GLORIA XIA

Gloria (Xinyue) Xia is a London-based composer originally from China. Her creative practice is rooted in humanity, relationships and feminism. She creates music that embraces vulnerability and honesty, making space for discomfort, ambiguity and the bizarre. Influenced by the New Discipline and cross-disciplinary and intercultural practices, her work brings together music, text, movement and visual elements, often exploring embodied and performative approaches to gesture and language.

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In 2026, Gloria was awarded Artist of the Year at the Royal Northern College of Music and was commissioned by The Marian Consort as part of its Emerging Voices 2026 programme. She also took part in the Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera Lab 2026, where she wrote her first opera Make Me Out, in collaboration with writer and director Alex Wrathall. Her work has been featured at festivals including Cheltenham Music Festival (2026), Rainy Days Festival (2025) and the Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble’s 4th Annual New Music Festival. She has also worked with ensembles including Ensemble Modern, BBC Singers, The Carice Singers, United Instruments of Lucilin and House of Bedlam. 

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Xia completed her undergraduate studies in Composition with Distinction at the Royal Northern College of Music and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music on scholarship.

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Beyond composition, Xia is deeply passionate about the intersection of music, health, and well-being. She has contributed to several initiatives, including Jessie’s Fund and Songbirds Music UK, and currently serves as a Young Creator Project Support at Songbirds. Additionally, she has launched a series of music workshops for autistic children at Star Project in Suzhou, China, an organization dedicated to supporting children with autism.