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Ebunoluwa Oguntola
2019-20
Alumni

Ebun Oguntola (age 18) is a composer who NPR describes as a “curious and enterprising young artist.” She is currently a first year at Harvard University. Ebun has delved into composition, conducting, songwriting, production, and multi-instrumentalism. Commissioned to write a piece for GRAMMY-award winning violinist Johnny Gandelsman, her piece “Reflections” was described by the New York Times as “somber yet mysterious…spurs Gandelsman towards contrasts of bow pressure, suggesting unpredictable twists of an individual’s mind.” The full album, This is America, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart. In 2021, she was featured on NPR’s From the Top, where she was interviewed by Kevin Olusola from Pentatonix.