Ann Yi, Pianist

ANN UNJU YI
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Pianist Ann Yi is an active soloist and chamber musician with a broad range of musical interests, ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. A strong advocate of new music, Ann is dedicated to working with contemporary composers and bringing experimental and avant-garde music to broader audiences. She has worked closely with composers such as Sylvano Bussotti, Stefano Scodanibbio and Philippe Leroux and performed numerous solo and chamber works by composers including Brian Ferneyhough, Pierre Boulez, Gérard Grisey and Alessandro Solbiati.

Ann is a member of the Eco Ensemble, new music ensemble-in-residence at the U.C. Berkeley and the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) and has performed extensively with new music ensembles in the Bay Area including the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and the sfSoundGroup. Recent performances include appearances at Cal Performances in the West Coast premiere of Pierre Boulez's monumental Dérive 2 with the Eco Ensemble and the MANCA new music festival in Nice, France with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. She has also appeared at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and on New Music DePaul at DePaul University in Chicago, performing Sylvano Bussotti's piano duo, Tableaux Vivants Avant La passion Selon Sade with Christopher Jones.

Ann holds doctoral and master's degrees in piano performance from Indiana University and a bachelor's degree from San José State University. She studied principally with Evelyne Brancart, and also with Jean-Louis Haguenauer, Karen Shaw, Alfred Kanwischer and Jonathan Bass. Her performances have been recorded for the Innova and Tzadik labels. Ann currently resides in Chicago.