After the 4^th NCPA “Young Composers Programme” was launched in March 2016 (hereinafter referred to as “Young Composers Programme”), and a total of 67 candidates have been received. After rigorous selection by juries, re-evaluation stage ended on January 27^th, 2017 and a list of 12 shortlists has been announced.

12 shortlists will be respectively performed at NCPA Concert Hall

 

Presentation of the 4^th NCPA “Young Composers Programme” will be kicked off from May to November, 2017. The 12 shortlists will be respectively performed in concerts of China NCPA Orchestra, China National Opera House Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra and China Film Symphony Orchestra. By referring to the live performance of recordings and music scores, juries will select the candidates for the final concert, which will be presented by China Philharmonic Orchestra at NCPA Concert Hall on December 13^th, 2017. The juries, composed of ten Chinese and foreign composers, conductors and orchestra managers, will announce the final three winners at the concert. These winners will be awarded by NCPA and be newly invited by NCPA for commission.

12 shortlists for the 4^th NCPA “Young Composers Programme” are given as follows.

Programme	Composer	Presenter	Date
Picture of The Forest	CAO Shengnan	China National Opera House Symphony Orchestra	May 1st
Programme Note of Tibetan Tableaux	WANG Amao	China National Opera House Symphony Orchestra	May 1st
Abyss	WANG Shuci	Beijing Symphony Orchestra	Jun. 11th
The Eighth Wonder	LÜ Wenbin	Beijing Symphony Orchestra	Jun. 11th
The Bronze Mask with Protruding Pupils	ZHANG Zhiliang	China Film Symphony Orchestra	Jul. 2nd
Walking In the Rain	LIU Jian	National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra	Aug. 18th
The Echo of the Northern Wei Dynasty	DUAN Lian	National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra	Sept. 9th
Three Poems	MIAO Weiwei	China Film Symphony Orchestra	Sept. 21st
Fields under the Stars	SHENG Meng	China National Opera House Symphony Orchestra	Sept. 22nd
Winter Brings	LI Bo	China NCPA Orchestra	Oct. 10th
Night Breeze under the Dusky Moon	LIN Xipeng	China NCPA Orchestra	Oct. 10th
March of The Ghost	DUAN Boyang	China Film Symphony Orchestra	Nov. 18th

The programmes are subject to change according to the schedule.