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1933
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Wang Lisan 汪立三 ( 1933-2013 ) composer was born on March 24 in Wuhan,
Hubei Province China, into a family of scholars who encouraged his interest
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in calligraphy, folk music, Chinese opera, Chinese painting, and Taoism.
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- Studies
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Attracted by music, he enrolled at Gaozi High School and then Shishi High School
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in Chengdu.
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1948
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He spent two years at the Sichuan Special Independent Art School and trained
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on the violin, particularly the piano.
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1950
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He studied harmony and composition on his own and took piano lessons
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with Peng Weiming.
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1951
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He passed the entrance exams to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
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He performed his first composition, Lan Hua Hua, Beautiful Orchid, in concert
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before even taking lessons..
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1957
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His piano composition, a Sonatina written during the composition class
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with San Tong, won First Prize in the competition.
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The Music Publishing House decided to publish it, but this was not done
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because of an article denouncing practices in the musical world.
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Labeled as right-handed, Wang Lisan 汪立三 was sent to northern Heilongjiang,
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to be corrected.
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- Teacher
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1963
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- A professor, he began teaching composition and music theory at the Music
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Department of the Harbin Institute of Art.
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1972
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After the Cultural Revolution, he taught again until his retirement in 2002.
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1979
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He was a Visiting Professor at the Harbin Academy of Arts and then Professor until 1986.
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1988
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He was invited to New York, USA, to participate in the Symposium of Composers
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from both sides of the Strait.
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- A representative of Chinese music, he participated in numerous exchanges:
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inStuttgart (1987) - New York (1988) - Hong Kong (1990)
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2002
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He retired and settled in Shanghai.
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2013
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Following a stroke, he died on July 6 in Shanghai, at the age of 80.
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Daniele Sicard |
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Compositions selection |
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1978
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Xiongmei Kaihuang (Brother and Sister Taming the Wasteland)
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based on an opera of the same name.
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1979
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Dongshankuiyi Huayi (Impressions
of Paintings by Higashiyama Kaii)
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a suite of pieces inspired by the works of Japanese painter Higashiyama Kaii.
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1982
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Tashanji – Yuqu yu Fuge Wushou (Tashan Collection – Five Preludes and Fugues),
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First Prize in the Heilongjiang Province Literary and Artistic Competition
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2007
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- Terre Noire a fantastic sonata dedicated to the Chinese wandering song errenzhuan
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recounting his years of exile.
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2007
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- Capriccio of Animals suite -work for piano
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Discography selection
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Scènes de Chine et musique pour piano de Wang Lisan
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CD AUDIO 2016
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Label Marco Polo
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Wang Lisan - Complete piano works - Yiming ZHang Piano |
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3 discs 2015
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composer Wang Lisan |
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performer Yiming Zhang |
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Label Naxos
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