Across all fields of music creation

He spans almost all fields of music creation. He is one of the only modern Chinese composers who is compatible with symphonic music, national music and modern music. One of the composers of electronic music, with comprehensive skills and distinctive style. His main works include: modern electronic music "Dialogue in Different Spaces", "Tianwen", "Yin"., "Mountain Ghost", "Nuori Lang", etc.; National orchestral music "Three Chapters of Wing Chun", etc.; chamber music "Xuan, Xuan, Xuan, Xun, Xuan", etc.; symphonic music "Man Jiang Hong", "Su Wu", "Qin Terracotta Warriors", etc.; modern jazz dance music "Future Era" and Large-scale square art performances - modern electronic symphony music "Light of the Century", "Ode to the North Sea", "Poetry of the Sea", "Oriental Clothes" and a large number of film, television, dance and pop music. Many of his works have won awards and been performed in composition competitions and music festivals in China, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Three CD albums of his personal works have been published. Ten outstanding composers from the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, including Tan Dun, Ye Xiaogang, Chen Qigang, Chen Yi, Guo Wenjing, Qu Xiaosong, Zhou Long, Su Cong, Zhang Xiaofu and Liu Sola. "2007 Beijing International Electronic Music Festival" came to an end at the Central Conservatory of Music. This music festival has a distinct theme, taking "Sound·Olympics" as its conceptual pursuit and style keynote. Beijing International Electronic Music Festival (Musicacoustica--beijing) was founded in 1994 by Professor Zhang Xiaofu, a famous composer from the Central Conservatory of Music of China. It is currently the most influential large-scale international music event in China. The music festival is mainly based on different styles and diverse electronic music/computer music performances, supplemented by academic lectures, master classes, national electronic music creation competitions, academic paper awards, and exhibitions of new electronic music technologies and equipment, etc. activity.

Breaking the Boundaries

At the closing concert of the festival, the multimedia opera "Fun Journey" used a new creative method to explore the relationship between the essence of language and the language of the human body. It embodies a new comedy mode, electronic opera. This work transcends traditional notions of theater drama and music as performer Miguel Azmi draws us into a whirlwind of infinite imagination and into a labyrinth of ever-changing creations. He integrates sounds and images into the stage performance structure. The audio and video are processed electronically in real time, and paired with vocals, poetry, movements, music and paintings, creating multiple sensory lines and meaningful counterpoints. "Fun Journey" combines sound, light, shape and movement, with only one performer, to achieve the perfect combination of challenging music and drama, opening up a new scene for electronic music, breaking the boundaries of music, The line between drama and opera.

Related activities

Professor Zhang Xiaofu, director of the China Modern Electronic Music Center of the Central Conservatory of Music and composer, was invited by the International Federation of Electronic Music (ICEM) on May 18, 2007 to On June 10th, he participated in many activities of the 37th French International Electronic Music Festival and returned with great honors. This music festival has arranged an international electronic music competition, a series of electronic concerts, academic lectures on electronic music, and activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Polish electronic music and the 50th anniversary of the development of computer music production software by Max Mathews. Professor Zhang Xiaofu has participated in These major events allow the international electronic music community to further understand the development trend of Chinese electronic music and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign electronic music.

The Bourges International Electronic Music Competition is the oldest, highest-level and largest international electronic music competition. It has been held for 34 times so far. As the first Chinese composer to serve as a judge in a major international electronic music competition, Zhang Xiaofu represented China and Asia (other judges were from France, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Poland) and participated in all the selection processes of the preliminaries and finals. This is a rare situation in previous competitions, which reflects the influence of Chinese modern electronic music in the international field. This competition has 510 electronic music works from all over the world. The longest work is 58 minutes. Participants are not limited to nationality and age. The youngest composer is in his twenties and the oldest composer is in his 70s. age. The competition organizing committee has established three categories: concert works, audio and multimedia works, and composer awards. Concert works include works with complete aesthetic concepts, title electronic music works, and musical instruments (including electronic equipment and human voices, etc.) Three contents of combined hybrid works; sound and multimedia works include four contents: multimedia works, electronic music works for drama and dance, installation art works and sound art works based on natural sound; composition The Home Awards include the Master Achievement Award for those with more than 25 years of electronic music composition history and the Young Composer Award for current students. Guan Peng, a doctoral student at the China Modern Electronic Music Center of the Central Conservatory of Music, won the Young Composer Award for his electronic music work "Khumai". The award was funded by the International UNESCO to conduct research in world-renowned electronic music research institutions such as France. During the event, the new works created will be performed in the world at the 2008 French International Electronic Music Festival. This is also the first time that China's second generation of electronic music composers have stood out and won awards in major international competitions.