Yuval Medina

Yuval Medina is a composer and pianist based in New York City, working at the intersection of music with dance, film, and the concert stage. At the core of his work is a commitment to storytelling, immersive experience, and the inherently human power of music — its ability to bridge the widest divides and remind us we are in this together.

His most recent work, Meteors, premiered April 10, 2026 with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra — the prelude to an evening-length orchestral trilogy combining orchestral music with dance, film, and theatrical staging. Other recent projects include Together Again (2025), a sold-out evening-length multimedia production featuring original works for chamber ensemble, dance, and film, which he composed, produced, and directed; The Long Goodbye (2026), a fifteen-minute brass ensemble work commissioned by the Manhattan School of Music and conducted by R. John Sheppard of the American Ballet Theatre and American Symphony Orchestra; and his orchestral rescore of BBC's Frozen Planet II, viewed over 2.8 million times on YouTube. His music was featured by Vanity Fair during the 2025 Oscars, accompanying stars including Adrien Brody, Olivia Wilde, and Andrew Garfield, in collaboration with photographer Álvaro Colóm.

Yuval won first prize in the American Pops Orchestra's 2026 Ruth Wales du Pont Collegiate Composition Competition and was selected as a Composition Fellow for the 2026 Intimacy of Creativity festival in Hong Kong, led by Bright Sheng. He has also received awards from Tribeca New Music and the New York Youth Symphony.

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