Yi-Bing Chu
In 1986 Yi-Bing Chu was prize winner at the 42nd Concours International d’Exécution Musicale in Geneva, after graduating with a Premier Prix from Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Dance de Paris where he studied under the tutelage of Maurice Gendron. He was the first Chinese cellist ever to win a prize in a major international Cello competition. He served as principal cellist in Basel Symphony Orchestra, Switzerland between 1989-2004, Yi-Bing Chu was also guest principal cellist of Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich and member of Cologne Philharmonic Cellists, in Germany.
Yi-Bing Chu was visiting professor at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Dance de Paris. He is the first professor of chinese nationality since the establishment of this famous institution in 1795.
Yi-Bing Chu was appointed as cello professor and head of the cello department at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he taught between 2004 and 2018.
He founded the Chu Yi-Bing Cello Ensemble with his students, the first Cello Ensemble in China. Yi-Bing Chu founded the SuperCello festival in Beijing, the first cello festival in China and the biggest of this kind in Asia.
Since March 2020 Yi-Bing Chu lives in Los Angeles. He has always been active on the international stage as a cellist, His students have been successfully admitted to major music academies around the world, such as Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Dance de Paris, New England Conservatory, Yale University, The Juilliard School, Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater Muenchen. More former students work in symphony orchestras and taught at music conservatories.
Videos
1. Haydn Cello Concerto in D Major with Camarata of Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra
https://youtu.be/0hMguAGqOKg?si=bKcRj8PH3x7U6isi
2. Tchaikovsky Pezzo Capriccioso
https://youtu.be/maGJtoxCtnU?si=rAnrdBU6-4wD5xM0
3. Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile
https://youtu.be/pru8GeaOY-U?si=vk4KQMXLKm03tM72
4. Rossini Overture William Tell
(recorded 2004, first chamber music recording on mainland China since 1960）
https://youtu.be/546rF8RK18c?si=bC6un3sNCeZjGw0w
5. Tchaikovsky Rococo Variation with 200 Hong Kong young cellists (00:19:00)
Cello Solo and Conductor: A massive cello ensemble with more than 200
performers formed by a vast majority of Hong Kong Music Office current
trainees and orchestral members, alumni and their students, and cellists from
Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra and Macao Youth Symphony
Orchestra, presented a splendid repertoire with Professor Chu Yi-Bing.
https://youtu.be/wJTQdKdBrNU?si=Gj517wLJa-uwtgZP
6. Milhaud Scaramouche
https://youtu.be/DtMgTXH57_o?si=3d5tmBSgHDdeeaKJ
7. Chu Yi-Bing Cello Ensemble on Silk Road
https://youtu.be/ainpXACdc-A?si=9s5tZHXHvNBDjJYN
Chu Yi-Bing cello ensemble website: www.chuyibing.com
Contact: 675047597@qq.com
SuperCello Artists：
“SuperCello 2016”
Philippe Muller｜Marc Coppey｜Gavriel Lipkind｜Claudio Bohórquez｜Julius Berger
Nana Ou-yang｜Mingqing Yu｜Amber Quartet｜China Horn Ensemble｜LiHeng Chen
“SuperCello 2017”
Roland Pidoux｜ Raphaël Pidoux｜Martti Rousi｜Reinhard Latzko｜Alban Gerhardt｜Anne Gastinel Wen-Sinn Yang
｜ Li-Wei Qin｜Marc Coppey｜Gavriel Lipkind｜Claudio Bohórquez｜Julius Berger
Les Violoncelles Français
Roland Pidoux｜Raphaël Pidoux｜Anne Gastinel Nadine Pierre｜Emmanuel Gaugué｜ Xavier Phillips｜ Édouard Sapey-Triomphe｜Yan Levionnois｜Jonathan Roozeman｜ Ziyu Shen｜ William Hagen｜Golden Buddha Jazz Band｜Philippe de Chalendar
Brussels Chamber Orchestra
China National Symphony Orchestra
“SuperCelle 2018”
University of Music Geneva
Denis Severin ｜Salauat Karibayev｜Cornelius Zirbo
Sibelius Academy Helsinki
Martti Rousi ｜Sujari Britt｜Augustas Gocentas｜Leonardo Chiodo
Conservatory of Music Lyon (CNSM)
Anne Gastinel ｜Adrienne Auclair｜Caroline Roeland ｜Tom Almerge-Zerillo｜Marc Antoine Novel｜Enguerrand Bontoux
｜Kioumarz Kian
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich
Wen-Sinn Yang ｜Laura Szabo｜Yannick Groll｜ Alexandra Kahrer｜Johannes Välja
Hanns Eisler Music School Berlin
Troels Svane
University of Music Augsburg
Julius Berger｜Mariona Camats｜Andreas Schmalhofer｜Yuya Okamoto
Hanns Eisler Music School Berlin
Claudio Bohòrquez ｜Beata Antikainen｜Haran Meltzer｜Josua Petersen
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Reinhard Latzko｜Yiyu Zhang｜Benedikt Sinko｜Clara Lindenbaum｜Irene Kok
Conservatory of Music Paris (CNSM)
Jéròme Pernoo ｜Jérémy Garbarg｜Polina Streltsova｜Jean-Baptiste Maizières｜Kyo Kawasaki｜Léo Guiguen｜ Johannes Gray｜Bo Geun Park｜Cyprien Keiser｜ Romane Bestautte｜Paul-Marie Kuzma｜Émile Sécheret｜Karine Selo
Conservatory of Music Paris (CNSM)
Raphaël Pidoux ｜Aurélie Allexandre ｜Mélisande Ponsin
｜Stéphanie Huang｜Florian Pons｜Darima Tcyrempilova
｜ Christopher Ellis
Conservatory of Music Paris (CNSM)
Marc Coppey ｜Louis-Guillaume Ferret｜ Guillaume Wang
｜Tsai Hsing-Han｜Albéric Boullenois｜ Rémi Carlon
Pre-concert Lecture by Liu Xuefeng
Conductor Philippe de Chalendar
Romanian Youth Orchestra
“SuperCello 2019”
Ole Akahoshi｜Claudio Bohórquez｜Péter Nagy｜José Enrique Bouché｜Blaise Déjardin｜Dimitry Ferschtman｜Mila Baslawskaia｜Leonid Gorokhov｜Peter Hörr｜ Narek Hakhnazaryan｜ Gavriel Lipkind｜ Éric Picard｜Wen-Sinn Yang｜Erica Piccotti｜ Aleksey Shadrin｜ Maciej Kulakowski
Cello Ensemble from Juilliard School New York
Wenbin Jin｜Jiao Zhang｜ Fang Zhang
Conductor Kyle Ritenauer
Symphony Orchestra consist of students from Juilliard School New York
“SuperCello 2022”
Xiao Dong｜Cheng Li｜Yichen Yang｜Long Yin｜Jin Shi｜Wan Ye｜Ningze Ma｜Tianjin Zhang｜Pi Liu｜Xiaolu Zhao｜Cheung Tin Chun｜Jerry Feng｜Helen Yu