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Chen Yuanlin

 

Yuanlin Chen

Specialization:     

Composition, Computer Music, Electronic Music, Recording, Violin, Piano and Music Education.

 

Education: 

1996

Ph.D.(Music) State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY, USA

1986

M.A. Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China

1983

B.A. Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China

 

Teaching Experience:

2002-

Guest-Professor, Central Conservatory of Music. Beijing, China

1991 - 1995

Teaching Assistant, concentrated on Computer Music and Electronic Music at SUNY at Stony  Brook.

1986 - 1991

Lecturer, teaching Composition, Electronic Music, Computer Music, Music Theory, at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China.

1984 - 1985

Teaching Fellow, was responsible for Sight-singing and Ear Training, at Central Conservatory of Music.

                

Professional Activities:

2008

Guest professor, Central Conservatory of Music

2007

Guest composer and professor, 2007 MUSICACOUSTICA-BEIJING

2006

Music Editor and electronic music programmer for the movie music The Banquet

2006

Guest composer, the University of Oregon, School of Music

2005

Guest composer and professor, Central Conservatory of Music

2005

Guest composer and professor, Capital Normal University

2004

Guest composer and professor, Central Conservatory of Music

2004

Panelist of The CEMC First Electronic Composition Competition (CEMC: Contemporary Electronic Music Center)

2004

Composer and conductor, The Great Wall Resound, The Forth Music Festival, Central Conservatory of Music

2004

Composer and conductor, Blowing Across the Sky, Striking Throughout the Earth, Stern Grove Festival, July 4, 2004

2003

Composer and conductor, Thundering Across The Sky concert at Herbst Theater, San Francisco on January 26, 2003.

2002

Guest composer and professor, 2000 MUSICACOUSTICA-BEIJING

2002

Music Editor and electronic music programmer for the movie music Hero

2000 - 2005

Electronic music programming and performer, Water Passion after St. Matthew, Stuttgart, Germany, Sep. 7, 2000; Barbican Centre, London, UK, Sep. 30, 2000;  Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 16, 2000; Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 22, 2001, Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon, July 5, 2002; BAM, New York, USA, Dec. 11,13,14, 2002; Nov. 2, 2003 Macau; Newman Center for Performing Arts, Gates Concert Hall, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 4&5 2004; Perth Concert Hall, Perth Australia, The UWA Perth International Arts Festival Feb. 20, 2005

2000

Composer and conductor, Archaic Spirits in Millennium Sounds premiere concert held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on March 4, 2000.

2000

Electronic music programming and performing for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

1999

Guest composer, in Summer Festival at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan

1999

Electronic Music programming and performing for Tan Dun抯 CDs Bitter Love and 2000 Today ?A World Symphony for the Millennium distributed by SONY Music.

1998-1999

Electronic music musician, technician, Opera "Peony Pavilion", Director Peter Sellars, Music Tan Dun. Performances at Wien, London, Roma, Paris and Berkeley.

1998

Guest composer, Composition Seminar and Concert, Peabody Conservatory

1997

Guest composer, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, New Territories: Young Asia, Glasgow, UK

1997

Conductor, Chen & Dancers, Transparent Hinges, La MaMa Theater, NY; Theater Artaud, CA

1995

Guest composer, Orchestra Simfonica Constanta, Romano-Americane Concert Simfonic, Romania

1995

Guest composer, Tomb Treasures from China Concert, Academy Theatre, Honolulu

1993

Guest composer, Music From China, Premiere Works III concert, New York

1993

Participant The Second International Conference on Chinese Music, Boston

1991

Jury of The Electronic Organ Evaluation, Beijing, China

1990

Participant The First Pacific Composers Conference, Saporo, Japan

1988

Participant The Culture Exchange Program in Electronic and Computer Music, Australia

1987 - 1991     Founder and Director of Computer and Electronic Music Studio, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China

1972 - 1978

Violinist at Guiyang Beijing Opera Troupe, Guiyang, China

2008                 

Commissions:

   

Tribe among Mountains, Kronos Quartet

Wondering along the Journey, Chamber Music America

Great Wall, a cantata with orchestra underwritten by the Chinese Aids Foundation

Once a Wall, a documentary film directed by Jin Yan

Blowing Across the Sky, Striking Throughout the Earth, Melody of China, USA

Pipa Concerto Red Cliff, underwritten by the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation

Guitar Quartet Chasing the Sun, written for the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet through a grant provided by the Jerome Foundation

Primary Voice for Chinese traditional instruments and electronics, underwritten by the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation

Silk Road Suite for Chinese traditional instrument and electronics, funds provided by Silk Road Foundation

Two Prose Poems, Music from China, USA

Film Music: Ghost Fox, Hong Kong Gold Horse Film Company

Film Music: Hundred Bird Clothes, Guangxi Film Factory

Dance Music: Spirit of the Dance, Central Television Station

Broadcast Drama Music: White Night, Central People's Broadcast Station

Film Music: He has chosen murder, Shenzen Film Company

Film Music: Love at the Drum Tower, Guangxi Film Factory

Film Music: Girl, Escaped Criminal, and Dog, Tianshan Film Factory

Film Music: Lone Murderer, Guangxi Film Factory

Dance Music: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire and Soil, Beijing Dance College

2008                 

Recordings:

Away from Xuan

Innova CD 721

Primary Voice

Sunbow CD 0001

Primary Voice: Rite

Innova CD 118

Primary Voice: Festa

Innova CD 118

Flying Swan

CRI CD 805

 

Membership:

Member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers)

Member of ACF (American Composers Forum)

Member of AMC (The American Music Center)