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Chen Yi (simplified Chinese: 陈怡; traditional Chinese: 陳怡; pinyin: Chén Yí) (born April 4, 1953) is a Chinese-American violinist and composer of contemporary classical music. She was the first Chinese woman to receive a Master of Arts (M.A.) in music composition from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Chen was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her composition Si Ji (Four Seasons), and has received awards from the Koussevistky Music Foundation[1] and American Academy of Arts and Letters (Lieberson Award),[2] as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.[3] In 2010, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The New School[4] and in 2012, she was awarded the Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019.[5]

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Chen Yi 陈怡 MA
Born	(1953-04-04) April 4, 1953 (age 69) Guangzhou, China
Occupation(s)	Composer, Violinist
Instrument(s)	Violin
Years active	1970–present

Early life

Chen Yi and her siblings began studying classical music at age three as their parents were lovers of the genre. She began learning on piano and at age 4 was introduced to violin. She memorized works by classical composers like Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky and was able to sing their compositions note for note.[6]

As a teenager during the Cultural Revolution, classical music was prohibited, and she was taken to the countryside to be 'reeducated' as a farmer. At age 17, she came to Beijing to be concert master to the Peking Opera.

Career

Chen lived for many years in New York City, and studied composition with Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky at Columbia University, earning a DMA with distinction. Her husband is the composer Zhou Long. As of 2006, both Chen and Zhou are professors of composition at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance.

Alongside a great number of orchestral works, Chen has also made many contributions to the choral repertoire and the chamber music repertoire, including works written for traditional Chinese instruments. Chen's works are published by the Theodore Presser Company.

Works

Solo

Chamber ensemble (2 performers)

Chamber ensemble (3 or more performers)

Vocal/Choral

Chorus and ensemble

• Chinese Myths Cantata
• Early Spring, for mixed choir and chamber ensemble
• From the Path of Beauty, for mixed choir and string quartet
• KC Capriccio, for wind ensemble and mixed chorus
• A Set of Chinese Folk Songs, for children's SA(T) chorus and strings
• Tang Poems Cantata, for SATB chorus and chamber orchestra

Orchestra

Orchestra with soloist(s)

Band/Wind ensemble

• Ba Yin (The Eight Sounds), for saxophone quartet and wind ensemble
• Dragon Rhyme, for symphonic band
• Spring Festival, for symphonic band
• Suite From China West, for wind ensemble
• Tu, for wind ensemble
• Wind, for wind ensemble

See also

• Down to the Countryside Movement

References

• Liner Notes, Chen Yi's Sound of the Five

External links

• Chen Yi's page at Theodore Presser Company
• Chen Yi page from The Living Composers Project site
• Interview with Chen Yi, December 14, 2005
• Chen Yi page from UMKC Conservatory

На других языках

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[de] Chen Yi (Komponistin)

Chen Yi (chinesisch .mw-parser-output .Hant{font-size:110%}陳怡 / .mw-parser-output .Hans{font-size:110%}陈怡, Pinyin Chén Yí; * 4. April 1953 in Guangzhou, Guangdong) ist eine chinesische Komponistin zeitgenössischer Musik und Violinistin.

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- [en] Chen Yi (composer)

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[es] Chen Yi (compositora)

Chen Yi (Cantón, 4 de abril de 1953) es una compositora china-estadounidense cuya música se caracteriza por la mezcla de las tradiciones de su país con la composición occidental.[1] Su música suele ser orquestal, de cámara, coral y para piano, y ha sido interpretada en muchos países del mundo.[2]

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[ru] Чэнь И (скрипачка)

Чэнь И (кит. трад. 陳怡, упр. 陈怡, пиньинь Chén Yí, род.4 апреля 1953) — китайский и американский композитор и скрипачка.

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