Du Yun

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Du.

Du Yun (traditional Chinese: 杜韻, simplified Chinese: 杜韵 born June 18, 1977 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese born international composer, multi-instrumentalist and performance artist.

Biography

Du was born in Shanghai, China. She began studying piano at the age of four, attending the primary school Shanghai Conservatory of Music for piano. She studied composition at the middle school Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Du later moved to the United States and graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree in composition and received a PhD in music composition from Harvard University.

In 2006, Du Yun joined the composition faculty at the State University of New York-Purchase.

Career

Her works include compositions for solo instruments, electroacoustic music, chamber music, orchestral works, opera, indie pop, theatre, oral tradition music, sound installations, and performance art pieces. Du's works have been performed internationally in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Guangzhou Opera House, the Salle Pleyel Paris, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Escola de Música do Estado in São Paulo, the Darmstädter Ferienkurse in Germany. She has written for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and solo artists Hilary Hahn and Matt Haimovitz.

In 2014, Du was named the Artistic Director of the MATA Festival in New York City.

Collaborations

Du has collaborated with visual artists Shahzia Sikander and David Michalek, flutist Claire Chase and Chinese Kunqu artist Qian Yi.

Critical Reception

Du is regarded as one of China's leading young composers[1] and has been described as an "adventurously eclectic composer" and "an indie diva with avant garde edge"[2] by The New York Times.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (July 2012). "Made in China, With Plenty Of Western Parts". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (July 2014). "Peak Performances to Offer 14 Premieres". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ http://www.dso.org/Page.aspx?page_id=553
  4. ↑ http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/fromm.html
  5. ↑ http://www.chamber-music.org/programs/grants-awards/recipients/408

External links

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