Senior composer (1987-1997) of the former Creative Office of the Military Band of the General Political Department; visiting professor of the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music and the Capital Normal University Conservatory of Music; postgraduate tutor of the Composition Department of the Conservatory of Music of Minzu University of China; Visiting professor;
A famous symphony composer in contemporary China; in the mid-to-late 1980s, his symphonic works concerts represented a group of high-level emerging composers in the Chinese nation of that era who were brave enough to innovate, authoritative music Critics Bian Zushan and Wang Anguo wrote in the "Overview of Modern Chinese Music" and the 1988 "Chinese Music Yearbook": "In recent years, a large number of young composers, such as Tan Dun, Ye Xiaogang, Qu Xiaosong, Huang Anlun, Xu Shuya , Chen Yi, Guo Wenjing, Gan Lin, Jiang Benyi, He Xuntian and others successively held a series of concerts of personal works, which caused a sensation. They are the most numerous, the highest level, the most active and the most influential people who have emerged since the founding of the People's Republic of my country. They are pioneers. The hope of a new era of our country’s modern folk music.”
Studied at the Composition and Conducting Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music from 1982 to 1987; from 1987 to 1997, he served as the music director of the "Black Light Jazz Band" of the General Political Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the senior composer of the band's creative studio. In 1993, he served as " He is the music director of "9'23 Countdown" of CCTV's Olympic bid party. In 2005, he served as the music director of China Education Television.
In June 1987, it was composed of the "Creative Committee of the Chinese Musicians Association", "Music Creation and Editorial Department", "Literary Department of China National Radio", "Literary Department of China International Radio", "Literary Department of China Youth Daily" The "Personal Symphonic Works Concert" jointly organized by the Ministry of Music, the People's Music Editorial Department, the China Music Research Institute and the China Record Corporation was held at the Beijing Concert Hall. Main works of the concert: Symphony No. 1 "Heaven, Earth, Man", String Symphony No. 1 "Nuclear Change", "Orchestral Overture", and Horn Concerto "Mother". In November 1987, Gan Lin's solo concert was invited to participate in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music's 60th anniversary celebration performance. The three concerts were performed by the former China Radio Symphony Orchestra (now the China Philharmonic Orchestra), the former Central Orchestra (now the China Symphony Orchestra) and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; they were conducted by famous conductors Chen Xieyang, Hou Runyu, Yuan Fang and Zhang Guoyong respectively.
From 1987 to 1989, he studied the correspondence course (English) in the recording major of the Music Engineering Department of the Osaka Conservatory of Music in Japan, and obtained the recording upgrade certificate for publishing qualifications (the next level up is the recording engineering master certificate). Graduation thesis "Judgment of Arrangement of Sound Source Relative Symphony Orchestra" and "The Value Orientation of Relative Stereo Sound of Music in Film and Television Works". In 1988, he published an important music paper "The Value Orientation of Modern Music", which caused controversy in the industry.
His creative works have won the championship of the finals of the "5th Brahms International Choral Festival in Germany", the first prize of the Kazakhstan International Music Festival, the International I.C.D. Special Award, the "Wenhua Award", "Lily Award", "Five Ones" Engineering Award, "Radio Song Award", "Golden Candle Award" and various provincial and municipal awards
He has written a large number of duet works and chorus works. Among them, the symphonic chorus "Westward Journey" composed in 2006 for the 7th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland was praised by Bian Zushan as "the leader in symphonic chorus in recent years" in "Music Weekly"; his most representative a cappella choral work: "Snow Land" Yearning", "Legend of Loulan", "Drunken Tianshan" (also known as "Muqam's Spring"), and "Birds' Paradise" are large-scale a cappella choral works created in recent years, which have made some chorus groups important domestically and internationally. It won the highest honor in the competition by choral experts and critics (such as Bian Zushan, Yang Hongnian, Lu Zaiyi, Xi Qiming, Wang Shiguang, Tang Jianping, Tian Yubin, Sang Yesong, Ya Lun, Tian Xiaogeng, Dai Yuwu, Chen Zhiyin, Zhang Xian, etc. etc.) is known as the peak composer who best combines the "opposition school" and the "academic school", and can best represent the leading level of Chinese choral music in the next ten years.
In 2003, he composed "" for Shenzhen. "Echoes of the East River" large-scale symphonic oratorio (3 parts, 15 movements). Among them, "Dongjiang Water" was said by local citizens: There has been no popular song like our Hakka folk songs for a long time, and now we can hear our own present. The song is very catchy and easy to remember. In just 4 months, this song was included in the music teaching materials for local primary and secondary school students.
The theme song "The Wind Comes from the East" created in 2006 for the large-scale cultural event of Guangdong Province "Revisiting the Journey of Monk Tang to the West" was enthusiastically sung by Guangzhou citizens and was regarded as a modern "Zen-like" song by Buddhist circles. Buddhist songs". Nowadays, it is very popular and is recognized by the people of Guangzhou as their own urban popular song. Since the meaning of the song is not a narrow meaning with a strong exclusive symbol, it was also included in the 2011 Xi'an Expo's sequence music, making it one of the representative works of the "New Chang'an Style".
In 2011, he served as the official music director of the Xi'an World Horticultural Exposition for half a year; he created the largest and highest-quality 5-movement symphony "Rhapsody on the Overlord" in domestic history, which is a huge urban symphony masterpiece. The work will be presented by three four-wind symphony orchestras, three fully-equipped Chinese orchestras, a chorus of 1,000 people, and a drum corps of 300 people. The score is 64 lines.
During the 2011 Xi'an World Horticultural Exhibition, he composed modern urban ballads "The Ballad of Exorcism", "Qiao Wise Heart" and so on. It has been highly praised and praised by local provincial and municipal leaders, authoritative music professionals across the country, and people in Xi'an and even Shaanxi Province. The urban popular song "Send You a Chang'an" is a culmination of history and modernity, bringing the entire Xi'an music culture and even other cultures into a new spring. People in Xi'an parks, by the Bashu River, in squares and even for mountain climbing exercises People are singing it, especially fashionable young people and children. KTV is full of various pirated versions, which has attracted the attention of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Municipal Party Committee. Some scholars have written books about the cultural phenomenon of "Send You a Chang'an". Now The song has been included in the music teaching materials for primary and secondary school students in Xi'an. Local provincial TV channels, city TV channels, provincial newspapers, city newspapers, etc. all rushed to report, interview, and write articles. Radio and television stations broadcast the song every morning, noon, and evening, almost becoming a spontaneous "popular" song behavior among Xi'an citizens and officials. .
In 2011, the Ministry of Culture and the China Opera and Dance Drama Theater were hired as the composer and artistic director of the large-scale symphonic choral poetry drama "Mythical China" project (national project) after reviewing and selecting many composers. The work premiered on May 31, 2012 and was a huge success.