Wang Hesheng
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Wang Hesheng is a composer of the Military Band
of the People’s Liberation Army
of China, also a member of Chinese Musicians Association. In 1985, he studied composition from Professor Mu Hong
in the central Conservatory of Music
. He became a professional composer of the Military Band of the People’s Liberation Army of China after graduation in 1988.
Over the last ten years, Wang has created more than 600 instrumental music
and vocal music
, with wide-range of materials and different styles. The latter include solo, ensemble, symphony for symphonic band
, and symphonic chorus. He has attached great importance to national characteristic, popularity and sense of the times in his creation. Twenty pieces of his works have been awarded the prize in the country and the army. And a lot of compositions have been published and recorded on the discs and the tapes.
Wang’s major works are: Yuanmingyuan-a symphonic tone poem
for symphonic band, Beautiful Evening of Prairie, Dance under the moonlight (a trumpet solo), Yihai-a symphonic tone-poem for symphonic band and A Chart for Plum Blossom-a symphonic chorus etc.
He created the admission music for the award ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Military band
A military band originally was a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the title of Bandmaster or Director of Music...
of the People’s Liberation Army
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 — celebrated annually as "PLA Day" — as the military arm of the Communist Party of China...
of China, also a member of Chinese Musicians Association. In 1985, he studied composition from Professor Mu Hong
Mu Hong
Mu Hong is a fictional character in the Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. He ranks 24th of the 36 Heavenly Spirits of the 108 Liangshan heroes and is nicknamed "Unrestrained".-Background:...
in the central Conservatory of Music
Central Conservatory of Music
The Central Conservatory of Music is the national leading music school in Beijing, China.Founded in 1950, the Conservatory offers courses to both Chinese nationals and foreign students, and caters for all levels from primary up to postgraduate programmes...
. He became a professional composer of the Military Band of the People’s Liberation Army of China after graduation in 1988.
Over the last ten years, Wang has created more than 600 instrumental music
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
and vocal music
Vocal music
Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...
, with wide-range of materials and different styles. The latter include solo, ensemble, symphony for symphonic band
Concert band
A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
, and symphonic chorus. He has attached great importance to national characteristic, popularity and sense of the times in his creation. Twenty pieces of his works have been awarded the prize in the country and the army. And a lot of compositions have been published and recorded on the discs and the tapes.
Wang’s major works are: Yuanmingyuan-a symphonic tone poem
Symphonic poem
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein...
for symphonic band, Beautiful Evening of Prairie, Dance under the moonlight (a trumpet solo), Yihai-a symphonic tone-poem for symphonic band and A Chart for Plum Blossom-a symphonic chorus etc.
He created the admission music for the award ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.