American composer and collaborative pianist Evan Fein was born in Cleveland, Ohio and currently resides in New York City, where he serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School, a role he has maintained since 2012. His music has been performed by organizations including Musica Sacra, Opéra de Poche, The Albany Symphony, The United Nations Chamber Music Ensemble, Marble City Opera, Five Boroughs Music Festival, Juventas New Music Ensemble, The New York Choreographic Institute, and Cleveland Public Theater. Fein was named winner of the American Prize for Composition in 2022, was awarded the 2014 Palmer Dixon Prize for Outstanding Composition, and is the recipient of honors from the ASCAP Foundation and the American Scandinavian Society. His work is featured on Laura Strickling’s GRAMMY® nominated album “40@40” and his debut album “Over/Under” created in collaboration with Australian cellist Luke Severn was released by Move Records in 2023. Fein serves as Trustee for Artistic Initiatives for the Oratorio Society of New York and is the author of Inner Hearing, a sight singing method book published by Theodore Presser Company in 2020. Evan Fein holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts and a Master of Music from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He additionally pursued auxiliary studies at the Freie Universität Berlin (FUBiS) and L’École Normale de Musique de Paris (EAMA).