I took it upon myself to translate the biographies of some composers and one pianist; this was primarily work that had to be done to prepare program notes for some of the concerts I had put together with contemporary Chinese piano and chamber music. The biographies were translated from their original Chinese language ones published in the Modern and Contemporary Chinese Musicians' Biographies (zhongguo jinxiandai yinyuejia zhuan) edited by Wei Tingge, Spring Wind Cultural Publisher: Shenyang, 1994.
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(b.1935)
Releasing Muse's Arrow to the World— Autobiography of Hui composer Chen Gang
translated oct/nov 2007
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(1910-1983)
The Unquenchable Fire of Creativity by Yu Yuzhi
translated aug 1997
(b.1933-2013)
Scholar of the Chinese People, Genius of the Music Sphere by Zhou Zhuquan
translated aug 1997
(b.1928)
The Piano Is My Life by Zhao Shimin
translated aug 1997
selected websites of other contemporary chinese composers
Chou Wen-Chung (b.1923)
Chen Yi (b.1953)
Zhou Long (b.1953)
Lam Bun-Ching (b.1954)
Bright Sheng (b.1955)
Tan Dun (b.1957)
Liang Lei (b.1972)