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Bright Sheng
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Bright Sheng
(surname
Sheng
, ; born December 6, 1955 in
Shanghai,
China
) is a Chinese-American
composer,
conductor
, and
pianist. He has lived in the
United States since
1982 and is on faculty at the
University of Michigan. In 1999, the
White House commissioned Sheng to compose a piece to honor the Chinese Premier
Zhu Rongji at a state dinner hosted by President
Bill Clinton. In November
2001, Sheng received a
MacArthur Fellowship. Sheng is the
New York City Ballet's first composer in residence.
Sheng's compositions have been performed by most major American orchestras, as well as many European and Asian orchestras, including the
New York Philharmonic,
Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Seattle Symphony Orchestra,
Orchestre de Paris,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the
China National Symphony. Some of the most notable performers of Sheng's music have included
Leonard Bernstein,
Yo-Yo Ma,
Peter Serkin,
Kurt Masur,
Emanuel Ax,
Leonard Slatkin,
Robert Spano,
David Zinman, and
Neeme J??rvi. Sheng's most notable teachers include Leonard Bernstein and
Chou Wen-Chung
.
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Never Far Away
, a harp concerto, world premiere (2008) by
Yolanda Kondonassis and the
San Diego Symphony
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Nanking! Nanking!
, a
threnody about the
Nanking massacre
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Madame Mao
, commissioned by and given its world premiere by the
Santa Fe Opera in
2003
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The Silver River (1997), an opera premiered in Santa Fe, New Mexico
- The second syllable of Sheng's given name, Liang, loosely translates as "bright lights," which is why he took "Bright" as his English first name.
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Bright Sheng official site
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Bright Sheng page
, G. Schirmer Inc. Website
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Biography: Bright Sheng
, University of Michigan School of Music
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New York City Ballet home page
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