Du Yun

Known for her “relentless originality and unflinching social conscience”​ (​ ​The New Yorker​),​ ​​​Du Yun​ works at the intersection of orchestral, opera, chamber music, theatre, cabaret, musical, oral tradition, public performances, electronics, visual arts, and noise. Her second opera, A​ ngel’s Bone ​(libretto by Royce Vavrek), won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize; in 2018 she was named a Guggenheim Fellow; and in 2019 she was nominated for a Grammy Award ​in the Best Classical Composition category.​ An avid performer and bandleader (Ok Miss), she has appeared in many assorted holes and halls, sites and museums. Her onstage persona has been described by the N​ ew York Times ​as “an indie pop diva with an avant-garde edge.”

Du Yun is currently Professor of Composition at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and distinguished visiting professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

As a curator, she was a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE); served as the Artistic Director of MATA Festival (2014-2018); conceived the Pan Asia Sounding Festival (National Sawdust); and founded a FutureTradition Initiative in China where she works with folk musicians from around the world in order to champion more cross-regional collaborations. In 2018, Du Yun was named one of 38 Great Immigrants by the Carnegie Foundation.