Composer and pianist Wang Lu was born in Xi’an, the ancient capital of China. Being brought up in a musical family with strong Chinese opera and folk music traditions, her works reflect a very natural identification with those influences, through the prism of contemporary instrumental techniques and new sonic possibilities. Wang Lu received her doctoral degree in composition at Columbia University in 2012, after graduating with highest honors from the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music in 2005. Her composition teachers have included Fred Lerdahl, Tristan Murail, George Lewis, and Chou-Wen Chung. Her works for a variety of Western and Chinese ensembles and orchestras have been performed in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Europe, and the US, by ensembles including the Minnesota Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Orchestre National de Lille, Holland Symfonia, Shanghai National Chinese Orchestra, Taipei Chinese Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Musiques Nouvelles (Belgium), Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (Montreal), Phoenix Ensemble (Basel), and Beijing New Music Ensemble, the International Contemporary Ensemble, Argento, Momenta Quartet, Columbia University Jazz Band, the Janus Trio, So Percussion, and counter(induction, among others. She has participated in festivals such as the Gaudeamus Music Week (2010 finalist), Tanglewood Music Center, Cabrillo Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, Takefu International Music Festival, Centre Acanthes, and the Beijing Modern. She won the first prize at Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne’s Young Composers Forum 2010 and the Tactus International Young Composers Orchestra Forum Award in 2008. She was selected for a Tremplin commission by IRCAM/Ensemble Intercontemporain in 2010, and has also received two ASCAP Morton Gould awards. Her recent projects include commissions from the Ensemble Modern and the Frankfort Radio Symphony, the Ensemble Pamplemousse, and a reading of her double bass concerto by the New York Philharmonic. More information can be found at: www.instantencore.com/wanglu
Wang Lu Biography
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