YE Xiaogang

• Chairman of the Jury
• Vice Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Artistic Circles
• Chairman of the China Musicians Association
• Dean of the School of Music of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
• Professor of Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music

Ye Xiaogang is a music educator, professor of composition, and doctoral tutor at the Central Conservatory of Music. And Ye is also the founding dean of School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen since May 2021. He has been a member of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCCY), as well as a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th, 12th and 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is currently Vice Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chairman of the China Musicians' Association, an international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, international chair of composition at the Royal Northern College of Music, distinguished professor of the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou and Shanghai Conservatory of Music, honorary professor of the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, and a consultant to the Tianjin Juilliard. Ye is the founder and artistic director of Beling (! Beijing? !) Modern Music Festival, Shenzhen Belt & Road International Music Festival, Qingdao International Music Festival, Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Greater Bay Area Music Season, and International Music Competition Harbin. He is one of the members of Talents Project, selected by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, and an expert who enjoys a special allowance of the State Council. Ye is a representative figure of contemporary Chinese music and one of the most well-known composers in the country.
Ye has composed a large number of works in a variety of genres, including symphonic music, chamber music, stage works and has also written music for film and television. Ye's important symphonic works include Horizon, The Last Paradise, Song of the Earth, Twilight of the Himalayas, Scent of Green Mango, Mount E'mei, Lu Xun (Symphony No. 5), The Heroes (Symphony No. 7), The Backyard of the Village Springs in the Forest, Yangzhuoyong Cuo, Macau Bride Suites and Yong Le. The Jade Goddess of Mercy and The Rise of the Greg Nations (???), two of his film scores, were both critically acclaimed. Ye's Piano Concerto Starry Sky, writen for Lang Lang, was viewed by an audience of around three bilion people worldwide when it was performed as part of the opening ceremony concert of the Beijng Olympics in 2008.Since 1995,the world-renowned publisher Schott china and abroad, including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orches.Ye's works have been widely performed by orchestras intra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra,Cleveland Orchestra,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.,Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RTÉ Nationa!Symphonyhestra,Deutsches symphoniie-Orchester Berlin, Bamberger SymphonikerMunchner Philharmoniker, Philhamoniker Hamburg, Helsinki Phiharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Rusian NationaOrche stra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, New Japanese Philharmonic, singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Phiharmonic Orchestra,Macau Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, ChinaNational SymphonyOrchestra,and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Hisworks have been presented in the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Macau Arts Festival, Beling Music Festival, Shanghai Spring internationalMusic Festival, Shanghai New Music Week, Musikfestspiele Saar, Warsaw Aufumn lhternational Festival of Contemporary Music, andGeorge Enescu International Festival.
Beginning in 2013, the "China Story" concert series featuring Ye's music has been presented in venues all over the world, including AveryFisher Hall at lincoln Center (New York, and concert halls in Berlin, Saarbrucken, Minich, Edinburgh, Clasgow, Moscow, Kolkata, SanJose (Costa Ricd), lima (Peru), Nates (france), Dublin, and Bydgoszcz (Poland). The events have constituted a sianificant contribution to the propagation of Chinese contemporary music on the international stage, receiving wide acclaimYe has been the recipient of many prestigious honors in China and abroad, including a five Distinguished Project Award by the PublicityDepartment of the Communist Party of China, a Wenhua Music Award by the China Ministry of Culture, a first prize of the Golden BellAward by the China Musicians Association, a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship Award, and a 2013 China Arts Award, among others. Ye hascomposed music for more than 30 important Chinese movies and TV series, and won "The Best Score Award" five times for his efforts inthis area.
As a member of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Ye has been enthusiastic in the promotion of music and ofnational arts education. He has made strong appeals to increase government funding for the arts and has proposed motions concerningcross-cultural exchanges and the protection of musical copyright. At many national meetings, Ye has called relentlessly for increasingpublic attention to the protecion of intellectual property, and for the promotion of cultural exchanges with the rest of the world. Therehas been dramatic progress in both of these areas as a result of his vigorous efforts.