Susie Ibarra is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Filipina-American composer, percussionist, and sound artist, living in Berlin. A Yamaha, Zildjian, and Vic Firth artist, she founded Susie Ibarra Studio and co-founded Habitat Sounds Label and Publishing. Her work supports Indigenous and traditional music cultures and advocates for glaciers, freshwater, and water in desert climates. Recent honors include the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Music for “Sky Islands,” the 2025 Creative Capital Artist Award, the 2024-2025 DAAD Music and Sound Fellowship, and the 2024 American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Fellowship.

Photo by Tony Cenicola.