| LC control no. | n 94102818 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML410.C483 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Chen, Yi, 1953- |
| Variant(s) | Chʻen, I, 1953- Yi, Chen, 1953- 陈怡, 1953- 陳怡, 1953- |
| Associated country | China United States |
| Associated place | Kansas City (Kan.) |
| Birth date | 1953-04-04 |
| Place of birth | Guangzhou (China) |
| Field of activity | Art music Composition (Music) |
| Affiliation | Zhong yang yin yue xue yuan (China) Columbia University University of Missouri--Kansas City. Conservatory of Music and Dance |
| Profession or occupation | Composers University and college faculty members |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. Non-Latin script references reviewed in NACO CJK Funnel References Project. |
| Found in | Duo ye for chamber orchestra, 1985: cover (Chen Yi) OCLC 21348555 (hdg.: Chen, Yi, 1953- ) Chen, Y. Sparkle [SR] p1999: label (Chen Yi) insert (b. 1953, Guangzhou, China; came to U.S. in 1986) 2001-2002 UMKC general catalog, 2001: p. 467 (Yi Chen; D.M.A., Columbia University) New Grove, 2nd ed. (Chen Yi; b. Apr. 4, 1953, Guangzhou; Chinese composer) Thinking of my home, 2015: page 2 of cover (Dr. Chen Yi; composer who blends East and West traditions; Distinguished Professor at the Conservatory of Music and Dance in the University of Missouri-Kansas City; she holds a BA and MA from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and DMA from Columbia University in New York; Chen is family name; Yi is personal name) Wikipedia, December 5, 2018 (Chinese 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 and American Academy of Arts and Letters (Lieberson Award), as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2010, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The New School and in 2012, she was awarded the Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association. 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) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Yi_(composer)> Bai du bai ke, February 21, 2020 (陈怡, born 1953) |
| Associated language | eng |
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