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Zhanna Kolodub

Zhanna Yukhymivna Kolodub (; 1 January 1930 – 28 August 2025) was a Ukrainian composer and teacher, beginning as lecturer at the Kyiv Conservatory in 1952 and as professor from 1997. Her major

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Zhanna Pliyeva

Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva (; 10 February 1949 – 22 January 2023) was a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist. Life Zhanna Pliyeva was born in Tskhinvali, Southern Ossetia. She studied music at the

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Zheng Lücheng

Zheng Lücheng () or Chong Ryul-song (; 27 August 1914 – 7 December 1976) was a Korean-born Chinese composer. Born during the period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, Zheng moved to China in the

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Zhivka Klinkova

Zhivka Klinkova (; 30 July 1924 – 23 December 2002) was a Bulgarian composer, pianist and conductor, who was the laureate of the World Youth Festival in Bucharest in 1953. She also received a diploma

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Zhou Bangyan

Zhou Bangyan (; 1056–1121) was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician of the Northern Song dynasty. He was from Qiantang (in modern Hangzhou). His courtesy name was Meicheng (), and his art name

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Zhou Long

Zhou Long (; born July 8, 1953) is a Chinese American composer. He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Biography Zhou Long was born in Beijing, China. Born into an artistic family, he began

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Zhou Tian

Zhou Tian (; Pronunciation: JOH TEE-en; born 1981, in Hangzhou, China. Zhou is his family name) is a Chinese-American composer of contemporary classical music. His Concerto for Orchestra received a

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Zhu Jian'er

Zhu Jian'er (; born Zhu Rong-shi, October 18, 1922 – August 15, 2017), courtesy name Zhu Pu-chen, was a Chinese symphonic composer and songwriter. Biography Zhu was born in Tianjin, China. In his

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