Chen Yi (composer)

Chen Yi ( Chinese  陳怡  /  陈怡 , Pinyin Chén Yí ; born April 4, 1953 in Guangzhou , Guangdong ) is a Chinese contemporary music composer and violinist .

Life

She was the first woman to earn a Master of Arts (MA) degree in composition from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing . In 1986 she went to the USA, studied in New York City with Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky at Columbia University , where she received her doctorate in 1993. From 1996 she taught at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , from 1998 as a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), where her husband Zhou Long is also a professor. There were also visiting professorships in the USA and, since 2006, in China.

In her works she combines elements of traditional Chinese music with contemporary western composition techniques.

Awards

In 2002 she received the Stoeger Prize for her chamber music work . Her commissioned composition Ballad, Dance and Fantasy for cello and orchestra premiered on March 10, 2004 by Yo-Yo Ma and the Orange County's Pacific Symphony in Santa Ana , California , conducted by Carl St. Clair . In 2005, Chen Yi was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 2019 she was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

literature

• Joanna C. Lee:  Chen Yi. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
• James M. Manheim: Chen Yi. In: Contemporary Musicians. 2004, accessed on August 27, 2019 . 

Web links

• The Living Composers Project
• Chen Yi ( Memento of May 26, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) on: Theodore Presser Company
• John de Clef Piñeiro: An Interview with Chen Yi ( Memento of April 15, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) on: New Music Connoisseur, July 26, 2001
• Chen Yi and Zhou Long on NewMusicBox.org
• Music From China

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} biography in: New Music USA Online Library, August 2012
2. ↑ Chen Yi on: University of Missouri – Kansas City
3. ↑ Entry in the score
4. ↑ Chen Yi on: Academy of Arts and Sciences
5. ↑ Newly elected members 2019. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed May 30, 2019 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chen is the family name here, Yi is the first name.