Yifan Guo

The Chinese composer, conductor and multi-media artist Yifan Guo was born in Guangzhou in 1995. He studied in New York at the Mannes School of Music where he was offered a full scholarship for composition and orchestral conducting, and he is currently pursuing a master's degree at the New England Conservatory of Music. His composition mentors include Dr. Huang Ruo, Stratis Minakakis, Kaija Saariaho, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Tristan Murail, François Paris, Allain Gaussin, and Chaya Czernowin; conducting mentors include Daye Lin and David Hayes. Mr. Guo has performed and collaborated with JACK Quartet, Arditti Quartet, Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble l'Itinéraire, PinkNoise Ensemble, Alinéa Ensemble, Ensemble Paramaribo, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, International Chamber Orchestra of America, Mannes Chorus, soprano Tony Arnold, violin virtuoso Alexandra Greffin-Klein and many others. Mr. Guo has given lectures in composition at South China Normal University, the Middle School Affiliated to Xinghai Conservatory and Guangzhou DaoHe Institute.