《纽约时报》称他为“惟一未曾在海外长期居住,却建立了国际声望的中国作曲家”。全世界主要的音乐中心和歌剧院,都曾安排他的个人作品专场音乐会或上演他的歌剧,其中上演次数最多的是他的名作《狂人日记》和《夜宴》。 The New York Times called him “the only Chinese composer who has not long lived overseas but has established an international reputation.” Major music centers and opera houses around the world have arranged his solo concerts or staged operas, most notably his masterpiece Mad Men’s Diary and The Banquet.