Biography
Gan-Ru Ge is a Chinese avant-garde composer. Vivien Schweitze (New York Times, November 22, 2009) calls Ge Gan-Ru "the most exciting composer to emerge from China this century." He was born in 1954 in Shanghai, studied violin at Shanghai University, then moved to composition studies there. According to his biography: 'Ge Gan-ru’s music reflects his deep interest in amalgamating Eastern and Western musical aesthetics. He writes, “I try to combine contemporary Western compositional techniques with my Chinese experience and Chinese musical characteristics to create a unique and highly individual sound world.”' http://www.geganru.com/biography.
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