ARTIST STATEMENT
“My passions are the art of orchestration and study of aesthetics and form in traditional and contemporary languages. I believe melody is an integral part of the musical language and this is a core component of the music I compose.”
Emilia Tamburri is an American Composer and Educator.
A graduate of The Juilliard School (MM) and New England Conservatory (BM), Emilia’s award-winning music has been recorded, commissioned, and performed worldwide, including at Lincoln Center, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, Montclair State University, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, and Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany. Her work has been programmed by The Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, One World Symphony, and Grace Church Choir and she has collaborated with The New York Choral Consortium to demystify the process of working with living composers. Emilia received awards from The American Prize in the orchestral (2023) and chamber (2025) devisions, Sound Espressivo, ASCAP, and two awards from New England Conservatory. She was accepted as a composition fellow at Arts Letters and Numbers, Bowdoin International Music Festival, FUBIS, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and was supported by the Irene Diamond Fellowship to attend The Juilliard School. Her primary teachers include Samuel Adler, Robert Beaser, Lee Hyla, and Robert Aldridge.
Emilia is a passionate educator with a focus on composition, music theory, and orchestration. She has a private teaching studio in New York, NY and is a mentor to composition students at New England Conservatory. She is also a long distance runner, and human rights activist.