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 playedby 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 saxophone concerto to be premiered by the Boston University Concert Band in Fall 2022. 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 who will premiere her commissioned work in December 2022. In addition to composing, Lingbo performs frequently as a collaborative pianist and has been a Teaching Fellow for the Music Theory Departments at Juilliard and NEC.

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.