Ye Shen (*1977)
Prof. Dr. SHEN Ye, composer, is regarded as “one of the most fascinating representatives of contemporary music in China setting accessible Chinese culture into his own musical language” (Accentus Music). He starts a collaboration in 2019 with Breitkopf & Härtel from the publication of his works.
Since 2004, Shen Ye has been teaching at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the famous and oldest music conservatory in China. He is currently a professor of composition and music theory.
His achievements have attracted worldwide attention, and music critics acclaimed his music as “very delicate, complex and rich in interactions in a micro-scale.” (Ircam 2014) “His music refers with disturbing artistic intensity to existential questions of life.” (Elmar Lampson, HfMT 2010) “This fascinating violin concerto is a very globalized modern music, in a very personal musical language.” (Remy Franck, Pizzicato 2019)
He is the winner of Bach-Preis-Stipendium (2011), his In Memoriam won the 1st prize of the 13th China National Symphony Awards (2007), his thesis Inward Landscape was listed in the “Top 10 Music Analyses during 1979-2011” by China Music Golden-Bell Awards (2011).
Shen has received commissions from Klangspuren, Heidelberger Frühling, and many international music festivals & associations. Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Les Amis, Ensemble TIMF, AsianArt Ensemble, Ensemble XXI. Jahrhundert Wien, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Chamber Singers and world-renowned soloists such as Wu Wei, Yoo Hong, Zhi-Jong Wang, Lini Gong, etc. bring his works around the world.
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Orchester | Orchestra (Western Instruments)
- Dreams of a Peregrinator (2006/16) 18 min.
für 4 Schlagzeuger, Klavier und Streicher | for 4 percussion instruments, piano and strings
- In Memoriam (2005) 17 min.
für großes Orchester | for full orchestra
Orchester | Orchestra (Asian Instruments)
- From the Pearl’s Cavern (2014) 12 min.
für Folk-Sopran und großes chinesisches Orchester | for folk soprano and full Chinese orchestra
Ensemble (Western Instruments)
- In the Mirror (2017) 8 min.
für Sopran und Ensemble | for soprano and ensemble
- Chong Kwai (2012) 9 min.
für Kammerensemble | for chamber ensemble
- Five Folk Songs (2011) 17 min.
für Klaviertrio | for piano trio
- Tone Poem – Dusk (2010) 7 min.
für Klarinette und Streichquartett | for clarinet and string quartet
- Sword (2009/10) 14 min.
für Flöte, Klavier und Elektronik | for flute, piano and electronic instruments
Ensemble (mixed Asian & Western Instruments)
- Shades of Opera III – Sketch No. 3, “Boating in the Autumn” (2018) 9 min.
für 7 asiatische und europäische Instrumente | for 7 Asian and European instruments
- Espérer (2017) 8 min.
für Stimme und 4 Instrumente | for voice and 4 instruments
- Shades of Opera III – Sketch No. 1, “The Reflection of Cranes in the Icy Pond” (2006) 12 min.
für 9 westliche und orientalische Instrumentalisten | for 9 Western and Asian music instrumental players
Ensemble (Asian Instruments)
- Fluxion – Solidification (2015) 8 min.
für Erhu-Quartett | for Erhu quartet
- DUO (2015) 16 min.
für Daegeum und 37-Pfeifen-Sheng (koreanische Traversflöte und chinesische Sopran-Mundorgel | for Daegeum [Korean transverse flute] and 37-pipe Sheng [Chinese descant mouth organ])
Stimme und Klavier | Voice and Piano
- Gogol (2017) 8 min.
für Koloratur-Sopran und Klavier | for coloratura soprano and piano
Solowerke | Solo Pieces (Western Instruments)
- Tints of the Drifting Autumn (2017) 6 min.
für Violoncello | for cello
- Ondulation – Night Music (2013/14) 8 min.
– Fassung für Klavier | version for piano
– Fassung für Klavier und Elektronik | version for piano and electronic instruments