Xilin Wang is one of the most significant composers in China, distinct for his expressive and dramatic musical language and his subversive politics. Wang was born in Kaifeng in Henan Province of China in 1936, less than a year before the start of the Sino-Japanese war. His father’s untimely death and family poverty led him to join an art troupe in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army aged 12 and in 1955 at the age of 19 he was sent to the Central Military Music Conducting School in Beijing where, for the first time, he had access to music by western composers such as Mozart, Beethov… read more
Xilin Wang is one of the most significant composers in China, distinct for his expressive and dramatic musical language and his subversive politics. Wang was born in Kaifeng in Henan Province of China in 1936, less than a year before the start of the Sino-Japanese war. His father’s untimely d… read more
Xilin Wang is one of the most significant composers in China, distinct for his expressive and dramatic musical language and his subversive politics. Wang was born in Kaifeng in Henan Province of China in 1936, less than a year before the start of the Sino-Japanese war. His father’s untimely death and family poverty led him to join an art troupe in the Chinese Peo… read more
