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Ying Wang
10+ albums
chineseinstrumentalgermanpianocontemporary classical
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Wang Ying (Chinese: 王穎; pinyin: Wáng Yǐng; born September 10, 1976) is a Chinese composer. Wang Ying was born in Shanghai, China. She began her musical education at the age of four, receiving piano lessons from her father, the composer Wang Xilin. At the Shanghai Conservatory of Music she studied composition with Gang Chen, Daqun Jia and instrumentation with Yang Liqin, completing a bachelor's degree with honors in 2002. In 2003 she moved to Cologne, Germany for graduate studies with York Höller at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. From 2008 she studied electronic composition with Michael Beil and composition with Johannes Schöllhorn and Rebecca Saunders. In 2010 she completed a master's degree in contemporary music at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts as well as working with Helmut Lachenmann. At the Cologne Conservatory she studied for the Diplom and concert exam in composition as well as one in elektronic composition – both were completed in 2011. In 2011 she was chosen to study at the “Cursus de composition et d’informatique musicale” at IRCAM in Paris, where she studied with Mauro Lanza, Philippe Leroux and Ivan Fedele, graduating in 2012. Wang has taken part in many workshops including the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, the composition workshop of the Suvisotto-Festival in Porvoo, Helsinki, and the Off-Program for Students at the Donaueschingen Festival. She has also worked with Beat Furrer, Jukka Tiensuu and Misato Moch
top songs
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Tun·Tu
222Glissadulation
193528Hz 8va (2021/22) for symphony orchestra, minimoog and electronics
174Noctilucent - I (2021) for double-bell trumpet and live electronics
165Tip to Top
156Copyleft (2021) for string quartet
157Wave in D
148Focus Exchange
149Schmutz (2019) for violin and ensemble
1410RE:Wilding (2020) for chamber orchestra
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