Jingyu CHEN 陈靖谕 is a London-based Chinese composer and a Britten Pears Young Artist 2026-27, and was selected for the Royal Philharmonic Society's Composers Programme 2027. Her music creates poetic sound worlds with delicate timbres, dreamlike imagery, and silk-like melodic lines.

Her work, Nebula, was awarded first prize in the highly regarded Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. Composer and judge Mark-Anthony Turnage said of the work ‘very beautifully scored… sentimental but not quite. There was something very touching, and actually quite moving […] last section is very special, the final bars are beautifully paced’.

She has collaborated with orchestra and ensembles including of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Riot Ensemble, The Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera, Fidelio Trio and the BBC Singers. She has also worked with conductors including Yoichi Sugiyama, David Alan Miller, and Jonathan Berman. Her music has been performed twice on NHK Japanese Radio broadcast in Japan and festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, American Music Festival, New Music Northwest Festival, Manchester Science Festival, and 8³ New Music & Science.

Jingyu has received numerous awards, including First Prize at the prestigious Toru Takemitsu Composition Award (2024), and the Homerton Composing Competition (2022). She studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal College of Music, and holds a PhD in Music (Composition) from the University of Cambridge.

Published Scores

Nebula
for Orchestra · 15′
Zen-On Music, 2026
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…As a Petal Blown by the Wind
for Violin and Piano · 5′
Zen-On Music, 2026
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Awards

2024 Nebula for Symphony Orchestra, award I Prize of the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award

2022 When Alice dreams for piano trio, Homerton Composing Competition 2022 Award, University of Cambridge

2021 Dust for Orchestra, award II Prize in Symphonic Composition group, The III International Competition of Composers “New Music Generation 2021”, Kazakh National University of Arts