Name: Yi-Bing Chu & Friends Cello Recital
Start: 2026-02-28T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-28T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Faneuil Hall

Join Yi-Bing Chu at Faneuil Hall, Boston for a spellbinding cello recital—an unforgettable afternoon of virtuosity and heart.
About this Event

Yi-Bing Chu
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Studied under the tutelage of Maurice Gendron

First Chinese prize winner at a major international competition

Principal Cellist, Basel Symphony Orchestra (1989–2004)

Member, Cologne Philharmonic Cellists (1990–2004)

Guest Principal Cellist, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (1999–2004)

Professor and Head of Department, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing (2004–2018)

Guest Professor, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (2022–2023)

In 1986 Yi-Bing Chu was prize winner at the 42nd Concours International d’Exécution Musicale in Geneva, after graduating with a Premier Prix from Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Dance de Paris where he studied under the tutelage of Maurice Gendron. He was the first Chinese cellist ever to win a prize in a major international Cello competition. He served as principal cellist in Basel Symphony Orchestra, Switzerland between 1989-2004, Yi-Bing Chu was also guest principal cellist of Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich and member of Cologne Philharmonic Cellists, in Germany.

Yi-Bing Chu was visiting professor at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Dance de Paris. He is the first professor of chinese nationality since the establishment of this famous institution in 1795.

Yi-Bing Chu was appointed as cello professor and head of the cello department at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he taught between 2004 and 2018.

He founded the Chu Yi-Bing Cello Ensemble with his students, the first Cello Ensemble in China. Yi-Bing Chu founded the SuperCello festival in Beijing, the first cello festival in China and the biggest of this kind in Asia.

朱亦兵，国际大提琴演奏家、教育家，中国大学提琴界在重大国际比赛中获奖第一人，是法国大师莫里斯·让德隆的关门弟子并以第一奖成绩毕业于法国巴黎国立高等音乐学院。朱亦兵曾任瑞士巴塞尔交响乐团及德国巴伐利亚广播交响乐团首席大提琴，同时为德国科隆大提琴爱乐六名成员之一。曾任教于北京中央音乐学院及法国巴黎国立高等音乐学院，为建校两百三十年以来第一位中国籍教授。
朱亦兵组建的大提琴乐团成立二十年期间走遍祖国大江南北，2013年全国首演百人音乐会。已出版三张专辑：《梦之旅》、《圣母颂》、《瓦格纳盛宴》。2016-2022年朱亦兵在北京连续多年创办和成功举行了“超级⼤提琴”音乐节。

Concert Program:

Bach, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Bruch, etc.

Guest performance:

Yi-Bing Chu’s friends