Chu Yibing

Chu Yibing (Chinese: 朱亦兵) (born 1966) is a Chinese cellist. He contributed to spreading ensemble music all over China. His ensemble China Philharmonic Cellists, made up of 12 Chinese cellists, give concerts all over the country.

Biography

He was imparted rudimentary knowledge of music by his parents, both of whom were professors in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing when he was a kid. His mother is half-Swiss half-Chinese.Chu's father was an excellent cellist and a strict teacher, so Chu laid a solid foundation before he studied abroad in Europe.

He went to Europe to pursue music studies in 1983. In France, he studied with Maurice Gendron. In 1986 he was awarded several prizes in an international cello competition in Geneva, which made him the first Chinese cellist that had won an international competition. Chu graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris in 1987 with Premier Prix, becoming the third Chinese musician(Ma Sicong, Xian Xinghai) who ever got a degree with merit from the Conservatoire de Paris. Then Chu began to study on 20th-century music, working with Inter Contemporain and Pierre Boulez.