Peng Yin Director of the Classical Music and World Music Departments
Born in 1979, Beijing, China.
Currently based in Berlin, Germany.
Education
1996–1999: Music Theory & Composition, High School of China Conservatory of Music
1999–2002: B.A. in Composition, China Conservatory of Music
2003–2007: M.A. in Composition, Universität der Künste Berlin (Prof. Walter Zimmermann)
2007–2009: Konzertexamen (highest diploma in composition), Universität der Künste Berlin
Awards & Grants
2008–2012: Gustav-Kettel Stiftung Composition Grant (5 consecutive years)
2009: Young Artists Prize, Berlin Senate
2009: Bronze Prize, Hanns Eisler International Composition Competition
Performances & Premieres
2009: Ensemble Recherche premiere at Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing
2010: Israeli Contemporary Music Festival (Jerusalem & Tel Aviv, by Adapter)
2015: Premiered his commissioned work Fes for the 90th anniversary of Germany’s governing party foundation (in presence of the Federal President and Foreign Minister)
Broadcasts
Works aired by Deutschlandradio and Hessischer Rundfunk
Academic & Artistic Activities
Member of Klangnetz, international composers' network based in Berlin
Organizer & contributor, Germany-Israel Walter Benjamin Commemoration Project
Lectures at Tel Aviv University and Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
Active performer of his own solo and ensemble piano works across Europe
Current Position
Director of the Classical Music and World Music Departments, Berlin Institute of Musical Arts, SRH University.
2022–2024: Co-founder of Germany’s first B.A. program in Transtraditional Music Performance
Contact:
info@music-study-srh.de