It is my pleasure to share all the music I have composed so far!
This includes both numbered works (with opus numbers) and unnumbered works.
But first: meow.
Let me tell you my story…
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1. Origins
These are my very, very early compositions, including pieces written before I began studying composition formally.
Many have been lost or are currently missing. I will try to find them and upload photographs later.
They include:
2015(?)–first half of 2017 — A few piano improvisations from my earliest years.
(I would write down the rhythms and melodies I played at random on the piano, imagining myself a great composer.)
2019–2020 — Exercises from my first composition lessons with Ding Ying: melodic fragments and sketches for art songs.
2020–2022 — Exercises from my composition studies with Peng Rongxin (as many as I can recall for now):
- Duo for violin and piano, first movement (second and third movements unfinished)
- 《图腾》 (Totem), for clarinet and piano — November 2021
- 《山谷》 (Valley), for piano trio — June 2022
- 《桥》 (Bridge), for solo piano — July 2021
- 《猫》 (Cat), 《山西民歌》 (Shanxi Folk Song), and 《雨点》 (Raindrops), for solo piano — September 2020–May 2021
- An exercise in stylistic imitation: Piano Trio, first movement — January 2022 (second and third movements unfinished)
- Art-song exercises for the first-semester examination in Grade 7
- Variation exercises for the second-semester examination in Grade 7
2. Imitation
In this period, I mainly rearranged or imitated musical elements I had heard or seen. Some pieces were tributes; others were playful. These were mostly exercises in style, both numbered and unnumbered.
Numbered works:
- Op.2 — Variation for Piano — June 2021
- Op.1 — 2 Pieces for Piano: 《山间》 (In the Mountains) and 《中国民歌即兴曲》 (Impromptu on a Chinese Folk Song, based on the Shaanxi folk song “A Bamboo Pole”) — May 2021
- Op.3 — Dark Impulse, for string quartet — November 2022
- Op.4 — Hymn, for mixed chamber ensemble — June 2023
- Op.5 — 《第二变奏曲》 (Second Variations) — May 2023
- Op.6 — FULL RIVER RED — November 2023
- Op.7 — 《江阴》 (Jiangyin), sonatina for piano — May 2023
- Op.8 — 2 Short Variations for Piano — November 2023–February 2024
- Op.9 — Weird Talk of Wuxi Opera, for piano quintet — May 2024
Unnumbered works:
- Various arrangements
- 《一页琴长》 — Eight short pieces for piano — May 2023
- Abandoned drafts, mostly for solo piano, now lost
3. The First Stirrings of Love
As I entered high school, I began to feel the stirrings of adolescence and a growing sense of self, and to yearn for beauty. I also realized that composition meant more than imitation. I began trying to express myself and to hide symbolic signs in my scores (such as motifs derived from names), moving toward expression and drama, and preserving beautiful moments. I experimented with new techniques to give the music greater emotional depth.
(Mostly numbered works.)
- Op.10 — Grey Mist, for brass quintet — May 2025
- Op.11 — 《当心中泛起晦涩》 (When Obscurity Stirs Within) — December 2024
- Op.12 — Tears, an art song for soprano, piano and cello — November 2024
“Unrequited Love and Regret”
My works began to carry dedications.
Here are the works from my first Morningside Music Bridge:
- Op.13 — 3 Intermezzos for solo piano: 《破碎的梦》 (Shattered Dreams), 《她》 (She), and 《煌煌天威》 (Heavenly Majesty) — May 2025. To my mother.
- Op.14 — Rounds, for three violas — May 2025. A tribute to the Chinese family.
- Op.15 — The Summon, for string orchestra, piano and tubular bells — July 2025. Dedicated to Changzhi Gao.
- Op.16 — You, for piano four hands — August 2025. Dedicated to Duan Siqin.
- Op.17 — 《钢琴造梦组曲》 (Dream-Making Suite for Piano), unfinished
4. Appassionato
— A new life, finding myself, and the future.
- Op.18 — Appassionato, for xylophone, string quintet and percussion — October 2025. Dedicated to passionate ideals. Zhang Jinrui version | Duan Siqin version 1 / Duan Siqin version 2
- Op.19 — 4 Songs without Word for Solo Piano — May 2026
- Op.20a Sp.1 — Broken Strings, for violin and piano — November 2025. In remembrance of Duan Siqin.
- Op.20b Sp.2 — 《找问号？》 (Looking for a Question Mark?), for organ — December 2025. Dedicated to Zhao Wenhao.
- Op.20c — Pigeon and Fish, for solo piano — January 2026
- Op.20d — The flower, ours, for two-part choir and piano — June 2026. Dedicated to graduation season.
- Op.21a — Rosa Sulla Tastiera, for organ and piano — June 2026. Dedicated to Zhao Wenhao.
- Op.21b — 《雁向南飞》 (Wild Geese Flying South), for cello and piano — August 2026. Dedicated to Sha Yannan.
5. DISHEARTENED
— Why am I disheartened? I see this as a more mature phase of my work. The music no longer carries dedications; it is written for the music itself. This period is both a summing-up and a transition into my undergraduate years.
- Op.22 — DISHEARTENED, String Quartet No.2 — July 2026
- Op.23 — The Chime, for string orchestra, piano and Finger Cymbal — July 2026
“Will your works live on?”
“If I drop dead in a couple of years, then no damn way.”
— Said to Zhao Wenhao on May 8, 2026