Ryan Suleiman was born in California to Lebanese and Mid-Western parents. His music engages with dreaming, the natural world, and the understated beauty of everyday life. His one-act chamber opera, Moon, Bride, Dogs, was described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a gem” with “an aesthetic that is at once so strange and so accessible.” While his artistic interests vary, he seeks ways of conveying the simultaneity of beauty and dread that characterizes our times. To this end, he is currently working on a portrait concert in collaboration with The Fourth Wall Ensemble called Symbiosis, which embraces the connection between theatricality and classical music. This project, which also includes a new work, will be premiered at Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Spring 2025.

 

Other recent projects include a set of piano etudes in collaboration with pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu and artist Peter London, an art song for soprano Rose Hegele, and an opera called The School for Girls Who Lost Everything in the Fire, with writer Cristina Fríes (in progress), which was developed with the support of West Edge Opera. He has been featured by numerous ensembles and festivals, including Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, the Sacramento State Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Mise-en, Juventas, June in Buffalo, and the Summer Institute of Contemporary Performance Practice (New England Conservatory). His piano cycle, Under Moonlight, was recorded by Jai Jeffryes in his solo album, Amethyst, distributed by Naxos. 

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Ryan completed his Ph.D. at University of California, Davis, where he wrote his dissertation on Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto through the lens of dreams and performance. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music and has held teaching positions at the Sacramento State School of Music and UC Davis. He currently resides in Boston with his partner and three furry animals. More information available at www.ryansuleiman.com.