Jin Xiang (20 April 1935 – 23 December 2015) was a Chinese composer and conductor.
[1] Since being labelled a rightist in 1957, he was sent to work in Art Troupe of Aksu Prefecture after graduation, and had to labor at the same time.
Jin Xiang came to the United States in 1988 and was a visiting scholar at the Juilliard School in 1998 and the University of Washington and the composer-in-residence at the Washington National Opera.
[1] From 1994 to 1995, he was the Art Director of the China Performing Administration Centre of the Ministry of Culture.
[1] In 1996, he founded and was the president of the East-West Music Exchange Association, a non-profit that promoted the exchange of eastern and western music.