We’ve been privileged to nurture dozens of incredible young artists worldwide through the Salastina Composer Collective over the years. If you’re curious to learn more about them, or even commission them, we invite you to browse alumni’s backgrounds and their work below.
Under each participant’s work, we’ve included their contact information, website, commissions, awards, and other notable performances that were a direct result of each piece.
2026 Composer Collective
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Christian Yom
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Mateja Nikolić
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Billy Waldman
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Sina Karachiani
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Jihwan Yoon
2025 Composer Collective
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Nicholas Edwards
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Yurui Rain Hou
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Daixuan Ai
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Sergey Nesterov
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Veronika Reutz Drobnic
2024 Composer Collective
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Mathis Saunier
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Shane Scott Cook
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Luca Pasquini
Commissioned by Salastina
2026 Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition Winner
ARTZenter Emerging Composer Completion Grant project (August 2025)
Voices of Change’s Maria Schleuning Young Composer Competition Winner
Westside Chamber Players 2026-2027 Call for Scores Winner
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Jackson A. Waters
2026 BMI Composer Awards Winner
ARTZenter Emerging Composer Completion Grant project (August 2025)
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Kirsten Strom
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Austin Ali
2026 National Orchestral Institute and Festival Commission
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Chloe Liuyan Liu
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Yuxuan Lin
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Benjamin Beckman
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Sydney Wang
2023 Composer Collective
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Celina Anna Kintscher
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Aaron Israel Levin
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Jonah Cohen
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Jazreel Low
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William Jae
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Riccardo Perugini
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Zygmund de Somogyi
Royal Philharmonic Society commission performed in Wigmore Hall (UK) and Harpa (Iceland)
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Mieke Johanna Doezma
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Isaac Stephan Silva Uria
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Nicholas Ma
2022 Composer Collective
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Aiyana Braun
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Madeline Barrett
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Chloe Elise Villamayor
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Oliviana Marie
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Toh Yan Ee
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Madeline Cheng
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Anna Hill
2021 Composer Collective
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Anna Kouchnerov
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Britni Louise
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Kian Ravaei
8 awards, multiple commissions, and over 40 performances (and counting); click here for a comprehensive list
Commissioned by Salastina
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Prateek Rajagopal
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Sophie Kuba
2019 Composer Collective
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Sakari Dixon Vanderveer
Commissioned by Salastina
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Emily Webster-Zuber
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Kaitlyn Webster-Zuber
