Dinah Bianchi

Award-winning Michigan composer Dinah Bianchi creates vibrant and exciting music; music that is sublime, beautiful, and full of the communicative power of art. She is well versed in a variety of musical genres with a portfolio that includes music for orchestra, concert band, string ensemble, chamber ensemble, solo works, and electronic music. Well received both nationally and internationally, Bianchi’s music has been performed in concert halls in Europe, Asia, Canada, and the United States. Recently, she completed a recording session for Chasse Noir with the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The recording was released in August of 2022 and is anticipating an album release with PARMA in the Spring of 2024. 

In 2023, Bianchi received a Global Music Award for her wildly colorful orchestral work, Pandora. In 2022, she was awarded the Composition Award at the 2022  Society of Composers Region II Conference, where Symphoria, led by Maestro  Lawrence Loh, featured her highly acclaimed orchestral work, Chasse Noir. In addition, her orchestral work, Into the Sky, received a 2022 Global Music Award. Bianchi’s band work, Snowflakes in April, received Honorable Mention in the Professional Division of the American Prize. In 2021, Bianchi was recommended for the 2022 American Academy of Arts and Letters Composition Award. In addition, she received a 2021 Global Music Award for, Chasse Noir, as well as for her electronic work, …Please repeat that. She was the winner of the 2021 Craig’s  Keyboards/University of Toledo’s Composer’s Contest for her work, Pelaga: When Sea Encounters Sky, and was also the recipient of the 2020 SMP Press Composition Competition in the Contemporary Music Solo Division for …Please repeat that. That same year, she received a Global Music Award for Vitula, a dramatic work for solo violin and orchestra. Other awards include a Global Music  Award in 2019 for her orchestral work, Anaphora, a composition which was also selected as a 2020 Finalist for the American Prize. Previously, she was awarded  2nd Place in The American Prize for her composition, The Jackal’s Palace, a boisterous romp for wind ensemble, which also received a Global Music Award in 2015. 

Bianchi views music as a spirit in and of itself; a spirit that connects our lives, solidifies our memories, enhances our experiences, and is essential in the development of the human condition. With this in mind, she allows her enthusiasm for innovative and creative musical experiences to guide her towards new artistic opportunities. Notable collaborations from 2023 include: the 2023 Turn-Up Music Festival in Tucson; the 2023 Mise-En Place Music Festival in New York City; the 2022 Norfolk Chamber Music Festival at the Yale School of Music; the 2022 LunART Festival, dedicated to celebrating women in the arts; the 2022  Collaborative Composition Initiative, focused on connecting aspiring composers with the New York community; and a mentorship with the National Arab Orchestra, a Non-Profit Organization dedicated to preserving and integrating Arab culture. 

Besides composition, Bianchi is devoted to performing, dividing her time as principal horn of the International Symphony Orchestra and as a member of Jackson Symphony Orchestra. She also performs regularly with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and other local orchestras and chamber ensembles. She has also served as a choir director and hopes to return to the position in the near future.