Qiren Lu

Qiren Lu is a composer and pianist from Nanning, China. His music has been performed by the MSM orchestra, sTem ensemble, Talis chamber ensemble, and also has been championed internationally by famous composers such as Nils Vigeland, Miguel del Agulia, Akira Nishimura and Xiaoyong Chen, among others. His music has received commissions from music festivals such as Atlantic music festival, TALIS music festival and Fresh inc. music festival.

Since moving from Nanning to New York, Lu has studied western contemporary composition. He has been working on a set of miniatures for piano and chamber ensembles, which explores a variety of different compositional approaches, ranging from ostinato to un-pitched sound. In the meantime he has made his own mark as an independent and dynamic voice in music. Since 2021, Qiren Lu has been pursuing his doctoral degree at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. During his time at UCLA he has studied with famous American composers like two-time Grammy-Award winning composer Richard Danielpour, BMI Award winner Ian Krouse, and Peter Golub, member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and BMI Classic Contribution Award winner.

Qiren Lu also has extensive experience teaching composition and music theory in addition to classic piano. He has previously taught at Kimmy Piano Inc. in New York, and helped several private students in China get into top music conservatories around the world.