Xu Yi
Xu Yi ( 徐儀 ) (born 1967) is a Chinese composer and music educator born in Nanjing.
Biography
Xu Yi began studying music in her hometown of Nanjing, learning erhu, a traditional Chinese musical instrument similar to the violin. She continued her studies on the instrument at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and then joined the composition class at the age of 17. Five years later, she was appointed professor at the Shanghai Conservatory.[1]
Xu Yi then traveled in France to study at the IRCAM and the Paris Conservatory where she studied with Gerard Grisey and Ivo Malec. She obtained a First Prize for composition in 1994. She became the first composer of Chinese origin to win the Prix de Rome, and from 1996 to 1998 she studied at the Villa Medici in Rome. She was a professor of composition at the Conservatoire National de Region of Cergy-Pontoise until 2003. She currently lives in Beijing and is a visiting professor at the Shanghai Conservatory.[2]
Works
Xu Yi has composed about thirty works, including several commissioned by the French State, and by Radio France. Her principal work Le Plein du vide (The Full Vacuum) was on the agenda of the music option in Bachelor of Arts in 2006 and 2007. Her works have been performed at numerous festivals and broadcast in China, Japan, Europe, the U.S.A. and Canada, France and Italy.
Selected works include:
- 1 + 1 = 3 (2004) for solo percussion and 2 percussion ensembles
- Da Gui (1999) for flute, clarinet, percussion, violin and cello
- Dan (2008) for di (Chinese flute), clarinet, pipa, zheng, violin and cello
- Echo de la terre profonde (1997) for 5 percussions
- Guo Feng (2006–07) for violin, cello, qin and electronics
- Gu Yin (1995) for flute and percussion
- Le Plein du vide (1997) for ensemble and electronics
- Miroir / Poussière for viola and 9 instruments (1992)
- Qing for viola solo (2009)
- Voyage intérieur (2002) for ensemble and electronics
- Wou Wei (1995) for bass flute and trumpet
- Xiao-Yao-You (1996) for ensemble and electronics
- Yi (1993) for string trio[2]
References
- ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (DIGITIZED ONLINE BY GOOGLEBOOKS). Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Composers:Xu Yi". Retrieved 21 September 2010.
External links
- Official site
- Le Plein du vide de Xu Yi
- Excerpts from sound archives of Xu Yi's works.
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