Wang Jie (composer)

Wang Jie (Chinese: 王婕; pinyin: Wáng Jié; born 1980) is a Chinese-born American composer.

Her piano trio, Shadow, which dramatizes the inner life of an autistic child, was performed by the New Juilliard Ensemble as curtain-raiser for the Museum of Modern Art's Summergarden concert series.

1 (Awakening) was featured by the Minnesota Orchestra at the 2010 Future Classics concert,[7] and a new work is in process for the 45th anniversary celebration of Continuum[8] at Lincoln Center.

[9] Robert Beaser described her work as of 'elegance and elemental clarity',[10] the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review characterizing it as 'scrupulously crafted composition that embraces both Chinese and Western modern classical expression.

'[11] From the Other Sky, awarded the American Composers Orchestra's Underwood Commission, a 'charming multimedia-comic-opera-meets-song-cycle in four scenes'[12] premiered at Carnegie Hall 15 October 2010 to positive notices such as that of Steve Smith of The New York Times, who noted the work's 'vibrant, polished' quality.