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.


2026 Composer Collective

Billy Waldman (2026)

Mateja Nikolić (2026)

Sina Karachiani (2026)

Jihwan Yoon (2026)

Christian Yom (2026)

 
 

Composer Collective Alumni

Check out our alumni and the incredible works they composed during their time in the Salastina Composer Collective below. Under each participant’s work, we’ve included commissions, awards, and other notable performances that were a direct result of each piece.

Contact our alumni and learn more about them by clicking the links on their names.

*notes composers commissioned by Salastina following their time in our program.

Chloe Liuyan Liu (2024)

in a past life
- 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

Austin Ali (2024)

Groove, Meditation, and Fugue
- 2026 National Orchestral Institute and Festival Commission

Shibboleth
-2026 BMI Composer Awards Winner
-ARTZenter Emerging Composer Completion Grant project (August 2025)

A LIGHTHOUSE FEVER DREAM
- Royal Philharmonic Society commission performed in Wigmore Hall (UK) and Harpa (Iceland)

softly speaks the wind
- 2024 Hear Now Music Festival

Kian Ravaei* (2021)

Family Photos
- resulted in 8 awards, multiple commissions, and nearly over 40 performances (and counting); click here for a comprehensive list