Chen Yibai is emerging as one of the most promising cellists of his generation. Born in Shanghai in 2001, he moved to Berlin in 2017 under the tutelage of Professor Danjulo Ishizaka at the Berlin University of the Arts. He currently studies with Ishizaka at the Basel Academy of Music. Chen holds three international awards: Third Prize at the 11th Lutoslawski International Cello Competition in Warsaw, Second Prize at the 60th Enescu International Cello Competition in Bucharest and Fifth Prize of the 16th Tchaikovsky International Cello Competition in St. Petersburg. In 2020, Chen was invited to the post of “Young Artist in Residence” at the Affiliated Middle School of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.