Biography

An-lun Huang (1949--)

With many of awards and his more than 40 symphonic works, Chinese-Canadian composer An-lun Huang’s compositions have been widely performed and warmly received around the world.  Lang Lang won the 1^st prize of the International Tchaikovsky Youth Piano competition by playing his “Chinese Rhapsody #2” in 1995.  Many of his works have been chosen as the official-final pieces of the major music competitions, including the International Rubinstein Piano Competition, Israel.  His ballet “Dream of Dunhuang” has been selected as one of the “Master Pieces of the Chinese Compositions in 20^th Century”.

Numerous of his CDs, LPs and scores have been published and released.  Not only had an adjudicator for various competitions, but also a conductor, his successful performances included the all-his’s-works-concerts in Russia, U.S.A. and China.

Recently the composer-in-residence of the Shenzhen Symphony orchestra, China, and the winner of the New Pioneer Arts Award of Canada(2004), An-lun Huang began his piano lessons at the age of 5, and completed his 1^st piano album at 7.  He graduated from the attached Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music, China, in late sixties of the last century. As the composer-in-residence of the Central Opera House of China, he became a member of the China Musician’s Association in 1979.  Huang came to the North America to continue his music education in 1980.  He then received the FTCL in 1983 and the MM of Yale with the Alumni’s prize in 1986 the same year moved to Toronto. Huang was the former president of the Canadian-Chinese Music Society of Ontario till 1996.  He has also been invited as the guest professor of several Universities in China recently.

Brief Bio [2020]

 

An-lun Huang (1949--)    Member of CMC, CLC, a Canadian–Chinese composer

 

 “His accomplishments rivals Masters in the West” and “ reflect the great country of China”--- with such many of the comments internationally, An-lun Huang’s compositions have been widely performed and warmly received globally.  Graduated from Yale 1986, his ballet “Dream of Dunhuang” has been selected as one of the “Master Pieces of the Chinese Compositions in 20^th Century”. Numerous of his CDs, LPs and scores have been published and released.  More than 20 of his works have been chosen as  the collections of “National Musical 100 Years”， the China’s official music publishing project and more. The CD performed by Bin Huang, Yubo Zhou and Alexander Suleiman for his Piano Trios (Labeled MDG) won the German top CD award, the OPUSKLASSIC 2019.

Critical Acclaim:

“As great as the masters’ works of Western music” ----SoundTech, HongKong, 1999

Reference   

Composition Catalogue

 

Op#	Time & Venue	Title
1	1964-1966   Beijing	3 Piano Arragements 1．【DuiHua】[1964]  2．【A Song to the Sky】[65] 3．【How Great of it】[66]
2	1965-1969   ZhangJiaKou	7 Pieces for Choral and Vocal 1．【Grow Up like Wang – Chorus for Mixed Voices】 [65] 2．【Mao up to the Rostrum Platform--Chorus 】[69] 3．【Build up the Artillery -- Chorus 】[69] 4．【Green Rice Field to the Blue Sky – Female Chorus 】[69] 5．【BADGE】 --  Male solo              [69] 6．【Artillery March – Male Chorus 】[70] 7．【Ready to Fight】—Chorus
3	1969-70   ZhangJiaKou	Four Chinese Dances for Orchestra 1．Double Winds 2．Single Winds 3．Traditional Orchestra
4	1970   ZhangJiaKou	Two Pieces for Flute Solo 1．Memorial in D  2．Korean Dance in c
	1971 ZhangJiaKou	Orchestration for Opera “Fight for Mouth of Dragon”
	1971 ZhangJiaKou	Orchestration for Opera “ Daughter of Miner “
5	1971   ZhangJiaKou	12 Preludes for Piano 1．  In C:      《Sea》 dedicated to 崔世光 2．  In c:       《Memory》 dedicated to 瑞丽 3．  In D flat:《Memory》 4．  In c#:     《Night》 5．  In D:      《Song of Victory》 6．  In d:       《Song of Village》 7．  In E flat:《Sun Rise》 8． In d#:     《No Title》 9． In E:      《Wind》 10. In e:       《No Title》 11. In F:       《Sea Swallow》 12. In f:        《Funeral》
6	1973 ZhangJiaKou	Piano Arrangement from Albanian Songs
7	1973   ZhangJiaKou	Two String Quartets 1．【Memory of Beijing】 2．【The Spring of Motherland 】
8	1973 Beijing	Music for the Drama <Yellow Flaower >
9	1973 Beijing	Two Pieces for Brass （Score） 1．For Trumpet 2．For Corno
10	1972   ZhangJiaKou	Two Choruses 1．Support Vietnam 2．Song of Skill Practice
11	1972 ZhangJiaKou	Symphonic Poem”Huang Jiguang” in c
12	1972.9. 张家口 ZhangJiaKou	Chinese Rhapsody#1 for Piano solo
13	1972  9-10   ZhangJiaKou	30 Pieces in Saibei Folk Style 1．  Rhyme 2．  The Great Wall (Fugue) 3．  Mountain 4．  Old Castle 5．  Camel 6．  Wind 7．  Horseman’s Song 8．  Flock of Sheep On the Dam 9．  Streams of Yang River 10．Rain of Spring 11．Field (Cannon) 12．Path 13．Lulu 14．In an Orchard (Variations) 15．Cedar 16．The Little Standard-Bearer 17．Welcoming Kinsfolk 18．The Southward Train (Toccata) 19．Cut Naked Oats (Cannon) 20．March 21．Cradle Song 22．Shehuo-Saibei Dance#1 (Rondo) 23．Sending Fertilizer 24．Eulogy(passacaglia) Variations 25．A Little Oil Lamp 26．Lantern Festival-Saibei Dance # 2  (Rondo) 27．Cavalry of White Horse (Variations) 28．Jubilation- Saibei Dance #3 (Rondo) 29．To the West 30．Sonatinas:1.Allegro 2.Adagio 3.Vivo
14	1973．1 Beijing	Symphonic Poem “ Sea Swallow ” in F
15	1973．3-12   Beijing	“Saibei Suite #1” 1． A Morning Song in the Mountain 2．  A Dashing Cavlary 3．The Great Wall
16	1973．2． Beijing	A Arrangement of Korean Song for Duet Violin & Piano in G
17	1973．3． Beijing	The Spring Song in g for Clarinet Solo
18	1974 Beijing	Chinese Rhapsody#2 a. for Piano solo b. for Orchestra
	1973—1976   Beijing	Arrangements for Woodwind Quintet, Brass Quartet, Septet, Ensemble, Piano solo and music for Movie.   A Group of Arrangements for Various Requirements by Friends
19	1974．5． Beijing	Dance “The Train Toward Beijing”
	1974．5-6． Beijing	A Group Orchestrations of Songs for Friends
20	1974.8. Beijing	Piano Sonata#1 1. in c: Allegro 2. in A flat: Andante cantabile 3. in c :Allegro
	1974．10． Arjilia	A Group Orchestrations of Algerian Songs for Friends
	1975 Beijing	【Streams of Sorrow】 for String Ensemble
21	1975.2-10.   Beijing	“Saibei Suite #2” 1.       Prelude 2.       Moderato 3.       March 4.       Moderato Cantabile 5.      Saibei Dance
22	1975.7. Beijing	【The Spring for Liang Shan】for Flute and Piano
	1975 Beijing	Music for Movie “Bicycle the Flying Pigeon”
	1976．12． Beijing	A Group orchestrations of Chorus
23	1976．5． Beijing - 1981 Toronto	Piano Sonata#2 in b 1，2，3，4，movements
	1977．2． Beijing	Orchestral Arrangement “Song of Guerrilla Forces”
	1977．4． 北京 Beijing	Re-Orchestrated for Opera “The White Hair Girl”
	1977．8． Beijing	Re-Orchestrated for Opera “Hulan Liu”
	1977 Beijing	Arrangement for Piano Solo
24	1977．8． Beijing	Ballet【The Littile Match Girl 】
25a	1977.1- 1978.4.2. Beijing	SYMPHONIC CONCERT#1 a, Symphonic Overture No.1 in c
	1978.2.25. Beijing	Orchestration for Opera “Welcome the Premier Zhou”
	1978．4-12 北 Beijing	Orchestration for Opera “Baqun Wei”
	1979．10。 Beijing	Arrangements for ZENG HOU YI Bells
26	1979   -11． Beijing	Opera 【The Flower Guardian】
27	1979．6． Beijing	Music for Broadcasting Play “Our Army Commander”
28	1979．8 Beijing	Music for Movie “Not for Love”
29	1979-80 Beijing	Ballet 【Dream of Dunhuang】 Dedicated to John & Elizabeth
30	1981 Toronto	Piano Trio#1 in 3 movements for Violin, Cello & Piano Dedicated to John & Elizabeth  1,2,3, movements
31	1981．10． Toronto	Two Poem for Dance  Dedicated to Prof.Klein 1．  for Flute and Piano 2．  for Cello and Piano
32	1982 Toronto	Three Pieces for Electronic Music
33	1982．2． Toronto	Symphonic Poem 【Sward】 Dedicated to John Jordano
34	1982．4． 1994 Toronto	Two Anthems 【The Holy Image I Can Trace】 , 【Hallelujah】
25 b	1982.11. Toronto	《Symphonic Concert No.1》b: l  b, Piano Concero No.1, in g, in three movements  Dedicated to Banowetz l  The 1st Piano Concerto in g minor in three movements to the SYPHONIC CONCERT #1 b
25 c	1984.3.9. Pittsburgh	c, The 1st Symphony in C major in Four Movements to the SYMPHONIC CONCERT #1 Dedicated  to Li Delun李德伦
35	1984．4． Pittsburgh	Two Pieces for Baritone solo and Piano 【Hope One Day】  【Psalm23】
36	1984．6． Guangzhou	Septet 7 Canadian Folk Songs in Chinese Style For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello , Bass and Piano
37	1985．11． Beijing- New Haven	Grand Opera 【Yue Fei】 in 4 Acts Dedicated to Zheng Xiaoying, Liu Shirong
38	1985.  New Haven	【Easter Cantata】
39	1986．1  New Haven	Toccata, Chorale and Fugue for Cello Ensemble Dedicated to Aldo Parisot
40	1987．2．20 Toronto	Poem for Dance #3 for piano solo Dedicated to Xu Feiping
41	1987．3．25 Toronto	Capriccio for Clarinet and String Orchestra
42	1987 Toronto	Sinfonia to the Oratorio 【Psalm 22】 the Orchestral version of the Sinfonia
43	1987．3．21． Toronto	Oratorio【Psalm 22】 for mixed voice
44	1988．2． Toronto	Chorus 【Psalm150】 Orchestra or Piano with Choir
45	1988 Toronto	Song Cycle 【Song of Stranger 】   for Mezzo soprano and Piano
46	1989．2．   Toronto	ChineseRhapsody#3 A.    Saxophone with Piano B.  Saxophone with Chinese Traditional Orchestra C.  Saxophone with String Orchestra
47a	1989.7.   Toronto	Symphonic Overture #2 in a flat to the SYMPNONIC CONCERT #2,
48	1989.9. Toronto	A Group of Choral Works for Various Chinese Baptist Church
49	1990 Toronto	Song Cycle 【Mum and Daughter 】 for Soprano and Piano
50	1990 Toronto	Symphonic Poem 【Bayanhar】
51	1992 Toronto	Musical 【Dream…】
52	1992 - 2000 多伦多 Toronto	Two Symphonic Choruses 1.      The Sacred Cloud and Mountain of Thousand Years Era 2.      The Heavenly Grace to the Motherland
47b	1996．1．  Toronto	b,Violin Concerto in B, in three movements b, to the SYPHONIC CONCERT #2
	1995-1999	A group of orchestration music
53	1997．7．  Toronto	【Four Ancient Scores of Dunhuang】 For Erhu and Orchestra
54	1998．4．  Toronto	Oratorio 【Revelation】  for mixed Voice , Pipe Organ and Brass
55	1999 Toronto	Music for TV Series 【The Divine Land】
56	2002 Toronto	Music for TV Series 【The Cross】
57	1999．6． Toronto	Piano Concert #2 c minor in three movements
58	Toronto	Musical 【ZhouChu eliminates three Obstacles】
59	2000 Toronto	Septet 【Chinese Rhapsody#4 Songs of BooNoong】
60	2001.5. Totonto	Oratorio the【Glorious Church】
61	2002．5． Toronto	Chinese Rhapsody#5 for Erhu and Orchestra
62	1997 - 2005   Toronto	Fanfares#1， #2，and Symphony #3 in three movements for the Golden Sail Orchestra of 101 High School of Beijing Dedicated to Dad,
	2002-03 Toronto	Arrangements for XiaoMin’s 52 songs
63	2004．3． Toronto	【Requiem】  A Cappella  for Mix Voices in 7 movements
	2005． Toronto	Arrangements : Mozart Sonata and more for Quintet of traditional instruments
64	2005．8．8. Toronto	【Shui Guzi-a Quintet Concerto of  Ancient Score of Dunhuang, #5】 for Traditional instruments
	2005.8.   Toronto	Ballet Suite <Dream of Dunhuang> （5 Pieces） the version for Quintet of Traditional Instruments and Orchestra
65	2006．4． Toronto	【Poem for Piano: GuLangYu】 for Piano and Orchestra
	2006．7． Toronto	Viola Concerto in D major in three movements．
47 c	2007．5． Toronto	b,  2nd Symphony in A flat major, “Phoenix” in five movements, c to the SYPHONIC CONCERT #2
67	2007．8． Toronto	Symphonic chorus "Don't be afraid, just believe" Mark:5;36, And violin solo "To Little Prissila" Lyric：Rev.Hamilton A:Piano, B: Large Orchestra, C:Small Orchestra Also the version in D major for violin solo
68	2007.9． Toronto	4 Fugues for Piano solo
69	2008.11. Toronto	SymphonicOverture#3 【MIRS BAY】
70	2009.3．	Two Ancient Scores of Dunhuang, for Arpa solo
71	2009.2. Toronto	Fanfare #4 of Golden Sail
72	2010.7. Toronto	Cello Concerto in F major in three movements
73	2010.11. Beijing	The 4th  Symphony “Ceaseless Exertion” in 4 movements
74	2010.10. Beijing 2011.1.   2011.12.28.   Toronto	Three Choruses 1. Hymn【The Pursuit of Life】 2.【Psalm 8】 for the 20th anniversary of the Vancouver Saint Orchestra in three movements 3. 【Psalm 84】 for Pastor Li Shixun in three movements
75	2011.2. Beijing	Chinese Rhapsody#6 for Tuba and Celli Ensemble
76	2011.6. Beijing	Chinese Rhapsody#7 for Brass Ensenble
77	2012.2. Beijing	Fanfare #4 for Golden Sail
78	2012..3.28. Beijing	Chinese Rhapsody#8 for Strings Orchestra
79	2012.8. Beijing	Symphony #5 in 4 movements
80	2012.9. Beijing	Chinese Rhapsody #9 for Orchestra
81	2012.10. Beijing	A Concerto in 3 versions a. Guitar Concerto in 3 mov. b. Andante Cantabile(2nd mov. Piano solo) c. Bassoon Concerto in D in 3three movements: in Guangzhou
82	2013.3．28. Beijing	Chinese Rhapsody #10
83	2014.4.26 Toronto	PianoTrio#2 in B major, in 4 movements Dedicated to 爱妻
84	2014.6 Toronto	Dance 【Dream of Sky】
85	2014.10.23 2015.4. Toronto	a: Symphony#6 in E flat b: 【Let Dreams Fly into the Distance】 Li Weifu's Ci (same theme) for Lei Yu
86	2015.10. Toronto	Symphony#7 in a
87	2016.9．19 Toronto	Symphonic Chorus 【Patch the Sky】
88	2016.11 Toronto．	Piano Sonata #3
89	2017.8.3. Toronto	Symphonic Overture#4
90	2017.9 Toronto	Violin Concerto#2
91	2018-8.19 Toronto	Chinese Rhapsody#11 for piano Solo
92	2018 Toronto	Concerto Grosso
93	2019	Symphonic Overture#5
94	2019.8. Toronto	Symphony#8
95	2019.9 Toronto	Chinese Rhapsody#12 for Pipa and Orchestra
96	2019.10 Toronto	Chinese Rhapsody#13 for Piano solo
97	2019.11 Toronto	Chinese Rhapsody#14 for a duo soli Violin and Viola
98	2019.12. Toronto	String Quartet
	2020.1.	Orchestration 5 Pieces of F.Nietzsch
99	2020. 6 Toronto	Symphony#9
100	2020.7. Toronto	Oratorio 【Joseph】

More：

 

To be an Adjudicator

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Adjudicator of Canada Art Council，1991，1993

Toronto Art Council，1998

Kiwanis Music Festival ，1994，95，

Canadian Sacred Music Content，Vancouver，1997

Taiwan composition, piano and cello，1992，1999，2000

New Pioneer Award Canada 2004

The 3^rd Gulangyu National Youth Piano Competition China 2006,2006

The 5^th  Gulangyu National Youth Piano Competition China 2010,2010

 

The Pieces for Competitions（Incomplete）

 “Poem for Dance#1” for the 1^st China National Flute Competition 1983

“Poem for Dance#2” for Taiwan Cello Competition 2000 and the Golden Bell China National Cello Competition 2003

 “Poem for Dance#3” For Israel Rubinstein International Piano Competition 1988 and The 3^rd  China Cup International Piano Competition 2003

 “Chinese Rhapsody#2” for Taiwan Piano Competition 1998 and the 4^th  Golden Bell China International Piano Competition 2002

 “Piano Poem Gulangyu” for the 3^rd National Youth Piano Competition, 2006

 “2^nd Piano Concerto“ for the 4^th Helen Cup National Piano Competition, HongKong

 “ Two pieces from the Ballet Dream of Dunhuang” for the Cadenza National Piano Competition, Beijing 2009

Dissertation for Music Master of Yale , 1986

【Yue Fei】, Op.37(1986), a grand opera in 4 acts.

Advisers: Prof. Jacob Druckman and Martin Bresnick.

 

Honors

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---The National Opera Award, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the P.R. of

China, for an except of the opera “Flower Guardian", Op.26, 1979.

---The National Composition Award, organized by the Ministry of   Culture of the

P.R. of China , for "Chinese Rhapsody No.2",   Op.18a, 1979.

---Third Prize of the National Competition in Symphonic Composition, organized           by the Ministry of Culture of the   P.R. of China, for "Chinese Rhapsody

---First prize of the National Ballet composition, organized   by the Ministry of

Culture of the P.R. of China, for the ballet "Dream of Dunhuang", Op.29,1982.

---Stanley Knight Scholarship, Yale University, 1984 and 1985.

---Yale Alumni Association Prize for most outstanding graduate , 1986.

---China Encyclopedia, 1987

---Chinese-Canadian Achievement Award, Ontario, Canada, 1987.

---"The Chinese Musician Who's Who", P.R. of China, 1987.

---"The Far East Who's Who", Cambridge, U.K., since 2006.

---"The International Who's Who", Cambridge, U.K., since 2006.

---"The International Who's Who in Music", Cambridge, U.K., since 1996

---First prize of the World Church Music Competition, organized by the World

Church Music Association, for the   chorus "Psalm 150, Op.44", 1989.

---The First Plate Prize of the Best music of the Year", for "Capriccio", Op.41, by

The Ministry of Cultural, China, 1990.

---The Third Prize of the Symphonic Competition, for Symphonic   Poem

"Bayanhar", op.50, by Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, 1992.

---The ballet "Dream of Dunhuang"  being chosen as one of the "Master Piece of Chinese Music in 20th Century", 1993.

---The Gold Plate of “the 2nd Songs of the Overseas Chinese composition Call-Up”,  for the song “ The Fantasy comes True”, text by Burton Wolfe, organized by Shanghai Culture-Art Association, 1996.

--- A Trophy by R.O.C. Association of Sacred Music, Taiwan, 1998

--- New Pioneer Art Award, Canada, 2004.

--- German OpusKlassik with the MDG CD performed by Bin Huang, Yubo Zhou and Alexander Suleiman, 2019

--- Guest Professor for GuangZhou Peizheng College, 2006

--- Guest Professor for Xiamen University2011，2011.4.16.

--- Guest Professor forfor Jimei University, 2011，2011.4.17

--- Guest Professor forTianjin Concervatory of Music，2013