Yi Chen began her early
violin training at the age of four with her father and
won prizes in various national music competitions over
the next few years. In 1997, she entered China’s Central
Music Conservatory in the class of Huang Xiaoshao,
receiving third prize in the Conservatory’s Violin
Competition that same year. In 1999, she won second
prize at the Mido Concours sino-français. She also took
part in the first International Concerto Competition in
Japan, the Paganini Competition, and has performed
numerous concerts and recitals in China. In 2005, Yi
Chen pursued her musical training with Charles Avsharian
at the Meadowmount School of Music, where she gave five
critically-acclaimed concerts.
China
Born August 26, 1984
SEMI-FINALS
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata No. 3 for solo violin, in C
major
BWV 1005
JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
SCOTT GOOD And dreams rush forth to greet the distance
EUGÈNE YSAŸE / CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Caprice after
Saint-Saëns’ Étude en forme de valse, Op. 52 No. 6
NICCOLÒ PAGANINI Caprice Op. 1 No. 5 in A minor
