Yu-Pin Lai is a Taiwanese composer and pianist based in New York. Her compositions are performed in Canada, France, Taiwan, Vienna, and the United States, with notable ensembles involved, including Platypus Ensemble, JACK Quartet, Bedford Trio, the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Theodor Milkov with Ju Percussion group. Born in Taiwan, Yu-Pin is interested in exploring various musical cultures, and her music aims to experiment with timbre to imply complex human emotions. Yu-Pin holds a Bachelor of Music with honours under the tutelage of Christos Hatzis for composition and Mia Bach for piano. She is now pursuing her Master of Music in Composition at Mannes School of Music with merit scholarships, studying with Lowell Liebermann.