Wenchen Qin (
Chinese: 秦文琛, b. October 29, 1966) is a Chinese composer.[1]
Life
Wenchen Qin (family name: Qin) was born in
Erdos,
Inner Mongolia,
China, where he had classes in Chinese folk music at an early age. In 1987 he began his studies in composition at the
Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He studied under
Xu Shuya and
Zhu Jian'er. After his graduation in 1992, he taught at the
Central Conservatory of Music in
Beijing. He went to
Germany on a
DAAD scholarship at the
Folkwang Hochschule in
Essen in 1998, where he graduated with distinction in 2001. His teacher was
Nicolaus A. Huber. Since his return to Beijing in 2001 Qin is back as a teacher at the Central Conservatory of Music and he composes for many international patrons.