Julie Zhu

Julie Zhu is a composer, artist, and carillonist. Technology—from artificial intelligence to live sound processing, sensors, and virtual reality—often support her work, which seeks to reveal and amplify underlying mathematical structures and gentle noises through innovative intermedia instrumentation and diverse chamber experiences. Her music has been featured on Radio France’s Création Mondiale and at various institutions such as GMEM Festival Propagations Marseille, IRCAM Paris, ICST Zürich, Sansusī Latvia, Tetramatyka Lviv, Carnegie Hall, among others.

Zhu’s research on music and AI focuses on the project Deep Drawing, which tests the machine’s capabilities for bringing the intricate noises of drawing and writing to visual life. She is co-editor with Constantin Basica of a forthcoming book from Routledge about musicians creating AI for themselves to be published in 2026.