Bio
Originating from Taiwan, Chen is a passionate composer and instructor whose works have been featured on seven compilation albums and showcased in ten countries. With experience composing for stage concerts, films, and animation, he has cultivated teaching methods that resonate with his students from diverse backgrounds.
A grant recipient from the Taiwan Ministry of Culture and National Culture and Arts Foundation, Chen’s works have been performed at music festivals in Europe, the United States, and Asia, including the Alba Music Festival in Italy, the Valéncia International Performance Academy and Festival in Spain, the Mixture Festival in Barcelona─Composition and Sound Experimentation Workshop, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, the SEAMUS National Conference, the Donald Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center─Earth Day Art Model Festival, the Charlotte New Music Festival, the Julius Quartet─Workshop & Concert, the Asian Composers League Festival in Japan, and the Taipei International New Music Festival. Also, he has received commissions from the Beo String Quartet, the Indiana University JSoM Concert Band, Ensemble KNM Berlin, Malaysia Dá Capo Voice Choir, Hong Kong Dufy Atelier des Musicians & Artists, the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, the One Song Orchestra, the TimeArt Studio, the Elite Artists Trio, and Nan-Yi Musical Theater.
Chen has gained attention for performances of his arrangements of Taiwanese folk songs. In addition, he contributes his talents to film scoring. For instance, he wrote soundtracks for the film The Star and the Moon (Co-Composer), selected in the 68th Festival de Cannes, France, in 2015, as well as the movie Time Splits in the River (Co-Composer), chosen in the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, the Czech Republic in 2017.
Chen holds a Doctor of Music and a second master’s degree in composition from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the tutelage of Profs. John Gibson, Chi Wang, Aaron Travers, Claude Baker, P. Q. Phan, and Don Freund. He received his M.M. and B.A. in composition from the Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan, where his teachers included Profs. Tsung-Hsien Yang and Chung-Kun Hung.
Yi-De Chen, Composer 