Sam Yulsman is a pianist, composer and theorist with roots in a wide array of experimental music and jazz lineages. Sonic inquiry into collectively improvised limits is at the heart of his work, as is the process of close collaboration. As a pianist he has worked closely with Jessie Cox, Roman Filiu, Brandon Lopez, Chris Corsano, Anaïs Maviel, Art Lande, Lester St. Louis, TJ Borden, Marcela Lucatell, Kevin Ramsay and Victor Vieira-Branco among many others. As a composer his work has been performed by ensembles and soloists including JACK Quartet, Talea Ensemble, String Noise, Distractfold, Ensemble Korea, Rage Thormbones and Séverine Ballon. He completed his DMA in composition at Columbia University in 2021 where he studied with George E. Lewis. You can find more about his music at www.samyulsman.com.

Sam’s Photo is via courtesy of ISSUE Project Room. Photography by Cameron Kelly McLeod