Oscar Bianchi is a Berlin-based composer of Italian and Swiss descent, whose music blends rigorous structural thinking with visceral emotional power. He studied composition, choral conducting, and electronic music at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, completed IRCAM’s master’s program in Paris, and earned a doctorate from Columbia University under the guidance of Tristan Murail and George Lewis.

His critically acclaimed first opera, Thanks to My Eyes—created with director Joël Pommerat and premiered at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence—has toured internationally. His cantata, Matra, alongside a growing body of staged, participatory, and chamber works, continues to surprise audiences and critics alike with its depth, humor, and unwavering commitment to the primacy of expression.

His music has been performed by many of today’s foremost ensembles and orchestras, including the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, the DSO Berlin, Ensemble Modern, JACK, and Klangforum Wien.

A recipient of numerous prestigious awards—including the Rome Prize (Villa Massimo), Gaudeamus Award, DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship, Grand Prix Sacem, International Rostrum of Composers Prize, and German Record Critics’ Award—Bianchi is also the founder and Artistic Director of the renowned International Young Composers and Conductors Academy in Ticino, Switzerland.