Yiqi Guo is a Chinese-born composer based in the New York Metropolitan Area whose work spans concert music, film scoring, and game audio. Deeply drawn to aesthetic and visual imagery, Guo’s creative process often begins with painting, cultural images, and visual impressions, which he transforms into musical expression. He is particularly interested in translating aesthetic and pictorial ideas into sound, shaping them into vivid contemporary musical worlds. His music often explores the intersection of tradition and innovation, transforming historical, visual, and cultural ideas into immersive sonic experiences for contemporary audiences.

Guo’s music has been performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia and has received awards and recognition in the United States and abroad. In 2024, he was commissioned by the València International Performance Academy & Festival to compose the string quartet Thiú-kak, which premiered in Spain and was performed by the acclaimed Mivos Quartet. In 2025, he performed his solo piano work SONG Yùn at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium as part of the New York Artists Guild Competition Winners Recital. In 2026, his chamber work Water Architecture was selected for the Composer’s Sandbox Summer Intensive, where it was workshopped and performed by musicians of the four-time Grammy Award-winning contemporary ensemble Eighth Blackbird. That same year, he presented his research lecture, “Exploring the Hokkien Mode: From Cultural Roots to Contemporary Composition,” at the Composition in Asia: International Symposium & Festival.

His works have been performed and collaborated on by distinguished musicians including Grammy Award-winning harpist Alison Bjorkedal, Grammy-nominated flutist Erin McKibben, violist Diana Wade, and world-traveling violist Amy Dahm Huh.

In addition to these appearances, Guo’s music and research have been presented through institutions, venues, and conferences including The New School, College Music Society, Music of Asian America Research Center, and the Asian Classical Music Initiative. His work has also been featured by media outlets including New York Weekly, The Villager, ArtDaily, and China Music (中国音乐网).

Guo earned his Bachelor of Music in Composition, graduating summa cum laude from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach, and received his Master of Music in Composition from the Mannes School of Music, where he studied with renowned composer Lowell Liebermann.