Xu Yi (composer)

Xu Yi (; born 1963) is a Chinese-born French composer and music educator in France. Early life In 1963, Xu Yi was born in Nanjing, China. Xu Yi began playing the Chinese violin, erhu, at a very young age. Education Xu Yi was a student at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she continued the violin, and later joined the class of composition. She entered the Conservatory of Music of Paris, where she studied with Gérard Grisey and Ivo Malec. Career At the age of 22, Xu became a teacher at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Xu Yi won First Prize in composition in Conservatoire de Paris in 1994. She was the winner of the Prix de Rome, winning the honor of living in the Villa Medici in Rome from 1996 to 1998 (she was the first composer of Chinese origin to win this prize). Xu was professor of composition at the Cergy-Pontoise National Conservatory of Music (2001–2003). She is a distinguished Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Currently, Xu lives in France and is a distinguished Professor at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music. Xu Yi has received commissions from the French government, Radio France, and many festivals and ensembles. She has composed some 60 works, which h