Guo Wenjing is a professor of composition at the Central Conservatory of Music and was the head of the composition department for many years，has devoted himself to country's music education. He has been honored among the Top China Hundred Outstanding Artists. Guo Wenjing's operas are the most performed Chinese operas in the world in the most countries and also the most produced versions of Chinese operas.
Abroad, his works have been featured at festivals in Amsterdam, Berlin, Glasgow, Paris, Edinburgh, New York, Aspen, London, Turin, Perth, Huddersfield, Hong Kong and Warsaw, and at venues like Frankfurt Opera, the Berlin Konzerthaus, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and New York’s Lincoln Center.
He has written works for leading ensembles including the Holland Festival, Milan-Turin Art Festival, Festival d’Automne à Paris，the Nieuw Ensemble, Atlas Ensemble, Cincinnati Percussion Ensemble, Slagwerk Den Haag, Kronos Quartet, Arditti String Quartet, Ensemble Modern, and Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Göteborg Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks,China Philharmonic Orchestra, China NCPA Orchestra, Beijing SmphonyOrchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
“Special Concerts of Guo Wenjing's Works”
Performance Orchestra: the China Philharmonic Orchestra (twice), the Central Philharmonic Orchestra, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Tianjin Symphony Orchestra (twice), the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra.
"Portrait of Guo Wenjing" Concert
Performances in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Turin, Paris, New York, Edinburgh, etc.
His works have been included in the concert tours of major orchestras in Europe and America.Include The China Philharmonic Orchestra, the China National Traditional Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.
His works have been included in the official touring repertoire of world-renowned conductors and orchestras.
Including:
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra,China Tour,Conductor: Neeme Jarvi (1999)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Five Cities Tour in China, Conductor: Fabio Luisi (2018)
Hong Kong Philharmonic,Shanghai,Conductor:Edo de Waart (2018)
Music Review
“Unparalleled musical beauty and dramatic power” (Le Monde)
“Pungent and vivid” (The Guardian)
“Uninhibited and pure” (Het Parool)
“Subtle and unusual” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
“A highly original sense of operatic possibility” (The Independent).
“The only Chinese composer who has never lived abroad but established an international reputation”( New York Times)
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