Yichen Zhang is a saxophone lecturer in the Department of Music, UIC. In 2011, he obtained the bachelor's degree in classical saxophone performance in Sichuan Conservatory of Music and went to Germany to study. In 2017, he obtained a graduate degree from the Music College Franz Liszt Weimar, Germany. From 2015 to 2017, he taught at the Weimar Music School Allegro, Germany, with many private students of different ages. After teaching for two years, he decided to further education. After his first graduate school in 2017, he was admitted to the graduate school of the National University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, Germany. From 2017 to 2018, he continued to study education courses in Stuttgart to improve his own teaching system. During the seven years in Germany, he received guidance from several world-class jazz musicians, such as Kenny Garrett, Donny McCaslin, Jason Lindner, etc. A video of the performance of the jazz band saxophone and the Weimar HfM jazz band was published on the front page of the Jazz department of the Weimar Academy of Music.

In October 2024, he was invited to join the Asian Arts Association Singapore (Music).

My musical journey, as a saxophone player, began with a love of jazz and pop music. During my seven years in Germany, I not only learned the playing skills of saxophone, but also had a deeper understanding of the soul of music. Now, as a saxophone lecturer at UIC in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, I hope to pass on this enthusiasm to my students and my audience.

I firmly believe that music is not only the display of skills, but also the resonance of the soul. The process of learning and playing music must be based on love. Because if there is no listening and perception of music, how can you really play its charm?

In every performance, I try to make every note convey my emotion, so that the audience can feel the power of music. Music is a bridge connecting the soul, only by loving it, we can let more people feel its beauty.

Jazzmeile Jazzfestival Thuringia (2013)
Vilnius Jazz week, Lithuania(2013)
Stuttgart Jazz Open (2017)
Hangzhou Westlake Music Festival(2018)
Guangzhou Jazz Festival(2020)
First Chengdu Oak Nose Jazz Festival(2021)
CCTV 17 Spring Fest Gala (2021)