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DescriptionChinese and American Post-modern era composer Bright Sheng (1955-), or Sheng Zong-Liang in Chinese, faced the tremendous obstacle of the Cultural Revolution in his path to becoming a musician and composer. Because of his birthplace and his travels, he readily incorporates various eastern and western musical forms into his own works.

Sheng, Bright

DescriptionChinese and American Post-modern era composer Bright Sheng (1955-), or Sheng Zong-Liang in Chinese, faced the tremendous obstacle of the Cultural Revolution in his path to becoming a musician and composer. Because of his birthplace and his travels, he readily incorporates various eastern and western musical forms into his own works.

Bright Sheng (Site) - Faculty biography from the University of Michigan.
Bright Sheng (Site) - Biography, reviews, articles, selected discography, upcoming performances, work list, links from Schirmer. Also a Silk Road tour journal.
Bright Sheng, Composer (Site) - Fall 1998 Michigan Today interview includes his history, how he became a musician, the effect of the Chinese Communist government, leaving and returning to China, and his own name.

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