ABOUT

Christian Yom (b. 2005) is a Korean-American composer whose cross-cultural narratives emerge from a personal engagement with the classical tradition. Equally shaped by his reverence for traditional Korean folk music and the Western canon, his work weaves the intersection of expressive immediacy, incisive craft, and cultural idioms.

Fusing wide-ranging influences into emotionally charged musical architectures, Christian’s music has received a Morton Gould Young Composer Award, YoungArts Finalist in Classical Music, Harvard University’s Hugh F. MacColl Bequest, Prize, and Bohemian’s Club Award in Musical Excellence, as well as recognition from EarShot and American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received fellowships from Yellow Barn, Salastina Composer Collective, Lake George Music Festival, the University of Southern California, and commissions from and collaborated with Time for Three, the Orlando Philharmonic, the American Guild of Organists, Harvard’s Bach Society Orchestra and Chorus New Music Initiative, as well as YoungArts alumnus Zachary Costello. He calls composers John Corigliano, Kati Agócs Justin Dello Joio and Paul Frucht mentors.

Christian is currently pursuing a dual degree, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics at Harvard University alongside a Master of Music  in Composition at the New England Conservatory. He is deeply interested in engaging non-musical disciplines as part of his artistic development, seeking a broader, more worldly perspective to inform his art.

Outside of music, you can find him trying all sorts of new foods, perched at a coffee shop, or outdoors, exploring all the beautiful sights nature has to offer.