Wenchen Qin

• Wenchen Qin has been teaching at the Central Conservatory in Beijing since 2001
• DAAD scholarship and study visit with Nicolaus A. Huber
• Diploma with distinction at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen
• Qin works with excellent ensembles such as Ensemble Recherche, L'Ensemble Itinéraire, Ensemble Europa Antidogma, Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra, the RSO Berlin and the Ensemble of Line
• Incorporates traditional Chinese instruments into his music
• Musical language combines subtle, intense and diverse sounds with exciting development processes.

Works by Wenchen Qin include:

The Sun Shadow VI for chamber ensemble (2005)
Seeking Sound – A Picture of Ling Lun’s Inspiration for orchestra (2018)
Poetry of the Land for zheng, sheng and orchestra (2020)

Works by Wenchen Qin are published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski.

Looking Ahead: UA Sounds, arousing the memories II, Ensemble durch Ensemble XX. Jahrhundert in Vienna (11 June)

"I am particularly fascinated by the ancient landscape paintings of the Song and Yuan dynasties, because in these pictures the world of nature is directly reflected.” — Wenchen Qin