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Der mehrfach ausgezeichnete Komponist Yu-Peng Chen veröffentlicht sein erstes Klassikalbum bei Deutsche Grammophon

The Poem of Life das neue Album bei Deutsche Grammophon
Das Album erscheint am 25.&nbsp;September 2026
H&ouml;ren Sie&nbsp;<a href="https://dg.lnk.to/thepoemoflife">hier</a>&nbsp;Waltz of the Fireflies&nbsp;und&nbsp;Overture: The Flavors of Life
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Berlin, 03. Juli 2026&nbsp;-&nbsp;Deutsche Grammophon&nbsp;ver&ouml;ffentlicht&nbsp;The Poem of Life, das neue Album des Komponisten, Pianisten und Produzenten&nbsp;Yu-Peng Chen. Internationale Bekanntheit erlangte Chen vor allem durch seine Musik f&uuml;r das weltweit erfolgreiche Videospiel&nbsp;Genshin Impact.&nbsp;The Poem of Life&nbsp;kommt am&nbsp;25. September&nbsp;digital, auf CD und auf LP heraus.
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Mit diesem Album widmet sich Chen einem pers&ouml;nlicheren k&uuml;nstlerischen Projekt:&nbsp;The Poem of Life&nbsp;ist eine&nbsp;12-s&auml;tzige sinfonische Suite f&uuml;r Klavier und Orchester, die verschiedene Lebensphasen musikalisch nachzeichnet und dabei Reflexion, Ausdruck und erz&auml;hlerische Gestaltung in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Das Werk markiert eine neue Richtung in Chens Schaffen. Es vereint Chens Erfahrung als Komponist f&uuml;r Videospiele mit einer pers&ouml;nlichen, auf den Konzertsaal ausgerichteten Tonsprache.
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Die Aufnahme entstand gemeinsam mit dem&nbsp;Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra&nbsp;unter der Leitung von&nbsp;Zhang Liang. Das Album verbindet die Tradition der westlichen Sinfonik mit dem jahrhundertealten chinesischen Musikerbes, indem Chen traditionelle Instrumente wie&nbsp;Guzheng, Erhu, Pipa und Sheng&nbsp;einsetzt sowie die Stimmen der renommierten chinesischen Operns&auml;nger&nbsp;Yi Li&nbsp;und&nbsp;Zhengzhong Zhou&nbsp;erklingen. Yu-Peng Chen selbst ist auf der Aufnahme als Solist am Fl&uuml;gel zu h&ouml;ren und musiziert in ausgew&auml;hlten Werken f&uuml;r zwei Klaviere gemeinsam mit&nbsp;Yixuan Wei. Als Gastsolisten sind au&szlig;erdem der renommierte Geiger&nbsp;Daniel Hope, der virtuose Mandolinist&nbsp;Avi Avital&nbsp;und Cellist&nbsp;Philipp Schupelius&nbsp;zu h&ouml;ren.
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The Poem of Life&nbsp;versteht sich als tiefgr&uuml;ndige Auseinandersetzung mit der universellen Erfahrung des Menschseins. Die Suite zeichnet einen emotionalen und spirituellen Bogen &ndash; von der Geburt &uuml;ber die Kindheit und das Erwachsenenalter bis hin zum Abschied vom Leben. Mit lyrischen Melodien und farbenreichen Orchesterkl&auml;ngen l&auml;dt Chen die H&ouml;rer:innen dazu ein, &uuml;ber ihre eigenen Erinnerungen und Lebenserfahrungen nachzudenken. Wie der Komponist erkl&auml;rt, soll das Album als &bdquo;Gef&auml;&szlig;&ldquo; f&uuml;r die Emotionen dienen, die die menschliche Erfahrung pr&auml;gen.
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Mit&nbsp;The Poem of Life&nbsp;pr&auml;sentiert Yu-Peng Chen ein pers&ouml;nliches Werk, das sein Talent f&uuml;r musikalisches Storytelling zeigt. Das Album schl&auml;gt Br&uuml;cken zwischen unterschiedlichen musikalischen Traditionen, Genres und Publikumskreisen und l&auml;dt die H&ouml;rer:innen auf eine gemeinsame Reise ein, gepr&auml;gt von der verbindenden Kraft von Musik.
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&Uuml;ber Yu-Peng Chen
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Yu-Peng Chen ist ein international gefeierter Komponist, Pianist und Produzent. Seine Musik zeichnet sich durch eing&auml;ngige Melodien sowie die Verbindung westlicher Orchestermusik mit asiatischen Musikeinfl&uuml;ssen aus. Weltweite Bekanntheit erlangte er durch seine Kompositionen f&uuml;r&nbsp;Genshin Impact, die Milliarden von Streams verzeichneten.
Der Absolvent des&nbsp;Shanghai Conservatory of Music&nbsp;komponierte au&szlig;erdem f&uuml;r Film, Fernsehen und Videospiele, erhielt zahlreiche Auszeichnungen und arbeitete mit renommierten Orchestern wie dem&nbsp;London Philharmonic Orchestra&nbsp;und dem&nbsp;Shanghai Symphony Orchestra&nbsp;zusammen. Im Jahr&nbsp;2025&nbsp;schrieb er Geschichte als&nbsp;erster chinesischer Komponist mit einem Exklusivvertrag bei Deutsche Grammophon. Seither widmet er sich verst&auml;rkt gro&szlig; angelegten Orchesterwerken, darunter dem Album&nbsp;FANTASYLAND sowie weiteren kommenden Projekten.

Multi-Award-Winning Composer, Pianist and Producer Yu-Peng Chen releases “FANTASYLAND”

Revered by millions of gaming fans as &ldquo;Archon&rdquo; (&ldquo;master&rdquo;), and with over 1.5 billion audio streams to his name, Yu-Peng Chen becomes the first ever Chinese composer to join DG
His seminal album Fantasyland will be reissued in a special DG deluxe edition, set for global release on 7 November 2025
Chinese Composer Yu-Peng Chen releases an extended edition of his album Fantasyland&rdquo; via the classical record label Deutsche Grammophon. Classically trained, he becomes the first Chinese composer to sign an exclusive agreement with DG. Chen is known for the richly melodic and stylistically multifaceted music he has written for a number of film and game soundtracks, and earned global fame as the musical mastermind behind the open-world role-playing game Genshin Impact. His compositional versatility has been recognised with accolades including, among others, his win in the Outstanding Artist &ndash; Newcomer/Breakthrough category at the 2020 Annual Game Music Awards and his nomination for the SABAM Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer at the 2019 World Soundtrack Awards.
The extended edition of his album Fantasyland, recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Robert Ziegler will be released on 7th of November 2025. In addition to the original 11 tracks from Fantasyland, the special edition features four newly composed and arranged pieces by Yu-Peng Chen. The new track which is online now Fantasyland&rsquo;s Invitation, from Yu-Peng Chen&rsquo;s original song Traveller, is presented as a solo piano arrangement, personally performed and recorded by the composer himself. The new deluxe edition includes four bonus tracks and a booklet with notes by the composer.
Yu-Peng Chen was born in China&rsquo;s Hunan province in 1984. His key influences include Joe Hisaishi, John Williams and Rachmaninoff. Trained at the Shenzhen Arts School and Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he studied composition and later graduated in Music Design and Production, Chen developed a very personal style which combines traditional instruments and a wide range of musical elements from eastern cultures with western harmonies and orchestral writing.
After his studies, Chen established a successful career writing soundtracks for TV, film and video games. He became globally famous for the music he composed and produced for Genshin Impact at HOYO-MiX, the in-house studio of game developer miHoYo. Genshin Impact albums and concerts have proved hugely popular, with one live concert recording being streamed six million times within three days of its release.
Chen&rsquo;s 2024 album Fantasyland represents a turning point in his career. He wrote it after leaving HOYO-MiX, to mark his 40th birthday and &ldquo;to summarise and review my creative journey... as well as to bid farewell to the past and welcome the upcoming new chapter of my life&rdquo;.
The album takes the form of a symphonic suite, whose colourful soundworld features virtuosic roles for piano (played by Chen) as well as for a variety of instruments from around the globe, including accordions, Indian bansuri and sitar, Japanese koto and shakuhachi, and an array of Chinese instruments &ndash; erhu, pipa and dizi, among others &ndash; all of which are played by outstanding performers.

Multi-Award-Winning Composer, Pianist and Producer Yu-Peng Chen Signs with Deutsche Grammophon

Revered by millions of gaming fans as &ldquo;Archon&rdquo; (&ldquo;master&rdquo;), and with over 1.5 billion audio streams to his name, Yu-Peng Chen becomes the first ever Chinese composer to join DG
His seminal album Fantasyland will be reissued in a special DG deluxe edition, set for global release on 7 November 2025
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Berlin, 18&nbsp;July 2025. Deutsche Grammophon announces that the multi-award-winning composer, crossover pianist and producer Yu-Peng Chen has signed to the Yellow Label. Classically trained, he becomes the first Chinese composer to sign an exclusive agreement with DG. Chen is known for the richly melodic and stylistically multifaceted music he has written for a number of film and game soundtracks, and earned global fame as the musical mastermind behind the open-world role-playing game Genshin Impact. His compositional versatility has been recognised with accolades including, among others, his win in the Outstanding Artist &ndash; Newcomer/Breakthrough category at the 2020 Annual Game Music Awards and his nomination for the SABAM Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer at the 2019 World Soundtrack Awards.
Yu-Peng will launch his DG career on 7 November 2025 with the release of an extended edition of his album Fantasyland, recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Robert Ziegler and issued digitally only in July 2024. DG&rsquo;s future plans include an album featuring a brand-new orchestral work, scheduled for 2026, as well as recordings of solo piano pieces.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m honoured to have signed with Deutsche Grammophon,&rdquo; says Yu-Peng Chen. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s very exciting to have the team&rsquo;s support as I take the next step in my classical music journey. I can&rsquo;t wait to share my visions with new audiences around the world as well as with the many listeners who have supported me so loyally over the years. For me, there are no boundaries in music, and I want to keep exploring and experimenting, bringing together western orchestral sounds with instrumental colours from the Chinese tradition and beyond.&rdquo;
&ldquo;The Yellow Label has significantly increased its visibility in the Chinese market over the last few years, and has fostered Chinese talent, with the label&rsquo;s anniversary gala at the Forbidden City in 2019 and, most recently, the announcement of DG China &ndash; a joint initiative with Universal Music China,&rdquo; notes Dr&nbsp;Clemens&nbsp;Trautmann, President Deutsche Grammophon and New Business Strategy Global Classics. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re proud that Yu-Peng Chen is the first Chinese composer to work exclusively with DG, and look forward to a fruitful relationship in the years ahead.&rdquo;
&ldquo;I first heard Yu-Peng Chen&rsquo;s music at a gaming event,&rdquo; says Kleopatra Sofroniou, DG General Manager Classics. &ldquo;I thought its beautiful melodies, imaginative instrumentation and skilful blending of western and world music traditions were simply magical.&rdquo;
Yu-Peng Chen was born in China&rsquo;s Hunan province in 1984. His key influences include Joe Hisaishi, John Williams and Rachmaninoff. Trained at the Shenzhen Arts School and Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he studied composition and later graduated in Music Design and Production, Chen developed a very personal style which combines traditional instruments and a wide range of musical elements from eastern cultures with western harmonies and orchestral writing.
After his studies, Chen established a successful career writing soundtracks for TV, film and video games. He became globally famous for the music he composed and produced for Genshin Impact at HOYO-MiX, the in-house studio of game developer miHoYo. Genshin Impact albums and concerts have proved hugely popular, with one live concert recording being streamed six million times within three days of its release.
Chen&rsquo;s 2024 album Fantasyland represents a turning point in his career. He wrote it after leaving HOYO-MiX, to mark his 40th birthday and &ldquo;to summarise and review my creative journey... as well as to bid farewell to the past and welcome the upcoming new chapter of my life&rdquo;.
The album takes the form of a symphonic suite, whose colourful soundworld features virtuosic roles for piano (played by Chen) as well as for a variety of instruments from around the globe, including accordions, Indian bansuri and sitar, Japanese koto and shakuhachi, and an array of Chinese instruments &ndash; erhu, pipa and dizi, among others &ndash; all of which are played by outstanding performers. DG&rsquo;s forthcoming deluxe edition includes four bonus tracks and a booklet with notes by the composer.

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THE POEM OF LIFE Yu-Peng Chen

The Poem of Life

On his new album The Poem of Life, composer, pianist, and producer Yu-Peng Chen invites listeners to reflect on memory, emotion and the shared human experience. The project stands as a powerful cultural statement, blending Western orchestral tradition with the expressive depth of Chinese musical heritage.
Known to a wide international audience for his globally successful game soundtrack Genshin Impact, Chen has reached listeners around the world, with his works accumulating more than two billion streams. With The Poem of Life, the composer turns to a deeply personal project: a symphonic suite for piano and orchestra in twelve movements that explores the different stages of life through reflection, expression, and storytelling. Marking a new direction in his artistic output, the album brings together his experience as a game composer with a more intimate, concert-focused musical language.&nbsp;
The full album is available digitally, on CD and vinyl.&nbsp;Order the CD and vinyl editions in the <a href="https://store.deutschegrammophon.com/de-de/collections/yu-peng-chen">DG Store</a>.

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