Wang Jianzhong
| Wang Jianzhong | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 王建中 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王建中 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | King Builds China | ||||||||
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Wang Jianzhong (Chinese: 王建中; 1933–2016) was a Chinese composer, pianist, and educator. His works, many of them composed during the Cultural Revolution, bridge Chinese folk music and Western classical piano tradition and have made him a household name in his own country. His A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix is considered one of the six representative twentieth-century Chinese piano masterpieces.