Praised for “rhythmically-pulsing and mysteriously, majestically-gliding writing” (Gramophone Magazine), composer Alistair Coleman is building a rapidly expanding career through collaborations with today’s leading musicians and institutions. As Composer in Residence of Young Concert Artists, his music has premiered at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and on tours in Europe and Asia. Dedicated to interdisciplinary exploration, his string quartet Moonshot was developed in collaboration with Glenstone Museum and the Smithsonian.

The 2025–26 season features commissions for Opera Philadelphia, cellist Zlatomir Fung at the Park Avenue Armory, pianist George Li with the Kansas City Symphony, Juilliard’s Pride Songbook, and the Clarion Choir & Orchestra. His music also appears on the Viano Quartet’s debut album Voyager, released on Platoon.

Recent highlights include performances by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, and National Philharmonic; a work for Philharmonische Gesellschaft Bremen’s bicentennial; and residencies with Chamber Music Northwest. He has received three ASCAP Morton Gould Awards, as well as prizes from Juilliard, the American Composers Forum, and NPR.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, Coleman began PhD studies at Princeton University in fall 2025 and holds the Roger Sessions Fellowship.

Alistair Coleman is underwritten by the Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman Venture Fund for New Opera.