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Tao Yu (b. 1981, Beijing). Chinese composer of mostly chamber and vocal works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and elsewhere.
Ms. Tao began private piano lessons with Wang Jia, Wang Ming-li and Zheng Xiu-lan in Beijing at age four and studied composition privately with Wang Ning in Beijing from 1995-99 and privately with Yao Heng-lu in Beijing from 1998-2002. She studied composition with Shi Wan-chun at the Conservatory of Music in Beijing from 1996-2000, where she also studied composition with Wang Ning from 2000-02, on a scholarship. She then studied composition with Nicolas Bolens and Éric Gaudibert and electronic music with Rainer Boesch and Émile Ellberger at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève from 2002-05.
Among her honors are Second Prize in the art song competition of the Conservatory of Music in Beijing (2000, for Rose) and the Excellence Prize in the TMSK Chinese chamber music competition in Shanghai (2003, for Poetry of the Autumn Wind). She has received commissions from Ensemble Phoenix, pipa-player Han Yinying, theorbo-player Markus Hochuli, the ensemble Ilôrkestra, and the Museum Rath in Geneva and her music has been performed in China, Germany, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, and the USA.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: mlle_taoyu@yahoo.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Embouchure de la maggia (dance music, choreography by Nadège Allaki), 3 female dancers, 8-track tape, 2004
ORCHESTRAL: Song, Chinese orchestra, 2002; Veronica, small orchestra (4 winds, 2 percussion, 12 strings), 2003 (film score; may be performed as a concert work)
CHAMBER MUSIC: Panegyric to the Pipa, pipa, 2000; Poetry of the Autumn Wind, xiao (Chinese bamboo flute), pipa, zheng (Chinese zither), erhu, Chinese percussion, 2000; Happiness from Heaven, electric guitar, vibraphone, 2000; Dance of Shen Xiang, jiaye qin (Korean zither), 5-string pipa, changgo (Korean drum), 2000; String Quartet No. 1, 'Si Zhu' – 'Silk and Bamboo', 2001; Taoism, Reason and Concretion, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, French horn, 2001; Hua da – Flowery Hitting, flute, any drum, 2003; Hua da II, any drum, 2003; Ilôrkestra, flute, clarinet, 2 soprano saxophones, trombone, harp, cello, piano, percussion, 2004; Énigme, cello, 2004; Quintette à vents I, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2004; Quintette à vents II, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2004
CHORAL: Leaving Your Love (text by Wang Jian), mixed chorus, 1999
VOCAL: Seeing the Moon and Longing for Something (text by Zhang Jiuling), soprano, piano, 1996; Rose (text by Aleksandr Pushkin [Chinese translation]), soprano, piano, 1999; Sentiment of the Qin (text by Wang Shipu), soprano, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2002; En offrant le vin (text by Li Po), male voice (+ theorbo), 2003 (may be performed by two people); Situation (text by Su Shi), female voice, cello, percussion, 8-track tape, 2004
PIANO: Playing at a Chinese Sweet Dumpling Festival, 1999; Leap, 2000; Fairy-Tale Sounds, piano 4 hands, 2001
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Hua da III, 8-track tape, 2003; Jiang cheng zi – Memory, 8-track tape, 2003
FILM SCORE (DIRECTOR): Veronica, 2003 (Filippo Filliger; may be performed as a concert work)
ARRANGEMENT: Three Korean Folksongs, jiaye qin, 5-string pipa, changgo, 2000
(Last updated on January 11, 2005)
