Chen Yupeng/Activities

OverviewList of Works**Activities**

## Shanghai Conservatory of Music

### Digital Audio China

In October 2009, the eARTS Digital Audio Competition by Digital Audio China officially launched. It was an event organized by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the China Association of Recording Engineers (中国录音师协会), and Yangpu District government to promote China's development and research in digital audio and related fields. The competition's judging panel included musical engineers Simon Rhodes of Abbey Road Studios, Nick Wollage of AIR Studios, and record producer Quincy Jones, among others. During the semi-finals, Chen placed second in Recording Art and first in the Music Arrangement and Multimedia Soundtrack categories. Shanghai Sequence Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (上海音序文化传播有限公司) represented him, which Chen heads. At the finals held in March 2010, he won the first prize in the Multimedia Soundtrack category, second prize in Recording Art, and third prize in Music Arrangement. Chen commented in an interview during the awards gala, "I originally participated in this competition with the mentality of giving [it] a try. I feel that winning the award is a kind of affirmation for me and my music!"

In April 2012, Chen participated as a guest at the second Digital Audio Competition by Digital Audio China. He joined the event with two other first-prize winners from the first competition in 2010, Peng Fei (彭飞) and Guo Shensheng (郭申生). Their commissioned works were performed at the awards gala.

### International Digital Music Festival

After three events of the Digital Audio Competition, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music held the International Digital Music Festival in December 2021. The event was jointly organized by the Shanghai Music and Art Development Collaborative Innovation Center (上海音乐艺术发展协同创新中心), game developer company miHoYo and their music studio HOYO-MiX. It saw the participation of local and foreign digital music industry veterans and university subject leaders; it also included forums and lectures on recording art, film and video game music, etc. Chen joined the event and gave a lecture on the music production of *Genshin Impact*, where he shared the process of game music production based on his own experience, including: frame drafting, MIDI arrangement production, score production, orchestral recording, sound mixing and mastering, and soundtrack music naming and illustration design. During the lecture, Chen also shared his experience of cooperating with orchestras and musicians from different countries in the process of music production through a large number of video materials. He talked about the concept of "huayong" (化用) in creation, connecting it to absorption of the essence of Western musical elements and turning them into internal skills of his own music creation.

> The performance of the finals was extremely successful. Then I listened to works in various styles by many different contestants, and I felt deeply moved. Especially when I heard some foreign composers, who incorporated Chinese instruments and elements to interpret such musical pieces, I was particularly touched.
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> 决赛的这个演出效果非常的圆满，然后我听了好多不同选手的风格的作品，感觉非常感动。特别是我听到一些外国的作曲家，然后他们也去用中国的乐器，用中国的元素去诠释这样的音乐作品，我也觉得特别的感动。
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The next International Digital Music Festival took place from October to December 2022. Chen and miHoYo music director Cai Jinhan (蔡近翰) joined as game music team judges. Chen's judge introduction is as follows:

> Hello everyone, I am Chen Zhiyi. The 2022 Shanghai Conservatory of Music International Digital Music Festival has now fully launched. In this music festival, I am greatly looking forward to hearing more wonderful original works and seeing more outstanding musicians joining the game music creation industry. I am very excited to discuss cutting-edge music technology and participate in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exchanges, embracing the infinite possibilities of digital music. Come join us and let our voices be heard by the era.
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> 大家好，我是陈致逸。2022上海音乐学院国际数字音乐节现在已经全面启动了。在这次音乐节中，非常期待可以听到更多精彩的原创作品，看到更多优秀的音乐人加入游戏音乐创作行业中来。非常期待和大家一起探讨前沿的音乐科技，参与跨界跨文化的交流，畅享数字音乐的无限可能。你也快来加入吧，让时代留下我们的声音。
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### School program lecture

In July 2016, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music hosted an art summer school program for academic graduate students. The program focused on the theme of music and technology, and with activities covering the research, production, performance of music. Chen was invited alongside several other teachers and experts in the music industry to give lectures. For his lecture, he discussed his work for *Phantom of the Theatre* (2016), explaining the music production process of the score.

## Shanghai Expo 2010

From May to October, Shanghai hosted the Expo 2010. Among the various organized activities was a large-scale parade performed every day. One of its routes was the Puxi Line at Longhua East Road, for which Chen composed the theme song "Good Dream Is a Song" (好梦是歌).

## *Beautiful Sunday* clarinet concert

On July 24, 2012, Clarinet associate professor Tao Ran (陶然) of Shenzhen Arts School hosted a clarinet concert at the Shenzhen Concert Hall. The concert included performances covering classical, romantic and jazz styles. He also led ten students, including Chen, to perform eight clarinet works in the form of solo and chamber music, including Felix Mendelssohn's "Concert Piece No. 2," André Messager's "Solo de Concours," and Franz Krommer's "Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Op. 36." Chen composed an original piece specially for the concert, "Legend" (传奇), for the piano and clarinet.

Ran Tao again hosted the Beautiful Sunday clarinet concert on November 19, 2017, which was sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee (深圳市委宣传部) and the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism (深圳市文体旅游局). Alongside "Legend," more original works by Chen were performed for the concert: "Mystery" (迷), "Discovery" (发现), "Emergency" (意外), "Truth" (真相), and "Challenge" (挑战).

## Wuhan Conservatory of Music

On November 13, 2016, Chen carried out a lecture at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music as part of their three-day Applied Electronic Music Forum. The lecture was titled "The Production Process of Film Music: Taking 'Phantom of the Theatre' as an Example" (电影音乐的制作流程——以<墨宫魅影>为例). The next day, Chen, together with composer and music producer Shen Dan (沈丹), carried out a master class on applied electronic music.

## Qingqin Qingqing

In 2017, Chen founded Qingqin Qingqing (轻琴謦磬), also called 4Q, a band that focuses on the Zhongguo Feng genre. The band includes a dozen members, each having a different traditional instrument, such as the erhu, dizi, xiao, and guzheng. According to pipa musician Juanmo (眷墨), "Qín" (琴) and "Qìng" (磬) refer to music and ancient music, respectively. The third character, "Qìng" (謦), means relaxed or happy. Together, these characters express a scene where a group of friends who love ancient music get together to play music with ease and joy.

In June 2018, the singles "Endless" (无疆) and "Twelve Gods" (十二神肖), both composed by Chen, were released on online music platforms. On July 22, Qingqin Qingqing debuted at Bilibili Macro Link (BML), a concert event held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. The event saw more than 4.5 million people from offline and online audiences.

## Stage events

On January 1, 2017, Chen participated in the *Moonlight Blade* Guofeng Carnival theme music exhibition, which was held at the Sun Palace Magic Theater in Nanjing City.

From May to June 2017, Chen participated as a judge in the Guofeng Cover Singing Contest (国风翻唱大赛) held by DouYu and Tencent.

In 2018, Chen participated in Xuanwuji Guofeng Music Festival (玄武纪·国风音乐盛典) where he performed the song "Brocade" (锦色) with Quan Jiu (圈九). The song was later released as "Brocade Colors" in Chen's 2019 album *Being Towards Death*, with the female vocals performed by Bu Cai (不才).

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