GUO Yuan

• Professor of Composition at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music

Guo received a doctorate of composition from Tokyo University of the Arts and is currently a professor at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music. He has composed solo pieces, chamber music, traditional Chinese instrumental music, symphonic music, and more. He has received prizes domestically and internationally including the following: “Best Orchestration” prize in the “Chinese Music Without Bounds” 2017 International Composition Competition held by Hongkong Chinese Orchestra; finalist in the 2nd Krzysztof Penderecki International Composers’ Competition 2014, Poland; merit prize in the 11th and 15th Tokyo International Competitions for Chamber Music Composition, Japan; honorable mention in the “Witold Lutosławski Award 2004” International Composers’ Competition, Poland. His works have been selected for many musical festivals such as ISCM World New Music Days 2013 held in Slovakia and Vienna, ISCM World New Music Days 2017 held in Vancouver, Canada and ISCM World New Music Days 2020 held in New Zealand. He attaches importance to the state of an acoustic event before and after it emerges as well as its instantaneous explosion and disappearance. He constantly seeks out and emphasizes the simplest way to express himself through lines and timbres.