Maya Esther Borisov is a NJ/NYC based composer studying at the Manhattan School of Music with a President’s Award. She attended the Curtis Institute Young Artist Summer Program, the Atlantic Music Festival, and the Brevard Music Center, where she studied with David Ludwig, Nina C. Young, Reiko Fueting, and David Dzubay. As a soprano, Maya has performed in Carnegie Hall, with MSM’s Tactus, and many choirs and musicals throughout the years, her ensemble experience being essential to her compositions. Maya’s influences include Maurice Ravel, Steve Reich, Stephen Sondheim, and Joni Mitchell.

In 2022, Maya graduated with high honors from Westminster Conservatory’s Honors Music Program double majoring in composition and voice. She won their scholarship competition for achievement in composition covering a semester’s worth of lessons, and placed third in the NATS Lower Classical Treble division. Maya currently studies with Dr. J. Mark Stambaugh and was previously a student of Dr. Nirmali Fenn.