Zhao Jiping () (b.

Pingliang Pingliang ( zh, s=平凉 , t=平涼 , p=Píngliàng , l="Pacify Liang") is a inner land prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the south and east and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the north. T ...

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, August 1945) is a Chinese composer from

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

. He is best known for his film scores for the Fifth Generation Chinese director

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. He is the current Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Musicians’ Association. Zhao studied at the

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Film scores

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Yellow Earth ''Yellow Earth'' ( zh, s=黄土地, t=黃土地, p=Huáng tǔdì) is a 1984 Chinese drama film. This film is telling a story of a young, village girl who bravely resists old-dated customs and searches for freedom. It was the directorial debut f ...

'' *'' A Chinese Odyssey'' *'' Red Sorghum'' *''

Raise the Red Lantern ''Raise the Red Lantern'' is a 1991 period drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaptation by of the 1990 novella '' Raise the Red Lantern'' (originally ''Wives and Concubines'') by Su Tong. A Chinese-Hong Kong c ...

'' *'' The Story of Qiu Ju'' *'' Farewell, My Concubine'' *''

Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker ''Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker'' () is a 1994 film directed by He Ping and starring Ning Jing, Wu Gang, Zhao Xiaorui, Gao Yang, Xu Zhengyun and Zhao Liang. Plot A young woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no s ...

'' *'' To Live'' *'' The Water Margin'' *'' The Emperor and the Assassin'' *''

Three Kingdoms The Three Kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu dominated China from AD 220 to 280 following the end of the Han dynasty. This period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and followed by the Jin dynasty (266–420), Western Jin dyna ...

References

External links

Unofficial Website for Chinese Composer Zhao JiPingSilk Road Project biography
* 1945 births Living people 20th-century Chinese composers Chinese film score composers People from Pingliang Place of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Gansu People's Republic of China politicians from Gansu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Gansu {{China-composer-stub