Yibai Chen

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Yibai Chen (born 2001) [1] is a Chinese concert cellist. He is the second prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium in 2022 and fifth prize winner of the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, Russia in 2019. [2]

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Biography

Born in 2001, Chen started cello at the age of five studying Meijuan Liu at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. [1] Chen studied with Liu until 2016 where he moved to Berlin to study under Danjulo Ishizaka at the Berlin University of the Arts. [3] Chen later obtained his Bachelor's at the university in 2019. [2] Currently, Chen is student at Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland continuing his studies with Ishizaka. [3]

Chen currently plays on a circa 1780-1800 cello made by Giuseppe I Guadagnini. [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yibai Chen". queenelisabethcompetition.be (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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