Elizabeth Younan Composer

ELIZABETH YOUNAN - String Quartet No. 1, “Interwoven.” Emma Carina Meinrenken (violin I), Emily Shehi (violin II), Kathryn Epperson (viola), Jiyeon Kim (cello). Performed on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, Field Concert Hall, the Curtis Institute of Music.

News

  • Elizabeth has been awarded a 2024 John Monash Scholarship from the General Sir John Monash Foundation. Find out more here.

  • Elizabeth is the Regional Director of The Back to Bach Project’s first Australian region in Sydney. Stay tuned for more here.

  • Lost Women of Science has hit over a million downloads! Dive into the world of Dr. Rebecca Crumpler, America’s first Black female public health pioneer, or Elizabeth Smith Friedman, the English Lit major who cracked nazi codes, or Eunice Newton Foote, who showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called “father of the greenhouse effect” by at least three years. You can also check it out on Scientific American, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

  • Elizabeth’s violin solo “…your heart dreams of spring” is featured on Jennifer Koh’s album Alone Together, which won “Best Classical Instrumental Solo” at the 64th GRAMMY awards. Stream the album here.

ELIZABETH YOUNAN - The Fertile Crescent, Dance III “Dabke”. Ryan Williams (recorder), Katie Yap (baroque viola), Joy Lee (harpsichord), Miranda Hill (violone in G). Recorded March 2022 at ABC Studios, Melbourne. ℗ 2022 Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Elizabeth has been awarded an Australian Universities’ John Monash Scholarship from the General Sir John Monash Foundation. This will enable her to study her DMA in composition at The Juilliard School as a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow.