Andromeda Wen (b. 2007), is an SF based composer and multireedist who has been composing music since the age of four. Her works have been performed by ensembles including Friction Quartet, Hub New Music, International Contemporary Ensemble, PHACE, SOLI Chamber Ensemble and Telegraph Quartet, in Vienna, Austria, where she studied a year, the Alba Music Festival in Italy and in the USA. She has given solo performances at Stanford, Legion of Honor, SF City Hall, Guild Theatre, and West Valley College Jazz Festival, and studied at Tanglewood, Interlochen, the Walden School, and presently, SFCM pre-collegiate program and with Stanford Jazz Workshop Big Band. She’s currently scoring a short film starring Lea Salonga.
She performed at Lincoln Center in 2025 with her jazz band as a finalist for Essentially Ellington. Her work has received numerous awards, including most recently a first place prize and scholarship from the Pacific Musical Society and Foundation Competition, judged by Mason Bates and the outstanding string composition award from the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Outside of music, Andromeda enjoys computer programming, board games and playing with the family’s dog.