Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Zhu Jian'er 朱践耳  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Zhu Jian'er

 
 

朱践耳

 
 

 

 
 

Zhu Jian'er 朱践耳 - portrait - chinesenewart

 
 

 

 
 
 
   

1922

Zhu Jian'er  朱践耳, ( 1922- 2017 ) whose real name was Zhu Rong-shi, composer

 

and song-writer was born on October 18, in Tianjin, in a family of millers.

1925

After his father's death, the family moved to Shanghai.

 

 

  -  Education
   
  China

1960

After graduating, he returned to China.

 

He worked at the film studios and then at the Shanghai Opera House.

1975

He was appointed composer-in-residence of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

 

He was a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory.

   
 

His work consists of 10 symphonies, 12 overtures, a poem and a symphonic

 

concerto, and various chamber music pieces.

   

   
  Awards  selection
   
 

Awards for his symphonies :

 

1981

Prize for Excellence in Composition  - Fantasia Symphony                                                 

 

1990

Grand Prize for Musical Composition  -  Symphony                                             

 
 

at the Queen Marie Josée Competition in Switzerland       

 

 

 
 

Shanghai Municipal Government Award

 

1991

For Outstanding Contribution to Art and Literature

 

1996

Gold Prize for Musical Works for Winds and Strings

 

 

at the Golden Classical Music Awards in  New York

 

 

 

2002

Publication of the first collection of Zhu Jian'er's symphonies including CDs.

 

2006

Zhu Jian'er's Orchestral Works Collection Published

 

2010

Zhu Jian'er's Piano Works Collection Published

 
     

2017

Zhu Jian'er died on August 15 in Shanghai at the age of 94.

 
     
  Danièle Sicard  
     
 

 
     
 

Discography  selection

 
     

2000

Silkroad, Yo-Yo Ma's ensemble, commissioned Silk Road Reveries from him

 
  Label - Sony Classical  
     

 

Symphony, No. 1 and Festival Ouverture

 
 

Zhu Jianer (Composer) - Cao Peng (Conductor) - Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

 
 

Audio CD

 
 

Label - Marco Polo

 
     
 

Symphony, No. 5 for chinese drum and orchestra

 
 

Zhu Jianer (Composer) - Cao Peng (Conductor) - Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

 
 

Label - Yellow River Chinese

 
     

2024

Jian'er: Piano Works

 
 

Xie Yashuangzi (Artist) - Zhu Jian'er (Composer)

 
 

Audio CD

 
 

Label - Genuin

 
 


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

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