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






List of Compositions
