SAMUEL DE LIMA

Samuel de Lima (he/they), a 2026 Alba Music Festival Composition Fellow, is a Brazilian American undergraduate composition student at New York University studying with Dr. Jerica Oblak. Sam likes to explore the mind texturally through accessible approaches to composing. A pianist, guitarist, and cellist, he got his start at an early age performing as many genres as he could. Today Sam writes and produces a wide selection of music including classical concert music and genre-bending songs, alongside film, game, dance, and theatrical scores.

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He is currently composing music for ad campaigns for the LOOKSUNS 宝鸡老实人 company on a continuous basis. His theatrical compositions have been featured in the NYU Collective Play Festival, and film scores recognized in the Gothamite Monthly Film awards, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Post Alley Film Festival, and Bridge Film Festival. Other collaborations include Quartteto Noûs at the Veneto Art and Music Summit, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Luna Composition Lab, Unheard-Of Ensemble, Dither Guitar Quartet, Jonathan Haas, and Jacques Lee Wood.

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Sam has also co-founded Co-Lab-o-Rate, an online game where artists’ collaborations are built into mutually monetizable products, and directs Artists in Action’s multi-media Art for Change Festival among other community programming.

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Please inquire for reels, commissions, and arrangement/orchestration services.