Guan Xia () (born June 30, 1957) is a Chinese composer of

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. Guan was born in

Kaifeng Kaifeng ( zh, s=开封, p=Kāifēng) is a prefecture-level city in east-Zhongyuan, central Henan province, China. It is one of the Historical capitals of China, Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and ...

, and graduated from the China Central Conservatory in 1985. He has been the director of the

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until 2018 and involved in a number of Chinese national committees working with musicians. His important works include the operas ''Sorrowful Dawn'' and ''Mulan Psalm'', several

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, ''Earth Requiem'', a

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, and the ''Symphonic Overture No. 1'' (also known as ''Symphonic Ballade‘Sorrowful Dawn’''), which is very popular in the concerts in China. He is also famous for composing TV series soundtracks, some of which were orchestrated as concert pieces, including ''

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'', ''Fortress Besieged'', ''Little Dragonboy'', ''The Years of Intense Emotion'', and '' Soldiers Sortie''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guan, Xia 1957 births Living people 20th-century Chinese classical composers 21st-century Chinese classical composers 21st-century Chinese composers Central Conservatory of Music alumni Musicians from Henan People from Kaifeng