Yuanlin Chen, digital sampler

Internationally renowned: educator, composer, electronic music performer and performer

Founded: computer and electronic music studio at Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music, the first studio of its kind in China

Original composition: Primary Voice for traditional Chinese instruments and electronic music, received its premiere at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Archaic Spirits in Millennial Sounds (San Francisco)

Performance credits: electronic music for Tan Dun's Peony Pavilion, 2000 Today: A World Symphony for the Millennium, Water Passion after St. Matthew, as well as the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Education: Master of Music degree from the Central Conservatory of Music (China) and a doctorate in music from the State University of New York, Stony Brook