Wang Jiahui
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1955 in Quzhou, Zhejiang. In 1970 Wang Jiahui joined a Wuju opera troupe as an instrumentalist in the orchestra. After graduating from the Composition Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1983, he has served without interruption as composer for the Quzhou Municipal Wuju Opera Troupe. Over the years Wang Jiahui has constantly gathered and studied the scores and libretto materials of Xi'an Gaoqiang. He has to date collected and collated fifteen Xi'an Gaoqiang plays and nearly one hundred qupai melodies of the genre, making important efforts for the development and transmission of the Gaoqiang repertory within Wuju opera. His representative works include The Soul of the Swan (Tian E Hun).
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Gaoqiang (Xi'an Gaoqiang), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; National First-Class Composer.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
- Gaoqiang Opera Ⅳ-7
Profile
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