About

Chinese-born American composer Lei Liang’s orchestral, chamber and stage works have been performed throughout the world. Winner of the 2011 Rome Prize, he is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Aaron Copland Award. Most recently, he was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert for the inaugural concert of the CONTACT! new music series. Other commissions and performances come from the Taipei Chinese Orchestra, the Fromm Music Foundation, Meet the Composer, and Chamber Music America, among others.

Lei Liang received his degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music (BM and MM) and Harvard University (PhD) and is active in the research and preservation of traditional Asian music. His music is recorded on Telarc, Mode, New World, Innova, GM, Einstein and Spektral Records. He has taught in China as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Shaanxi Normal University College of Arts in Xi’an; served as Honorary Professor of Composition and Sound Design at Wuhan Conservatory of Music and as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Middlebury College. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego. Lei Liang lives in southern California with his wife, harpsichordist Takae Ohnishi and their son Albert Shin Liang.

Additional Information

To learn more about Lei Liang, please visit the composer’s website.