He Xuntian (born in 1952 in Suining, Sichuan) is a composer and professor of music composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Biography

In 1982, he graduated from the Composition Department of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music. In 1981, he established Three Periods Theory and Theory of Musical Dimension; In 1982, he developed RD Composition (renyilu duiyingfa Composition), the first compositional method of contemporary China; In 1993, he established the Five Nons (Non-Western, non-Eastern, non-academic, non-folk, and non-non.) ; In 1995, Sister Drum was launched, making him the first Chinese composer to have his record released worldwide. This album, together with a number of others including Voices from the Sky, was released in more than 80 countries with a total sales volume of several million copies; In 1996, he established SS Composition (stream of structure Composition); In 1997, he put forward Theory of Interspace; In 1998, he became director of the Composition & Conducting Department at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 2003, he composed Images in Sound, which was humanity's first gift of primordial music to all species of the natural world; In 2008, he produced Ehe Chant, the first work of Preconsciousness Music in human history. He has received 15 international composition awards, including the Outstanding Musical Achievement Award of the International New Music Composer Competition USA 1989–1990; 13 national composition awards, including the First Prize at the Third All-China Music Competition. His works have been published globally by a number of international publishing companies, including Warner Music Group and Schott Music; and premiered and performed worldwide by many leading orchestras and ensembles, including BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and The Israel Symphony Orchestra. He is known for his compositions done for Dadawa, whose breakthrough was Sister Drum – an international bestseller that sold more than 2 million copies. He has been collecting Tibetan music for twenty years and this has heavily influenced his compositions.

Awards

Major works

Theory

Poems

Chinese orchestra

Chamber music

Piano music

Orchestral music

Unconventional Instruments

Preconsciousness music

Film music

Multimedia music

Discography