Xi Wang

Composer Xi Wang draws inspirations from diverse cultures and integrates them into a musically fulfilling blend that resonates with both performers and audiences. Her music is both fierce and tender, soulful and earthly. She has been commissioned and performed by leading orchestras and performers in the United States and abroad, such as Yannick Nézet-Ségui, Fabio Luisi, Osmo Vänskä, Karen Gomyo, Tine Thing Helseth, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Dallas Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, Albany Symphony, and Shanghai Philharmonic, among others. Xi Wang is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Fromm Commission at Harvard University, MacDowell Colony residency, and multiple prizes from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Born in China in 1978, Xi Wang started playing piano at age of five. She received her B.M. from Shanghai Conservatory, M.M. from University of Missouri-Kansas City, D.M.A. from Cornell University. She studied with some of the finest composers in America and China, such as Steven Stucky, Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Aaron Kernis, and Jia Da Qun. She is professor of composition at Southern Methodist University, where she received the Rotunda Award for outstanding teaching.