Natsumi Osborn (b.1999) is a Japanese-American composer from Tokyo, Japan. Finding her interest in composition at a young age, she has since written for film and ballet as well as concert music, ranging from solo and chamber works to large-ensemble compositions.

 

In the past years, Natsumi's work has been performed at multiple venues throughout the USA and Canada, including various universities, music conferences, and the Houston Public Media Classical radio. She has also produced a ballet in collaboration with the Houston Ballet Center for Dance. Recognitions for Natsumi’s compositions include: Winner of the American Composer’s Forum NextNotes Awards, an Honorable Mention from the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer’s Awards, 1st Prize from the 2017 Carson Thomas Miller Texas Emerging Composers Competition, Winner of the WCSMS 2017 Promising Young Composers Competition, and pieces selected for the 2019 SCI National and 2018 Student National conferences. 

 

Natsumi currently attends Oberlin Conservatory, studying composition under Stephen Hartke, Elizabeth Ogonek, and Jesse Jones. She has previously studied under Daniel Knaggs at Rice University. In addition to her musical studies, Natsumi is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts at Oberlin College.