Jian-Hua Zhuang is a Chinese

China

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-born composer

Composer

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 active in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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Zhuang received a Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Music

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 degree from the Sichuan Conservatory of Music

Sichuan Conservatory of Music

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 in 1988. Later, he moved to the Netherlands, completing a master's degree

Master's degree

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, also in music, at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music in 1996. Among his teachers were Hsung Hu Wei, Fan Nai Xin, and Klaas de Vries

Klaas de Vries (composer)

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. Zhuang has won prizes in the China Composition Competition (1989, the Taiwan International Composition Competition, and the China Nation Musical Contest; his music has been published and performed in the Netherlands, China, Poland

Poland

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, and Australia

Australia

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