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Chinese composer
Cong Su
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Chinese composer
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Place of birth
Tianjin, People's Republic of China
Age
67 years
Education
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Biography
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Su.
Cong Su (simplified Chinese: 苏聪; traditional Chinese: 蘇聰; pinyin: Sū Cōng; born 1957 in Tianjin, China) is a Chinese composer.
He studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, then in Germany. He has lectured on music theory, music analysis, film music and ballet music at the Musikhochschule in Munich. Since 1991 he is professor of film and media composition at the newly founded State Film Academy in the Stuttgart area.
Together with Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Byrne, Su won the Best Original Score Academy Award for the Bernardo Bertolucci film The Last Emperor in 1987. He has scored other film soundtracks, mostly for Asian films.
Su divides his time between Beijing, Lake Constance and Lucca, Italy.
Works
- Film
- The Last Emperor – Soundtrack (1987)
- Green Tea (2002)
- Jasmine Women (2004)
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Notable Chinese Musicians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Chinese Composers
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Chinese Professors
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Chinese Educators
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Chinese Film score composers
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
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