Du Yun was born and raised in Shanghai, China and is now based in New York. She is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performance artist working at the intersection of orchestral, opera, chamber music, theatre, cabaret, pop music, oral tradition, visual arts, electronics, and noise.  She is a member of the composition faculty at SUNY-Purchase. She was a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and currently serves as the Artistic Director of MATA, a pioneering organization dedicated to commissioning and presenting young composers from around the world.