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Place of Birth: Hubei, China
About Peng Xiuwen
- Peng Xiuwen (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Péng Xiuwén; 7 February 1931 – 28 December 1996) was a noted Chinese conductor and composer.
- He was a native of Wuhan, Hubei province, in central China. Peng learned to play the erhu beginning at age seven.
- In 1956, he became the conductor and director of China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra, an orchestra of Chinese traditional (and modernized traditional) instruments, based in Beijing.Peng Xiuwen composed a piece of orchestral music inspired by Tang dynasty poet Zhang Ruoxu's famous poem "Spring River in the Flower Moon Night" (Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye, ?????).
- It has since entered the classical repertoire for the traditional Chinese instrument guzheng.
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