Lingyuan Yang is a composer, performer, and visual artist working across contemporary classical music, improvisation, electroacoustic music, and audiovisual practices.
He holds a BFA from The New School, where he studied with Eric Wubbels, Nathan Davis, Anna Webber, and Ingrid Laubrock. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Composition at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, where he studies with Yannis Kyriakides.
His interest is grounded in electroacoustic composition and improvisation, with electronics functioning not only as sound sources but as structural and live-performance instruments. Improvisation plays an important role in his practice, operating as a compositional strategy that allows form to emerge through real-time decision-making and interaction with complex systems.
He released the album Cursed Month in 2025; the album was selected as one of the 20 Best Jazz Albums by PopMatters. His works have been performed by JACK Quartet and the Mannes American Composers Ensemble. As a performer, he has presented free improvisation, jazz guitar, live electronics, and audiovisual works in New York, the Netherlands, and China.
