Peiwen Zou
Conductor & composer
A conductor and composer working at the intersection of performance, collaboration and contemporary music.
Artistic profile
Peiwen Zou currently serves as assistant conductor of the Musica Nova Ensemble, and the music director of the student-run organization OSSIA. She has collaborated with multiple orchestras around the world, including the Mostly Modern Orchestra, Nanjing Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jiangsu Provincial Student Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Nanjing University Symphony Orchestra.
In 2010, Peiwen was invited to conduct performances at the Shanghai Expo, Hong Kong, and South Korea. In 2011, she was invited to Gunma, Japan, to conduct the International Youth Symphony Orchestra and Mixed Choir, with participants from Japan, the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia. In 2013, she served as guest conductor of the Hong Kong Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, leading them on tours to the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Macau. During the 2017 New Year Charity Concert, she conducted the entire program, earning high praise from experts in Jiangsu’s music community. In 2022, she was invited as a guest conductor for Zhuhai Youth Symphony Orchestra, leading the rehearsals and performances for their Midsummer Night’s Dream Program.
Starting in 2024, she has collaborated closely with chamber ensembles such as Eastman Graduate Composers’ Sinfonietta and American Modern Ensemble. She also served as a conductor collaborating with new music Orchestras such as Mostly Modern Orchestra. In 2025, she conducted music by Ákos Rózmann at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo. Her 2026 activities include assistant conducting at the Orchestra of St. Luke’s DeGaetano Composition Institute and the Los Angeles Conducting Workshop and Competition. She has also been entrusted by multiple composers to conduct the world premieres of their works and has collaborated with professional composers including Augusta Read Thomas, Jeffery Mumford, and Keith Fitch.
Zou graduated with a bachelor's degree in composition and a master’s degree in conducting for contemporary ensemble from the Eastman School of Music, USA, and is currently pursuing her DMA in conducting at the same institution under the tutelage of Professor Brad Lubman.