XY Mike Zhou (b.1994)

XY Mike Zhou is a NY-based composer who incorporates jazz and pop genres in his concert music. He graduated from the New England Conservatory in Boston with additional studies at Manhattan School of Music (Precollege) in NY. He studied composition with Michael Gandolfi, David Serkin Ludwig, John Mallia, and Dan Bar-Hava; saxophone with Kenneth Radnofsky and Paul Cohen; and Jazz with Brian Levy.

Zhou’s music has been performed in Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent events include commissions from the soundSCAPE festival, Hypercube Ensemble, Four Corners Ensemble/Collaborative Piano Institute; awards and honors from the Luna Nova Composition Contest and International Eduardas Balsys Young Composers Competition with additional participants at the Tutti 2020 festival, N.E.O. Sounds, and Ball State University New Music Festival.

Music published by XY Zhou Music (ASCAP)