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Sophia Kunxu Dou (17) is a composer based in New York City, who studies composition under Valerie Coleman at The Juilliard School. She was formerly a Juilliard Pre-College student of Daniel Felsenfeld. She is a winner of the 2023 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, The American Prize in Composition–Orchestra 2024, and The 2025 First Commission Awards, among others. She has been a New York Youth Symphony member since 2022 and participated in the Young Artists Composition Program of BUTI, Yellow Barn and Dolphins Quartet. Sophia’s works have been performed at National Sawdust, Composers Now Festival, 14th Busan Maru International Music Festival, Sounds of US Festival, and more.