Cellist and conductor Chu Yi-Bing is a member of the Chinese Musicians' Association Councils. In 1986, he won the prize at the Concours International d'Exécution Musicale in Geneva, becoming the first Chinese cellist to win a major prize at an international music competition.
As a child, Chu was taught piano and cello by his father, the cello professor Chu Yong-Ning. At the age of thirteen, Chu released his first solo record. At the age of seventeen, he was accepted into the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, where he studied with Maurice Gendron. In 1987, Chu Yi-Bing graduated with distinction and the Premier Prix, making him the first Chinese musician to receive this prestigious award from one of the top music conservatories in Europe. After that, he worked as the principal cellist with the Basel Symphony Orchestra for 15 years, as well as the guest principal cellist with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich. In addition, he studied conducting at the Music Academy in Basel and worked with symphony orchestras in Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Zurich, and Prague in the following years.