Alison Yun-Fei Jiang Music

Upcoming world premieres (2026):

MAR 3, 2026 (TUE) 7:00 PM

Sutra II (2025) for solo piano, response piece to Harry Somers’ Piano Sonata No. 2. Commissioned and premiered by Adam Sherkin, Piano Lunaire as part of the Piano Lunaire Worm Moon concert. NanoStage (1001 Bloor Street West), Toronto, Canada

feb 28, 2026 (sat) 7:30 pm

蜀道難 Shu Dao Nan (The Way to Shu is Treacherous)（2025）for narrator and orchestra. Year of the Horse: A Lunar New Year Celebration. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, featuring narrator Dashan, conducted by Carolyn Kuan. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada

Jan 24, 2026 (sat) 10:00 PM

山水 Shan Shui (2025) for piano and chamber orchestra. 21C Afterhours: GGS New Music Ensemble. The Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble, directed and conducted by Brian Current. Temerty Theatre, the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada

Based in Toronto, Canadian composer, teacher and musician Alison Yun-Fei Jiang (PhD) explores the intersections of cultures, genres, and identities through composing, teaching, and playing music. Through “musicking,” she connects and communicates with audiences, performers, and students of diverse backgrounds.

As a composer, Alison draws inspirations and influences from life experiences as well as an array of sources such as Asian aesthetics and philosophies, natural landscapes, art, literature, film and popular music, creating musical narratives and experiences in a lyrical, dynamic, and storytelling nature. She has served as the RBC Affiliate Composer with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2022-24) and was a Carrefour Composer-in-Residence with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (2020-22). She has collaborated with ensembles, performers, and artists such as Esprit Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, JACK Quartet, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Imani Winds, Molinari Quartet, pianist Daniel Pesca, carillonist Joey Brink, visual artist T.M. Glass, among others. Her music has been performed in Canada, the US, and Europe, featured on CBC Radio, the Royal Conservatory of Music 21C Festival, as well as the University of Toronto New Music Festival. Awards and recognitions come from the SOCAN Foundation, the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers, ASCAP, the American Prize, and International Alliance for Women in Music.

Alison also runs a private teaching studio where she teaches piano, theory, composition, and musicianship to students ranging from children to adults from diverse backgrounds. Past teaching experiences include lectureships at the University of Chicago and guest lectures at Manhattan School of Music, University of Ottawa, McGill University, Carleton University, and University of Regina. She has served as a mentor composer for the TSO, NACO, Continuum, and the Roy Thomson Hall Youth Musicians Commission (YMC), and has given masterclasses for the Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC).

Alison holds degrees in music from the University of Chicago (Ph.D.), New York University (M.M.), and Manhattan School of Music (B.M.). Her work has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SOCAN Foundation, the RBC Foundation, the Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation, New Music USA, and the Johan Franco Composition Fund. Alison gratefully acknowledges the support of the Chalmers Family Fund administered by the Ontario Arts Council.

When not “musicking,” Alison enjoys Asian pop, long walks, reading, and grocery shopping in Asian supermarkets.