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–––––– An analysis of Lei Liang’s Serashi Fragments for string quartet.” Huangzhong – Journal of Wuhan Conservatory of Music, 2008, no. 3, vol. 86: 126-132.

Burwasser, Peter. “Lei Liang’s
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Chute, James. “Touched by tragedy at Tiananmen Square, in creating his music, Lei Liang still draws on what he saw.”
San Diego Tribune, April 8, 2011.

–––––– “UCSD composer wins prestigious Rome Prize, Lei Liang, a member of the acclaimed composition faculty, is honored.” San Diego Tribune, April 15, 2011

Green, Edward. “Lei Liang.”
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Han, Xingyu
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–––––– “Jie yinyue tiwen.” [Questioning in music] Renmin Yinyue [People’s Music], vol. 416 (2000, no.12): 11-12.

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–––––– (as co-editor) with Edward Green, ed. China and the West: the Birth of a New Music. Contemporary Music Review, vol.26, nos. 5 & 6, 2007.

–––––– “Tremors of a Memory Chord - A Discussion on the Composition and Interpretation of a Work Written for the Piano and Grand Chinese Orchestra by Lei Liang, Pi-Hsien Chen, En Shao and Wei-Tsu Fan.” (co-edited by Yeung-Ping Chen and Lei Liang). Beijing: Zhongyang yinyue xueyuan xuebao [The Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music], January 2012: 44-50, 103.

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–––––– audio interview with the New York Philharmonic, “General approach to music,” “Inspiration behind Verge (2 parts).” Released by the New York Philharmonic, 2009.

–––––– audio portrait, ASCAP [The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers], 2011

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Sheridan, Molly.
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