A0011 黃安倫 An-lun HUANG（1949年3月15日 ～）
黃安倫，作曲家、指揮家、教育家。旅加現代中國作曲家，加拿大作曲聯盟成員，已入選《世界名人錄》及《中國百科全書》。1949年3月15日，出生於廣東番禺，5歲開始隨父親黃飛立及母親學習鋼琴，7歲已完成其第一冊鋼琴曲集。當時，中國近代音樂大師馬思聰評論他「有很豐富的想像力」。他於1961年進入北京中央音樂學院附屬音樂國小，後升入該院附中鋼琴學科，先後師從樓乾妹、邵元信。1968年畢業後，先後在北京軍區所屬農場勞動及北京京劇團工作。這期間師從作曲家陳紫學習民間音樂及歌劇作曲，對他的創作風格產生了決定性的影響。1976年，黃安倫成為中國音樂家協會會員以及被中央歌劇院聘為駐院作曲家。1979年赴北美，先後在多倫多大學、匹茲堡大學及耶魯大學深造。1983年獲英國聖三一音樂院院士稱號。除了連年贏取全額獎學金外，並在1986年以「最優秀獎」獲得耶魯大學音樂碩士學位。為在海外宣揚中華文化，曾連任三屆加拿大安大略省華人音樂協會主席至1996年。他的作品幾乎涵蓋嚴肅音樂的全部領域，包括歌劇、芭蕾舞、電影、合唱、聲樂、室內樂、器樂獨奏、百老匯音樂劇及二十餘部交響樂，堪稱作品最多的中國作曲家之一。1987年，黃安倫先生在多倫多獲得「傑出華裔」榮銜；1992年，在中華民族文化促進會的主持下，他的芭蕾舞劇《敦煌夢》被選為「二十世紀華人音樂經典」之一。他的指揮活動包括中國中央樂團、中央歌劇院、中國青年交響樂團、莫斯科俄羅斯管弦樂團、加拿大多倫多華人愛樂樂團、溫哥華聖樂團等。
An-lun HUANG (March 15, 1949 – )
An-lun HUANG is a composer, conductor, and educator. He is a Chinese composer based in Canada and a member of the Canadian League of Composers. He has been listed in the “World Biography” and “Chinese Encyclopedia”. Huang was born on March 15, 1949, in Panyu, Guangdong Province, China. He began learning the piano at the age of five under the guidance of his father, HUANG Fei-li and mother. By the age of seven, he had completed his first piano collection. At that time, the renowned Chinese composer MA Si-cong commented that he had “a rich imagination”.
In 1961, Huang entered the Affiliated Music Primary School of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. He later joined the piano department of the affiliated middle school, where he studied under LOU Gan-mei and SHAO Yuan-xin. After graduating in 1968, he worked on a farm affiliated with the Beijing Military Region and later joined the Beijing Opera Troupe. During this period, he studied folk music and opera composition under composer CHEN Zi, which had a decisive influence on his compositional style.
In 1976, Huang became a member of the Chinese Musicians Association and was appointed as a resident composer at the Central Opera House. In 1979, he went to North America and pursued further studies at the University of Toronto, the University of Pittsburgh, and Yale University. In 1983, he was conferred the title of Fellow at Trinity College of Music in the UK. In addition to receiving full scholarships, he obtained his Master’s degree in music from Yale University in 1986, earning the “Outstanding Award”. To promote Chinese culture overseas, he served as the Chairman of the Ontario Chinese Music Association for three consecutive terms until 1996.
Huang’s works encompass a wide range of genres in classical music, including opera, ballet, film, choral music, vocal music, chamber music, instrumental solos, Broadway musicals, and over twenty symphonies. He is considered one of the most prolific Chinese composers. In 1987, Huang was honored with the “Outstanding Chinese” title in Toronto, Canada. In 1992, his ballet “Dream of Dunhuang” was selected as one of the “Chinese Music Classics of the 20th Century” under the auspices of the Chinese National Cultural Promotion Association.
His conducting activities include working with ensembles such as the China National Symphony Orchestra, the Central Opera House, the China Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Russian Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.