Hao
Biography
Hao Weiya
Born in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 1971, Mr. Hao studied with renowned Chinese composition
Professor Zuqiang Wu and obtained his doctoral degree at the Central Conservatory of Music in
Beijing in 1999. Currently Mr. Hao is a professor at the Composition Department of the Central
conservatory of Music. Visiting scholar at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy
（2006-07）and Columbia University in New York, U.S.）2014-15）
Orchestral compositions
1994 Orchestral painting ‘North of the Mountain, South of the Cloud’
1999 Cello Concerto ‘Ode to the Sea’
2002 Piece for the Chinese traditional orchestra ‘Legend II’, which was awarded the Second Prize at the Ninth National Competition for Traditional Orchestral Compositions)
2002 Piece for Orchestra and Choir ‘The Sky and the Earth—Taipo’, ‘Moon of Guan Mountain (text by Jingting Han, which was awarded the Golden Bell Prize by the Department of National Culture,
2004 Piano Concerto ‘Yangtze River’
2005 Symphony No. 1 ‘In Memoriam’
2009 Concerto for the Chinese Flute ‘Blossoming in the Spring’
2010 Orchestral Piece ‘Yellow River Fantasie’
2017 Concerto for the Chinese Sheng ‘The Path of Gladness’
2017 Concerto for the Chinese Erhu ‘Fountain of Tears’
Stage compositions
2004 ‘Love for the Nature’, music for Guizhou Acrobatic Team(awarded one of the ten outstanding artistic projects nationwide);
Motion Musical ‘Terracotta Warriors’, which was premiered in the United States and Canada in May 2004
2005 Musical ‘Mulan’
2005 Grandeur Artistic Dance Poem ‘Above the Horizon’, which was awarded ‘The Best Composition for Dance’, by the Fifth National ‘Lotus’ Award for the Excellence in Dance
2006 Ballet ‘Princess of Tang’ (Premiered in the United State); International Standard Dance Drama ‘Song for the Everlasting Regret’.
2008 Commissioned by the National Performance Theatre to re-write the unfinished ending for the Puccini opera ‘Turandot’.
2009 Commissioned by the National Performance Theatre to write an original opera ‘The Village Teacher’.
2013 Commissioned by Shanxi Provincial Theatre to write an original opera ‘The Legend of Patriot’.
2014 Commissioned by Shanghai International Arts Festival and Zhou Xiaoyan Opera Center to write an original opera ‘The River of Spring’.
2016 Commissioned by Chong Qing Theatre to write an original opera ‘Guanyin Hercules ’.
Other music
2000-2007 Music for the film ‘The Father’; TV drama ‘Long Spear in Hand’,
‘A Normal Life’, ‘A Lifetime of Undeserved Love’; ‘The Blooming Sunshine’, ‘Juzheng Zhang’, ‘My Beautiful Life’; Music for the China Tourism Year;
2008 Music for Beijing’s bid for 2008 Olympics(in collaboration with Lei Zhang); Music for the theatrical play ‘The Tea House’, ‘The Lobbyist’
2010 Music for the 2010 World Expo, Shanghai.
2013 Music for the film ‘Phurbu and Tenzin’