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PENG Xiu-wen
PENG Xiu-wen is a famous conductor and composer on traditional Chinese music. He has been the conductor of China Broadcast Chinese Orchestra since the founding of the orchestra in 1953. He has visited the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia, Romania, Malta, Albania, Japan and Hong Kong with the orchestra and was warmly welcomed. Under the direction of PENG Xiu-wen, an ensemble took part in competition in the 6th (1957) World Youth Festival in Moscow and won a gold medal. In 1981, 1986 and 1991, he guest conducted the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. PENG Xiu-wen was born into a family which had a tradition of music and he was influenced greatly by his elders who loved traditional Chinese music and operas. He started to learn playing Erhu, Pipa and violin since his teenage. Over the past thirty years, apart from devoting himself to conducting, he has arranged and written a large number of musical works over 600 pieces for folk instruments. His popular works in the 1950's and 1960's which has also won academic acclaim include "Full- blown Blossoms under the Bright Moon", "General's Command", "The Dance of the Yao’s Tribe People", "A Party in the Village" etc. From late 70's to the 80's, PENG Xiu-wen intentionally developed Chinese traditional music symphonically, To this end, he wrote Erhu Concerto "The Indomitable Su Wu", Symphonic Poem "Flowing Water" (which won a first class prize for Countrywide Music Composition Competition in 1984), Symphonic Poem "Nostalgia" (which won a third class prize for Countrywide Music Composition Competition in 1984), Fantasia "Terra- cotta Warriors", Sound Poem "A Crane in the Clouds", "The Four Seasons Suite" and "December Suite", etc. He also adapted some famous western compositions for Chinese orchestra such as Bizet's "Carmen Suite", Debussy's "Nuages", Stravinsky's "The Firebird Suite" and Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". Recordings of these famous works have been acclaimed by music lover. PENG Xiu-wen was the Art Director of China Broadcast Art Troupe, Music Director of China Broad- cast Chinese Orchestra, the Executive Member of China Musicians Association. He is also the Deputy Director of Traditional Chinese Music Committee of China Musicians Association and President of Chinese Orchestra Society. Maestro Peng Xiuwen past away on 1996 on Beijing due to cancer. When the time he is ill, he still composing the new orchestra piece-"Festival Overture" to celebrate the return of Hong Kong to China. Thanks to maestro, no him,, no Chinese Orchestra. Forever maestro.
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