Qu Xiao-Song (瞿小松; surname Qu, b. Guiyang, Guizhou province, southwest China, September 6, 1952) is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music. He is a 1983 graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he studied composition with Du Mingxin. In 1989 he was invited by the Center for US-China Arts Exchange of Columbia University in New York City to be a visiting scholar, and he continues to live in New York City. He has received commissions from the Holland Festival, American Composers Forum, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and Boston Musica Viva. His operas Oedipus and The Death of Oedipus were premiered in 1993 and 1994 respectively, in Stockholm and Amsterdam. His chamber opera The Test (2004) was commissioned by the Munich Biennale and Contemporary Opera Berlin, and performed in both cities in May 2004. His name is sometimes also written Qu Xiaosong. Music Chamber music Cello Concerto for cello and chamber ensemble Cursive, violoncello and percussion ensemble Ji No. 1, large mixed ensemble Ji No. 2, Floating Clouds, mixed quartet, Asian instrument and ensemble Ji No. 3: Silent Mountain, solo guitar or Asian instrument Ji No. 4, percussion solo Ji No. 5, Asian instrument and ensemble Ji No. 6, percussion ensemble, large mixed ensemble Ji No. 7, solo violin or violoncello Lam Mot, percussion ensemble String Symphony, string orchestra The Girl of the Mountain, string solo and orchestra Xi, percussion ensemble Orchestral works Cello Concerto for cello and full orchestra Symphony No. 1HuanThe MountainVocal worksFang Yan Kou, low voice and ensembleMist, vocal soloists and ensembleMist 2, high voice and ensembleMist 3, high voice and ensembleMong Dong, low voice and ensembleWeisst du wie der Regen klingt.../Rain, mixed chorus and ensemble OratorioCleaving the Coffin: Oratorio, mixed chorus, vocal soloists and ensemble OperaLife on a StringOedipusThe Death of OedipusThe Test'' Trivia Qu dated the Chinese actress Bai Ling in the mid-1990s. References External links Peermusic Classical: Qu Xiao-Song page Composer's Publisher and Bio Qu Xiao-Song biography 1952 births Living people 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers People's Republic of China composers Place of birth missing (living people) People from Guiyang Musicians from Guizhou Chinese male classical composers Chinese classical composers 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians