陈怡

about

Chen Yi (陈怡; b. Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 4 April 1953), a distinguished Chinese composer of East-West fusion classical music and also a violinist, became the first Chinese woman to receive a Master of Arts (M.A.) in music composition from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Chen grew up in Guangzhou, China, into a talented family. Her parents were doctors and musicians; her mother played the piano, and her father the violin. Her older sister was a child prodigy, and even today her older sister and younger brother work as professional musicians in China. Chen began studying piano at age three, studying Western composers such as Bach and Mozart. Once the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, Western influences were severely shunned and the arts were attacked. For ten years, education came to a halt and people were relocated to work in large communes in countryside. Her father and older sister were the first to be sent away, but she managed to hide in her home town a while longer and continued to practice music with some impediments: she was forced to stuff a blanket inside her piano in order to dampen the sound, and play her violin with a mute. At age 15, she could hide no more. Party cadres searched her house, took her possessions, and dispersed the rest of her family to different locations to perform compulsory farm work. During the Cultural Revolution, Chen used her time spent labouring in the countryside to learn and appreciate Chinese folk culture. She would

top songs

albums

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Melodies (小提琴：陈怡，吉他：Lars Hannibal）

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Momentum

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The Music Of Chen Yi

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Concertos for String Instruments

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打击乐协奏曲

Dim Sum

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Melodies (小提琴：陈怡，吉他：拉尔斯·汉尼拔）(5.1CH)

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The Pied Piper Fantasy etc.

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拿索斯感恩节Hi-Res音乐特辑

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中國素描

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Boundless Love

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