Qu Xiao-Song

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Qu Xiao-Song Life

Qu  was born in southwestern China in 1952.

In 1968, after completinq middle school he was sent down to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, where he spent four years as a peasant.

In 1972, he began to study music, taught himself the violin, and became a violinist and violaist with a Peking Opera Orchestra in his hometown.

In 1983, he graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he had studied composition with professor Du Ming-xin.

After graduation he taught composition at the conservatory.

Qu won several national and international prizes for composition.

In 1986 and 1988, two evenings of his orchestral works were jointly persented by the Central Philharmonic of China, the China Records Company, the Chinese Musicians Association, and the Central Conservatory of Music.

His major orchestral works have released by the China Records Company and Hong Kong Records Company Ltd.

In February of 1989, Qu was invited to the United States as a visiting scholar by the Center for U.S.-China Arts Exchang at Columbia University, and supported by a grant from the Asian Cultural Council.

He currently resides in New York and is a member of the ASCAP.

His works have been performed in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, The Netherlands, The United states, The Soviet Union and throughout Asia.

His recent and current projects include an opera "Oedipus", commissioned by The Swedish Folkopera, it was premiered in Stockholm in November of 1993.

A chamber opera 'The Death of Oedipus", commissioned by the Holland Festival, was premiered in Amsterdam, June of 1994 in Holland.
 

Qu Xiao-Song Operas

The Operas of Qu Xiao-Song