Yuval Medina is a composer, pianist, and computer programmer based in Brooklyn, New York.

He is currently enrolled in the Master's in Composition at the Manhattan School of

Music, studying under the direction of David Adamcyk.

After working at Google as a software engineer on the Education on Search team for a

year, Yuval enrolled at the NYU Courant Master's in Computer Science program, where

he concentrated on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning research. The

technology's intersection with the world of music especially interested him. His research

was a continuation of the work he did at Google, where he manipulated Large

Language Models and generative-AI models to improve educational tools for students

on Search. Yuval is currently on a leave of absence to pursue his dream – music

composition.

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This Fall of 2024, Yuval will begin his Master's in Composition at the Manhattan School

of Music, where he was awarded the merit-based Presidential Scholarship. He will be

studying in David Adamcyk's studio, where he plans to explore electronic and computer

music in addition to classical composition, and to integrate the skills he has developed

in both worlds into his craft. The Master's in Composition is a natural continuation of

Yuval’s studies at the Juilliard Extension Division, having completed two years of

composition studies under Elliot Cole and Conrad Cummings, as well as private study

under Matthew Ricketts.

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Before coming to New York, Yuval did his Bachelor's in Computer Science at Duke

University, where over the course of his studies he combined his passions for data,

experimental coding, music-writing, and signal processing, and created a generative

engine to visualize biological river data through sound, i.e. data sonification (code,

video).

 

Yuval is always excited to collaborate artistically with others. He composed the

soundtrack for a video game developed by a colleague at Duke. He also performs as a

pianist, and in November 2023 Yuval co-organized a GroupMuse concert where he

played Rachmaninoff's Sonata no. 2 in addition to four-hand pieces.

Yuval hopes his music will connect people beyond language and cultural barriers,

allowing his audience to share together some of the everyday feelings we often can’t

express in words, helping us feel more human and experience a deeper sense of

connection with each other.