| Twentieth century has become history. In this hundred years, the development and changes in themusic are unprecedented complicated. For western music, along with the industry revolution andthe two World War, the pattern of global music has changed a lot, breaking the classical musicleading position. The waves of separation and combination came out, which made a colorful musicworld. For Asian music, along with the development of science and technology, the world towardsthe "global village", the comprehension from different districts and ethnics has been strengthened,"non-western" culture has become the new favorites, also makes a number of Asian composerswhich is in the basis of learning the western modern composing techniques, also by virtue of theirethnic culture, came into the music scene in the world. Zhou Wenzhong, Toru Takemitsu, YinYisang and other composers have made the international achievements and influence which rise likeTan Dun, Chen Qigang such a generation of young composers injecting new vitality into the worldof music.Jin Xiang is living in such a background, with his unique creative ideas, techniques, style andpersonality is active on the world music scene. Mr. Jin’s works is powerful and introverted，bold andtender. Although had been studying in USA, accustomed to fancy and pride of "the modern music",he never get lost. By his own word "go in and come out", he always believes the composing methodwhich is inheriting national traditions，studying western music techniques，following the soundinner. He doesn’t abandon the melody like " Avant-garde music ", instead using lots of melodywhich express the feelings of Chinese traditional music culture and the beauty of romantic. Hisworks sound quite modern which are based on five degrees of oriental music language. He doesn’trestricted by techniques or genre，but also reveals the influence of different style and cultureshowing a Neo-Romanticism music style. In view of this, his symphonic works contain all thesefeatures. This article takes the "Neo-Romanticism" music as the background, crossing differentcultures as the platform, selecting Jin Xiang’s symphonic works as the research object, analyzingthe specific creation techniques, thus summarizing out of Jin Xiang personalized music road.Jin Xiang’s compositions do not repel different forms and techniques, neither pursuing anygenres or styles, but following the art of music, the nature of the self. The pursuit of the "truth"makes the works of Mr. Jin Xiang showing humanism, breaking the traditional modern barrier;integrate into the heart of the Chinese people, accomplishing his own road to success. |
