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Peter Ritzen
1956 -
Belgium
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Peter Ritzen (21/01/1956), a Belgian pianist and composer, born in Ghent. Equally important to his performing career, Peter Ritzen has established fame in the far East as a composer. His works, based upon Chinese opera arias, such as The Last Empress, and his Chinese requiem, have captured the hearts of millions of Chinese people.
Chinese requiem
| Period: | Modernism |
| Composed in: | 1990 |
| Musical form: | free |
| Text/libretto: | Santiago M. Ruperez Dura |
| Label(s): | Marco Polo 8.223980 |
Chinese requiem for soprano, chorus, piano and orchestra based on a poem of Santiago M. Ruperez Dura (1942), which was based on the poem Tribute to China's creators.
| Source: | http://www.hnh.com |
Drawing on a long association with China and Chinese culture and traditions, the Flemish-born composer and pianist Peter Ritzen celebrates Chinese achievement in his Chinese requiem, with a text by the Spanish sinologist Santiago Rupérz Durá. The work follows the pattern of the Catholic Requiem Mass, without resorting to the Latin text.