沈葉
作曲家沈葉，1977年出生于无锡。他创作了合唱套曲、小提琴协奏曲、唢呐协奏曲、音诗—黄昏、民歌五首、镜中、秋江放棹、寒塘鹤影等作品。他的音乐被Ensemble Intercontemporain，Recherche，AsianArt，20 Jahrhundert Wien，Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra，上海交响乐团，台北室内合唱团，以及吴巍，王之炅，Burwik，Levine等音乐家带到不同地方。Accentus评价他是“中国当代音乐最具吸引力的代表之一，将中国文化融入他自己的音乐语言”；IRCAM-蓬皮杜中心评价他的作品：“非常精美、富于交互并充满迷人细节”；欧洲古典音乐奖主席Remy Franck评价他的小提琴协奏曲：“令人沉醉入迷，沈葉用非常个人化的音乐语言，创作世界性的、这个时代的音乐”。
沈葉师从邓尔博、王建中、杨立青学作曲，随周士瑜学钢琴，毕业于上海音乐学院作曲系、钢琴系。他曾在汉堡音乐与戏剧大学任教，在柏林艺术大学当访问学者，在巴黎IRCAM学电子音乐。从2004年开始，沈葉任教于上海音乐学院。目前他担任作曲和管弦乐法的教授。他的教学获得中国教育领域的最高奖——教育部国家教学成果奖。沈葉在亚洲、欧洲和北美各知名音乐学院、大学有丰富的讲学活动。他的研究，以及对他的音乐的研究出现在多种语言的主流刊物上。
沈葉是德国 “巴赫奖金”、中国全国交响乐评比第一名、中国音乐金钟奖理论评论奖等数十个海内外奖项和荣誉的获得者。他是全球首屈一指的大熊音乐出版社唯一的中国签约作曲家。中国唱片公司、人民音乐出版社、上海音乐出版社等也出版了他的唱片。他的《旅行者的梦》选入1949-2019中国交响乐原创精粹，《纪念》选入1919-2019中国交响乐世纪回顾。
Dr. SHEN Ye, composer, is regarded as “one of the most fascinating representatives of contemporary Music in China setting accessible Chinese culture to his own musical language” (Accentus Music). He starts a new collaboration in 2019 with Breitkopf & Härtel from the publication of his works. His achievements have attracted worldwide attention, and musical critics acclaimed his music as “Very delicate, complex and rich in interactions in a micro-scale.” (Ircam 2014) “His music refers with disturbing artistic intensity to existential questions of life.” (Elmar Lampson, HfMT 2010) “this fascinating violin concerto is a very globalized modern music, in a very personal musical language.” (Remy Franck, Pizzicato 2019)
He is the winner of Bach-Preis-Stipendium (2011), his In Memoriam got the 1st prize of the 13th China National Symphony Awards (2007), his thesis Inward Landscape was listed in the “Top music analyses during 1979–2011” by China Music Golden-Bell Awards (2011).
Shen was commissioned by Klangspuren, Heidelberger Frühling, and many international music festivals & associations. Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Les Amis, Ensemble TIMF, AsianArt Ensemble, Ensemble XX. Jahrhundert Wien, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and world-renowned virtuosos Wu Wei, Zhi-Jong Wang, Carin Levine, Peter Burwik, etc. bring his works around the world.
Since 2004, Shen Ye has been teaching at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the famous and oldest music conservatory of China. Currently he is a professor of composition and orchestration.
