{"id":861,"date":"2023-10-01T16:46:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yanchenye.com\/?page_id=861"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:36:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4f20\u8bb0"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n    .bio {\n        p {\n            text-align: justify;\n            font-size: 14pt;\n        }\n        p.credit {\n            text-align: center;\n            font-size: 0.8em;\n            line-height: 1em;\n        }\n        div:has(img) {\n            margin: 50px auto;\n        }\n    }\n    div.show-case {\n        margin: 50px auto;\n        h3 {\n            font-size: 17pt;\n        }  \n    }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 10px; color: #999;\">The site is being redesigned, please check back later for more information<\/p>\n<h1>About<\/h1>\n<div class=\"bio\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station-751x500.jpg 751w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Composition-Station.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Yanchen Ye is a rising composer whose music resonates across international stages, performed by leading ensembles including the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and China\u2019s National Center for the Performing Arts. His work often uncovers dualities within simple and familiar ideas, translating shared human experiences into explorations of belonging. The National Ballet of China commented that his music &#8220;powerfully resonates with contemporary yearnings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A recipient of multiple honors including two American Prizes, Ye achieved his breakthrough when <i>The Morning at Bita Lake<\/i> won the National Center for the Performing Arts\u2019 Composition Prize. Following its premiere by the National Ballet of China, conductor Chen Zuohuang championed his work on Guiyang Symphony\u2019s five-city tour. Overseas recognition followed swiftly: UK\u2019s Vale of Glamorgan Festival featured his new commissions, while Kristjan J\u00e4rvi led its European premiere at Germany\u2019s TONLAGEN Festival. <i>Xizi (\u620f\u5b50)<\/i>, winner of the Celebrate Asia Competition, American Prize, and New Conductors Orchestra Competition, became another highlight, recently featured by Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and Arkansas Symphony.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have celebrated the arresting vitality of Ye\u2019s musical language\u2014from the &#8220;irresistible forward momentum&#8221; and &#8220;huge outpourings of clattering energy&#8221; (The Seattle Times) to its fluid shifts between &#8220;hushed harmonics and biting, Bart\u00f3kian cross-rhythms&#8221; (Wales Arts Review). His orchestral imagination weaves &#8220;immense sonic tapestries that vividly depict natural forces&#8221; (Musik in Dresden), astonishing listeners with &#8220;impressive varieties of color, rich layering, and powerfully sustained tension&#8221; (National Ballet of China).<\/p>\n<p>Currently based in Michigan, U.S., Ye holds degrees from Russia\u2019s Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory, New England Conservatory, and a DMA from the University of Michigan, where he also taught music theory, orchestration, and composition.<\/p>\n<div>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/blog_seattle2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/blog_seattle2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/blog_seattle2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/blog_seattle2-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/blog_seattle2-269x180.jpg 269w, https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/blog_seattle2-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"credit\">Yanchen Ye interviewed by Carolyn Kuan<br \/>\nat Benaroya Hall with Seattle Symphony<br \/>\n(Photo by George Liu\/Northwest Asian Weekly)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Discography<\/h2>\n<div class=\"show-case\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundset.com\/album\/SR1202\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soundset.com\/images\/cover_artwork\/SR1202.jpg\" alt=\"Glow\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Glow\u2014\u2014Estrella Consort: Saxophone Quartet<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Soundset Recordings <u>[Purchase]<\/u><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Album featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yanchenye.com\/collapsing-dome\/\"><b><i>Collapsing Dome<\/i><\/b> for saxophone quartet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1ILzwXIXZc0diAv529SjC5?utm_source=generator&#038;theme=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Recordings<\/h2>\n<div class=\"show-case\">\n<h3><i>The Morning at Bita Lake<\/i> for Orchestra<\/h3>\n<p>performance by National Ballet of China Orchestra, conductor Zhang Yi<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1273945318%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-nMDsq&amp;color=%231f1b1d&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Videos<\/h2>\n<div class=\"show-case\">\n<h3><i>Three Dances<\/i> for string quartet<\/h3>\n<p>performance by Momenta Quartet<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vq6m0OeRkCQ?si=-jQs6LOuSfVKiASi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"show-case\">\n<h3><i>Sichuan Boiled Fish<\/i> for violin and bass clarinet<\/h3>\n<p>performance by Matt Albert and Andy Hudson<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/10sI9VlERKs?si=HGQW-H-GfKJXJr9s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"show-case\">\n<h3><i>Collapsing Dome<\/i> for saxophone quartet<\/h3>\n<p>performance by Sinta Quartet<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E14Gd7Pbb14?si=Pt5QcMf1h2yFvhvO\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The site is being redesigned, please check back later for more information About Yanchen Ye is a rising composer whose music resonates across international stages, performed by leading ensembles including<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn button-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/about\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bgseo_title":"About - Yanchen Ye","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","crio-premium-page-header-override":null,"crio-premium-page-header-select":"none","crio-premium-page-header-featured-image-background":"0","crio-premium-page-header-background":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-861","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/861\/revisions\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanchenye.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}