Manjing Zhang

Manjing Zhang(b. 1991) is a Chinese composer and pianist currently based in Xi'an, China.

She is currently teaching at Xi'an Conservatory of Music. She holds degrees from Central Conservatory of Music(Beijing, China) (BM ‘15),  Carnegie Mellon University (MM‘18), and the University of Minnesota (PhD ‘21). She also taught at the University of Minnesota as a teaching assistant from 2019 to 2021. Her composition teachers include Xiaogang Ye, Shuai Zhang, Wenchen Qin, Alex Lubet, and Reza Vali. 

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Zhang’s music has been programmed at international festivals such as Beijing Modern Music Festival,  Chinese-ASEAN Music Festival,  Space City New Music Festival,  Digital Discovery Festival,  Downtown Brooklyn Chamber Music Festival,  NYC Contemporary Music Symposium’s concert, Music by Women Composers, and International Composition Institute of Thailand. 

Artists and ensembles Zhang has worked with include Huang Yameng, Gao Can, Yang Xiaoyong, Xie Haoming, Ian Rosenbaum, Stephen Gosling, Oran Etkin, Baron Fenwick, Christhatai Paksamai, Pisol Manatchinapisit, Noppakorn Auesirinucroch, Worrapat Yansupap, Pipe Kantapong, Guy Bordo, Emily Freeman Brown, Piyawat Louilarpprasert, Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, Ensemble for These Times, National Sawdust Ensemble, Tacet(i) ensemble, and others. 

Her scores are published by BabelScores.