Bio — Yixie Shen

YIXIE SHEN - COMPOSER

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^{"Yixie creates subtle sound worlds and is not afraid to take risks in structure and instrumentation. She has a beautiful sense of timbre and colour.

The way she weaves a narrative is refined and gripping.

Her music stays with you."

— The Jury of the Gaudeamus Award 2024}

Yixie Shen (b. 1993 in Rui’an, CHN) is a composer based in Hamburg, Germany.

She is the laureate of the Gaudeamus Award (2024), the Zwei Orgeln Plus from Musik 21 Niedersachsen (2024), and the Alexander International Music Award with the junge norddeutsche philharmonie (2023), among others. She has also been awarded grants from akademie kontemporär (2021/2023), as well as various institutions.

Her works have been performed by various orchestras, ensembles, soloists as well as at festivals in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, South Africa and China, including in the Elbphilharmonie and NDR Hamburg, by Symphoniker Hamburg, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, junge norddeutsche philharmonie, Ensemble Ascolta, IEMA Ensemble, Ensemble Resonanz, Trio Catch, Ensemble LUX:NM, Ensemble KNM Berlin, Collective Lovemusic, Hamburger Ratsmusik, at Gaudeamus Festival, Heinrich Schütz Music Festival and more.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Composition from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, her main teachers in Shanghai were Ms. Ju Wenpei and Prof. He Xuntian. Currently she is pursuing a Konzertexamen degree with Prof. Fredrik Schwenk at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg, where she received her Master’s Degree.

Commissions

^{commissions upcoming:}
_{new piece, for guitar and accordion, commission by Lux Nova Duo}

_{new piece, for mezzo soprano, string quintet and piano, commission by Hamburg State Opera}

_{new piece, for trumpet and piano, commission by conTRUMPETary}

^{commissions written:}
_{iceberg, floating, you. for two organs and ensemble, commission by Musik 21 Niedersachsen} _{moug, for bass clarinet, cello and piano, commission by Gaudeamus Award}

_{Smoke, for orchestra, commission by junge norddeutsche philharmonie}

_{Heimatliche Fremde, for ensemble, commission by akademie kontemporär

Clouds, for ensemble with organ, commission by Xizi Wang

Zerbrochenes Lied hallt nach, for baroque ensemble, commission by Hamburgische Vereinigung von Freunden der Kammermusik

Everyday moments, for ensemble, commission by akademie kontemporär

Chaotic Romance, for piano solo, commission by Bernhard Fograscher}

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Commissions

commissions upcoming: new piece, for guitar and accordion, commission by Lux Nova Duo

new piece, for mezzo soprano, string quintet and piano, commission by Hamburg State Opera

new piece, for trumpet and piano, commission by conTRUMPETary

commissions written:iceberg, floating, you. for two organs and ensemble, commission by Musik 21 Niedersachsen moug, for bass clarinet, cello and piano, commission by Gaudeamus Award

Smoke, for orchestra, commission by junge norddeutsche philharmonie

^{commissions upcoming:}
_{new piece, for guitar and accordion, commission by Lux Nova Duo}

_{new piece, for mezzo soprano, string quintet and piano, commission by Hamburg State Opera}

_{new piece, for trumpet and piano, commission by conTRUMPETary}

^{commissions written:}
_{iceberg, floating, you. for two organs and ensemble, commission by Musik 21 Niedersachsen} _{moug, for bass clarinet, cello and piano, commission by Gaudeamus Award}

_{Smoke, for orchestra, commission by junge norddeutsche philharmonie}