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Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
About Xin Huguang
- Xin Huguang (16 October 1933 – 17 October 2011) was a modern Chinese composer.
- Born in Shanghai, her family came from Jiangxi in China's south.
- In 1948 she went to Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi, to commence musical studies.
- In 1951 she enlisted at the Conservatory of the Central Music University in Beijing.
- Her classmate Mei Li Qi Ge introduced her to Mongolian folk music and this idiom informed her composing.
- She commenced collecting tapes and written articles on the subject.
- She met her future husband Bao Yu Shan, from Ke Zuo Zhong Qi in Mongolia while he was studying saxophone at the Conservatory.
- At the completion of her studies she composed Ga Da Mei Lin as a symphonic tone poem.
- The premier performance caused a stir as few could credit a 23-year-old female graduate with its composition.
- In that year she went with her husband to teach and compose music in Mongolia where she remained for the next 26 years.
- In 1982 she returned to Beijing to continue her work.
- In 1991 she visited America.
- She had three sons, the third of which, San Bao, was also a composer.
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