Ryan Suleiman was born to Lebanese and Mid-Western parents in Sacramento, California. His music engages with dream logic, 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 recently co-produced a portrait concert in collaboration with The Fourth Wall Ensemble called Symbiosis, which embraced the connection between theatricality and classical music, premiered at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Recent and current projects include a new work for the Lowell Chamber Orchestra, a song cycle for soprano Dana Varga on the poems by the Syrian-French writer Maram al-Masri, a set of etudes in collaboration with pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu & artist Peter London, 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. Ryan completed his Ph.D. at University of California, Davis and his Bachelor of Music at the Sacramento State School of Music. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music and has held teaching positions at the Sacramento State and UC Davis. Ryan currently resides in Boston with his partner and three furry animals, where he teaches composition privately and hosts a podcast called “Reflections on Music and Nature.” More available at www.ryansuleiman.com.