Yue Song is a Chinese composer and pianist based in Dublin, Ireland, represented by the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland. She began her musical journey at the China Conservatory of Music, where she earned a BA in Composition under Professor Wanchun Shi (2009–2014) and then pursued a Master's degree in Composition at the Central Conservatory of Music with Professor Binyang Li (2014–2017). In 2018, she moved to Ireland to undertake a PhD in Composition at TU Dublin Conservatoire, where she studied under Professor Gráinne Mulvey, completing her PhD in 2023.

 

Yue’s works encompass opera, orchestral music, Chinese orchestra, chamber music, solo pieces, electronic music, and film scores. Her compositions have received international performances by leading ensembles such as Crash Ensemble, ConTempo Quartet, Concorde Ensemble, Hard Rain Ensemble, Unconventional Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, featured at major festivals in Austria, Canada, China, Estonia, France, Italy, Ireland, and the United States. Her compositional practice centers on collaboration, integrating the unique voices of performers into her work. Yue’s music, frequently noted for its inventive merging of music and narrative, has been featured at major international festivals; in her operatic projects, she often writes her own librettos. Her pieces have also been widely broadcast, including on RTÉ Lyric FM, New York Public Radio, WUSF Public Media, Dublin Digital Radio, and Athlone Community Radio, as well as featured on the Contemporary Music Centre’s amplify series.

 

Yue has received awards including the World Championship Composition Competition (Franz Schubert Conservatory), European Composer Competition (Academia Musica, Vienna), Women Composers Competition (Fem Festival, Florence), and the China Chamber Opera Composition Promoting Project Prize (CCOM, Beijing). Her works have been published by Crash Records and featured on DVDs released by the Central Conservatory of Music and Beijing Dance Academy. Most recently, her album of bass clarinet and electronic works, performed by Marcella Barz, was released on North Bull Records.