John Bruce Yeh (born 1957) is the Assistant Principal clarinetist and Eb clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The first Asian member of the CSO, and the longest serving clarinetist in the history of the orchestra, Yeh joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1977, having been appointed solo Bass Clarinet of the Orchestra at the age of nineteen by Sir Georg Solti. Two years later, he was named Assistant Principal and Solo E-flat Clarinet. He served as Acting Principal Clarinet of the CSO from 2008-2011. He has performed as Guest Principal Clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic in Korea.
Yeh has performed concertos with the CSO on several occasions, including the 1998 American premiere of Elliott Carter's Clarinet Concerto with Pierre Boulez conducting, and the 1993 performance of Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto with Neeme Järvi. A concert recording of the Nielsen was released on the CSO CD set Soloists of the Orchestra II: From the Archives, vol. 15. In 2004, Yeh was featured in Leonard Bernstein´s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs in collaboration with the Hubbard Street Dance Company and the CSO conducted by David Robertson. An enthusiastic champion of new music, John Bruce Yeh is the dedicatee of new works for clarinet by numerous composers ranging from Ralph Shapey to John Williams.