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Hailed as “inventive and breathtaking” by the New York Times, Fang Man is a Chinese-born American composer who has received education in China, the United States, and Europe. Her musical prowess is shaped by the harmonious fusion of Eastern and Western traditions, resulting in a captivating and innovative style. Drawing inspiration from the rich tapestry of traditional Chinese operas and instrumental music, she fearlessly incorporates these elements into her compositions. Through her artistry, Fang bridges cultural divides and creates an evocative musical landscape. Over the years, she has developed a keen interest in interdisciplinary art, involving dance, visual arts, film, opera, and theatre.
Her music has been performed worldwide by notable orchestras and ensembles such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra New Music Group, Camerata Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mannheimer Philharmoniker, Basel Sinfonietta, American Composers Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestre de Lorraine, Minnesota Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldeburgh Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin-Wallace Symphony Orchestra, USC Wind Ensemble, Prism Saxophone Quartet, Dolce Suono Ensemble, Ensemble UnitedBerlin, Cassatt String Quartet, Music from China, among others.
With a generous grant from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, her large-scale Sheng (Chinese mouth organ) concerto "Song of the Flaming Phoenix" was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony and League of American Orchestras, and premiered by Sheng virtuoso Wu Wei and conducted by SFSO's esteemed director Esa-Pekka Salonen in the 2021-2022 season. In 2019-20, she was featured as the composer-in-residence with the Mannheimer Philharmoniker under Boian Videnoff in Germany for their 2019-20 season to celebrate the orchestra's 10th Anniversary, which includes performances and recordings of her orchestral works.
She is the recipient of a Charles Ives Fellowship (2024), Guggenheim Fellowship (2012), Koussevitzky Foundation Commission (2010) , Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Association Commission, an Underwood/ACO Commission, Toru Takemitsu Award (Japan), Opera America Discovery Grant, the National Endowment for the Arts Award, Siemens Berlin Music Foundation Commission, NewMusicUSA Commission, the 47th UWRF Commissioned Composer, Dolce Suono Ensemble Mahler-Schoenberg Project Commission, Prism Saxophone Quartet/Music From China Commission, USC Provost Grant, Bank of America Gallery Commission, the Darmstadt Stipend-Prize-Award, SACEM Scholarship (France), SC Arts Fellowship, Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship, Frank Huntington Beebe Fellowship, Music from China Award, among others.
She has been invited to new music festivals such as the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Centre Acanthes (France); Darmstadt New Music Festival, Festival Blurred Edges, Global Ear Festival, Sinus~Ton Festival (Germany); Gaudeamus Music Week (the Netherlands); Cabrillo Festival, Aspen Music Festival, June in Buffalo, and Bowdoin Summer Music Festival (USA), among others. She was invited as a resident composer at the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Florida, Aldeburgh Music Centre (UK), and Civitella Ranieri Music Foundation (Italy).
Fang's primary teachers include Steven Stucky and Roberto Sierra at Cornell University, where she obtained a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. She was chosen to participate in the one-year Computer Music and Composition courses at IRCAM-Paris, where she studied composition with Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey, Mikhail Malt, Yan Marez, and Tristan Murail. She also studied with Richard Toensing and Michael Theodore at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Before she moved to the United States, she won the first place to enter the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she studied with DU Ming-Xin and YE Xiao-Gang and obtained a Bachelor of Music degree. Prior to Beijing, she studied with CAO Guang-Ping at the Affiliated Middle School of the Guangzhou Qinghai Conservatory of Music.
Fang Man is currently an Associate Professor of Composition and Composition Program Coordinator at the University of South Carolina School of Music. She previously held positions at the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music and Duke University.
被纽约时报誉为"富有创造力且令人叹为观止"的作曲家方满是美籍华裔作曲家。她接受过中国、美国和欧洲的音乐教育,她的音乐才华融合了东西方的传统,形成了一种迷人而创新的风格。她从丰富多彩的中国传统歌剧和器乐音乐中汲取灵感,大胆地将这些元素融入自己的作品。通过她的艺术,方满架起了文化桥梁,创造出一个富有感染力的音乐世界。多年来,她一直对跨学科艺术产生浓厚兴趣,涉及舞蹈、视觉艺术、电影、歌剧和戏剧。
她的作品已在世界各地众多著名乐团和乐队的演出中亮相,包括美国洛杉矶爱乐乐团新音乐团、荷兰阿姆斯特丹皇家音乐厅室内乐团、德国曼海姆爱乐乐团、瑞士巴塞尔交响乐团、美国作曲家乐团、东京爱乐乐团、法国洛林国家管弦乐团、美国明尼苏达管弦乐团、斯洛伐克爱乐乐团、英国奥尔德堡交响乐团、美国伯明翰-沃拉斯交响乐团、南卡州大学管乐团、美国普里斯姆色萨斯风四重奏、费城朵丽丝苏诺乐团、柏林联合乐团以及纽约卡萨特弦乐四重奏、纽约中乐团等。
在弗吉尼亚·B·图尔曼基金会的慷慨支持下,她的大型笙协奏曲《火凤凰的笙音》受到旧金山交响乐团和美国交响乐团协会的委约,并由笙演奏大师吴巍与旧金山交响乐团音乐总监艾沙·佩卡·萨隆联袂首演于2021-2022乐季。 2019-20年,她作为驻团作曲家受邀与德国曼海姆爱乐乐团及其音乐总监博扬·维登诺夫合作,庆祝该乐团10周年,包括演奏和录制她的管弦乐作品。
方满曾获得查尔斯·艾弗斯大奖 (2024年)、古根海姆大奖 (2012年)、库塞维茨基基金会委约(2010年)、洛杉矶爱乐管弦乐团协会委约、安德伍德/美国作曲家乐团委约、日本"武满徹奖"、歌剧美国发现计划资助、美国国家艺术基金会奖、西门子柏林音乐基金会委约、美国新音乐委约、第47届UWRF委约作曲家、朵丽丝苏诺乐团马勒-舒恩贝格项目委约、普里斯姆色萨斯风四重奏/纽约中乐团委约、南卡罗来纳大学校长奖、美国银行西雅图画廊委约、达姆施塔特奖学金-奖励-奖、法国SACEM奖学金、南卡罗来纳艺术基金会奖学金、凯特·尼尔·金利纪念奖学金、富兰克·亨廷顿·比比奖学金、纽约中乐团比奖 等殊荣。
她受邀参加了包括法国普罗旺斯艾克斯音乐节、亚根斯中心；德国达姆施塔特新音乐节、模糊边界音乐节、全球耳朵音乐节、萨因素音乐节；荷兰高德马斯音乐周、美国卡布里略音乐节、阿斯彭音乐节、六月在布法罗、鲍登夏季音乐节等众多新音乐节。她还曾受邀到佛罗里达州的赫米塔奇艺术家庄园、英国的奥尔德堡音乐中心以及意大利的齐维泰拉·兰尼耶里音乐基金会进行驻留创作。
方满的主要老师包括美国康奈尔大学的斯蒂芬·斯塔基和罗伯托·塞拉教授,她在那里获得了音乐艺术博士和硕士学位。她之后被选中参加法国巴黎IRCAM电子音乐中心为期一年的电脑音乐与作曲课程,师从布莱恩·费尔内霍夫、乔纳森·哈维、米哈伊尔·马尔特、彦·马雷兹和特里斯坦·穆拉尔等教授。她还曾在美国科罗拉多大学博尔德分校师从理查德·滕辛和迈克尔·西奥多教授。在赴美留学之前,她以第一名的成绩考入北京中央音乐学院获得了音乐学士学位,师从杜鸣心和叶小钢教授。赴京之前她在广州星海音乐学院附中跟随启蒙导师曹光平教授学习作曲。方满目前是美国南卡罗来纳大学音乐学院作曲系副教授及系主任,之前曾在鲍德温-华莱士音乐学院和杜克大学任职。
"a concise, involving little drama in a spicy harmonic language"
— The Baltimore Sun
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