Wang Qiang

Wang Qiang (Chinese 王强, born 1935 in Shandong) is a Chinese composer. Biography Wang Qiang began her study of composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1955. As a third-year student she won first prize in the 1959 World Youth Music Composition Competition with the choral piece River of Fortune. After graduating in 1960, she took a position teaching composition at the same school. She continued to work at the Conservatory until 1991, when she moved to live and work in Hong Kong. Works Wang Qiang composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble, operetta, choral ensemble and film and television scores. Selected works include: Orchestral Works: Ga Da Mei Ling for Cello and Orchestra, 1960 La Ba and Gu for Orchestra, 1980 Overture - Aspiration (序曲﹣希望) for Orchestra, 1992 Fantay Overture “ Love ” for Orchestra, 1993 Violin Concerto No. 0 for violin and Orchestra, 1998 Passacaglia for Orchestra, 2002