Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition Winner
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition: Bin Li for his piece AUTOBAHN BEYOND.
Born in 1987 in Fuzhou, China, Bin Li is an emerging composer currently based in the United States. His music has been performed internationally in festivals and in various venues, such as the Aspen Music Festival, Neuen Synagoge (Berlin), Electronic Music Midwest, Buskirk-Chumley Theatre (Bloomington, Indiana), Electroacoustic Barn Dance, SoundCrawl, and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Mr. Li has received numerous composition awards, including the International Society of Bassists Composition Competition, the IU Jacobs School of Music Dean’s Prize, and the Migratory Journeys International Composition Competition. His commissioned projects include
Lake 1B11 and
Cursive for bassist James Sullivan, and
Compass 30º NE for
Ensemble Lunatik (Quebec City). He has also collaborated with a number of choreographers, dancers, directors, and filmmakers for multimedia productions.
Mr. Li holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. His principal teachers at IU were Claude Baker, David Dzubay, P.Q. Phan, and Jeffrey Hass (Electronic Music). Additional studies include work with Samuel Adler in Berlin and George Tsontakis at the Aspen Festival. His pre-college composition studies were with Frank Felice and Zurong Guo.
In addition to his musical activities, Mr. Li also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the Kelley School of Business at IU. He is currently a CPA candidate, working as a public auditor and financial consultant. An ASCAP composer, Mr. Li's music is published by Grundgestalt Edition. Please visit
www.binli.us for more information.
