Chen Yi is a remarkable composer who has achieved worldwide acclaim for her many compositions–compositions that seek to reconcile–or at least convincingly meld–the disparate musical styles of East and West. Born in Guangzhou, China in 1953, she studied violin early on, practicing surreptitiously with a mute upon the advent of the...
Ge Xu (Antiphony)
Chen Yi is a remarkable composer who has achieved worldwide acclaim for her many compositions–compositions that seek to reconcile–or at least convincingly meld–the disparate musical styles of East and West. Born in Guangzhou, China in 1953, she studied violin early on, practicing surreptitiously with a mute during the privations of the Cultural Revolution. Ultimately, she had...