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I am a full-time cat lover,
and I compose sometimes.

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Bailey Merlin interviewing Yangfan Xu ​​
ABOUT ME
I am a full-time cat lover, and I compose sometimes.

Yangfan Xu (b. 1998) holds a deep passion and love for cats. Whenever she hears a string player glissando in the upper registers, she can’t help but think of a cat's meow. In addition to her feline obsession, Xu is a Chinese-born US-based composer who comes from a musical family in Lanzhou, Gansu province, with a spoiled cat who eats better than everyone else.

Xu is a distinguished composer recognized for her innovative works and multiple prestigious awards. She is the winner of the 2023 Boston New Music Initiative Commission Competition, the 2021 Society for New Music's Israel/Pellman Award, and the 1st Prize of the 2020 Hausmann Quartet Quarantine Composition Competition.

 

In 2021, she won the New Juilliard Ensemble Composition Competition, and her commissioned work "Fantastic Creatures of the Mountains and Seas" premiered at Lincoln Center with the New Juilliard Ensemble in 2022. Xu has been a Grammy voting member since 2024.

Yangfan Xu  - Piano Quartet "Oh Appalachia" (2024)
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Kroma Quartet plays Yangfan Xu "Luo Jiang Yuan   A Bit Blue"
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Yangfan Xu  - Touching the Sun (Choreography by Aaron Choate
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Yangfan Xu - "Turn Me Into Ocean" (Saxophone: Juchen Wang, Piano: Ziang Yin)
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Yangfan Xu - Uplifting Melodies of the Summer Wind (2023)
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Yangfan Xu  - Jungle Sway (Jordan Hall Concert)
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Arctic Surf Clam Rhapsody, Yangfan Xu
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Yangfan Xu - Soberless Dance (in the Mountains) for Solo Guitar, performed by Ziggy Johnston
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List of Compositions
Orchestral Music
  • Interstellar Zoo (2025) - orchestra  | ca. 7’

  • Orbital Oasis (2024) - orchestra | ca. 15’

3.3.3.3.,3.3.3.3., 4.3.3.1., 1 piano, 1 electric piano, 1 harp, 1 timp, 3 perc, strings

  • Bya (2021) - for orchestra | ca. 8’ 

3.3.3.3.,3.3.3.3., 4.3.3.1., 1 piano, 1 harp, 1 timp, 3 perc, strings

Premiered by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in 2023

  • Liang Si (2019-2020) - for string orchestra and percussion | ca. 11'

(No public performance) string orchestra and 3 perc​

  • Shen Hua (2018-2019) - for orchestra  | ca. 15’ 

(No public performance) 3.3.3.3.,3.3.3.3., 4.3.3.1., 1 piano, 1 harp, 1 timp, 3 perc, strings

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Events
Experience the magic of music live:

Upcoming concerts, performances, and unforgettable moments with the talent of Yangfan Xu.

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