Lingbo Ma

LINGBO MA is a Chinese-born, US-based composer and pianist whose work has been performed in the USA, China, and Europe. She strives for unique ways of reaching the ultimate simplicity and clarity while unfolding diverse narratives in her music. Her recent projects include a music film “What’s next?” (Composed, directed, and shot by the composer herself and played by the Attacca Quartet); song cycle Cantos of a Narcissistic Roommate (text by Hannah McDermott), performed in Juilliard Liederabend in April 2021; one act opera MARThA (libretto by John de los Santos), premiered by Lowbrow Opera Collective in Seattle in March 2022, and a piece to be premiered by the Boston University Concert Band in Fall 2023. She has been commissioned by the Dutch National Opera in their projects FAUST [WORKING TITLE] in September 2020 and I have missed you forever in March 2022. She is currently a Blueprint Fellow at National Sawdust where her commissioned work The Pile was premiered in December 2022. She is also a Collage Fellow at Collage New Music for their 2022-23 season. In addition to composing, Lingbo performs frequently as a collaborative pianist. 

Lingbo obtained her Master of Music from the Juilliard School, and now pursues a doctorate at New England Conservatory. Her composition mentors are Kati Agócs, Robert Beaser, and Michael Gandolfi.