EUNSEON YU

EUNSEON YU, originally from South Korea, is an active composer in the United States and South Korea who has written music in a diverse range of styles and mediums. Above all, many of her pieces represent her special interest in writing music that blends different styles or cultures encompassing jazz, Asian, Latin, and European concert music.

Her music has been performed across North America, Europe, and Asia by many professional ensembles and performers including yMusic, The Oregon Wind Quintet, Korean traditional instrumentalists of Sinakhoe, Eppes Quartet, etc. and has been featured at numerous events in diverse venues such as the Oregon Bach Festival, International Composers Workshop in Cyprus, 2021 Changwon Contemporary Music Festival, FSU Biennial Festivals of New Music, The Piano Lunaire’s Composers’ Symposium, Mise-en_Place Acoustic + Series, NASA regional conferences, and many others. In May 2020, her "Mosaicism" for Piano Quintet, commissioned by the Ella Ensemble, was to be performed at Carnegie Hall but unfortunately was canceled due to the Covid-19. She is the recipient of PatsyLu Prize from 2022 IAWM Search for New Music Competition and a winner of numerous Call for Scores, the hosts of which include 2022 CAMPGround, NYsoundCircuit, GRIT Collaborative & OME, etc. Recently, she was selected as an Artist of the 2022 Arts Council Korea Creative Academy. 

She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her Master’s and Doctoral degree at the Florida State University.