SHI—GUANG CUI ’S PIANO CONCERTO (2020): A Performance Guide

Cui, Shi-Guang (b.1948) is one of the greatest living Chinese composers. Cui, who is now 74 years old, completed his revision of his Piano Concerto in July of 2020. In this lecture,  a complete biography of Cui from 1948 to 2022 will be explored. I will also discuss the innovative musical characteristics of Cui’s recently published Piano Concerto (2020), as well as a performance guide to the concerto. Much of the information in this section of the document was collected from the composer through personal interviews. Although there are numerous documents about Mr. Cui’s popular piano compositions in Chinese, there is only one document in English. I hope to bring much more information about this interesting and significant Chinese composer to the English-speaking world.

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