Chen Shuhe Yue 陈纾禾

Chen Shuhe Yue (Yue Chen) is a composer, soprano, and interdisciplinary artist based in New York. Her practice brings together instrumental composition, theater, movement, electronics, and multimedia, creating works that explore the relationships between sound, body, image, and space. Her work often engages with themes of mental health, illness, identity, and marginalized experiences, while also exploring broader theatrical and philosophical questions through sound and performance.

Yue’s compositions have been performed in more than twenty countries by ensembles including JACK Quartet, Ensemble PHACE, Windscape, and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). Her work has been presented at festivals and institutions including the Conservatoire Américain de Fontainebleau (France), MultiPhonics Festival (Germany), Mixtur Festival (Spain), Aranya Theater Festival (China), Vienna Summer Music Festival (Austria), Festival d’Avignon (France), and IRCAM ManiFeste (France). Her work has received recognition including the Ravel Composition Prize and the Manhattan String Quartet Prize.

A classically trained soprano with a background in acting and stage performance, Yue has performed in operas including Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute, and La Bohème. Her experience in voice and performance continues to inform her compositional practice, particularly her interest in gesture, movement, physical presence, and the relationship between sound and the stage. Her artistic practice also encompasses theater training at Odin Home (Denmark) under the direction of Eugenio Barba and members of Odin Teatret.

Yue holds a Bachelor’s degree in Opera Acting from the Central Academy of Drama (China) and a Master’s degree in Composition from the Mannes School of Music (USA). She is currently a Doctoral Fellow in Composition at the Manhattan School of Music (USA). In 2026–27, she will participate in IRCAM’s Cursus Program on Composition and Computer Music (France).

In 2023, Yue co-founded Chaospace, a nonprofit artist organization based in New York, where she serves as artistic director and curates the DramaEtMusica Performance Series, which focuses on cross-disciplinary collaboration and the creation of new performance works.