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Chen Yi

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Chen Yi

Biography

Born in Guangzhou, China, Dr. Chen Yi is the Distinguished Professor at the Conservatory of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her music is published by Theodore Presser Company, commissioned and performed worldwide by such ensembles as the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony and the Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, recorded on Bis, New Albion, CRI, Teldec, Angle, Nimbus, Albany, Koch & China Record Co. among others. Chen Yi has received bachelor and master degrees in music composition (1983 and 1986) from the Central Conservatory in Beijing, China, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree (1993) from Columbia University in the City of New York. She has been the resident composer of The Women's Philharmonic, Chanticleer, and Aptos Middle School supported by Meet The Composer. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2005, and appointed to the prestigious Changjiang Scholar Visiting Professor (3-year term) at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music by the China Ministry of Education in 2006. New commissions for wind band are from the MAC Band Director's Association and the NWECG.

* Chen is family name, Yi is the personal name. Chen Yi can be referred to Dr. Chen, Prof. Chen, Ms. Chen, or Chen Yi, but not Dr. Yi, Prof. Yi, or Ms. Yi.