SASHA GORDON
COMPOSER

Sasha Gordon was born in St. Petersburg, Russia where she began studying piano at the age of five. After immigrating to the United States, she continued her musical studies at the Mannes School of Music. Later, as a student at Brown University, Gordon composed an original musical and began scoring independent films. She also continued studying piano and performed several piano concertos with the Brown symphony orchestra. Upon graduation, Gordon pursued her Masters degree at the Mannes College of Music and was commissioned to write an original score to William Wellman's 1927 Oscar-winning "Wings." The score was debuted live in New York City and Paris. Gordon has scored several independent films and documentaries as well as co-directed an operatic short film that debuted at the Avignon Film Festival.