Emre Şener is a composer and performer from Istanbul, Turkey. His music evokes the logic of dreams, where seemingly disconnected events unfold into coherent, yet unpredictable experiences. Working across orchestral, chamber, electronic, film and theater music, Emre dissolves boundaries between media, genres and disciplines.

He has been presented internationally by leading ensembles, orchestras, soloists, and festivals across the world. Recent highlights include a commission for the 2026 Festival Radio France, the European tour of his piece je ne sais quoi with the Turkish National Youth Philharmonic, his Lincoln Center debut at Alice Tully Hall, a new commission from Tokyo Opera City, and recognition as the recipient of the Promising Turks Fund.

Emre is the co-founder, artistic director, and conductor of the London Contemporary Soloists, with whom he has led three seasons of concerts, more than thirty world premieres, and two international tours. He has collaborated with the International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Riot Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, the Gedik Philharmonic and the IU Philharmonic.

He has created the score for Çağla Karslıoğlu's movie adaptation of Duygu Asena's landmark feminist novel Kadının Adı Yok. As a performer, he appears on electronics, guitar, and the Turkish bağlama, and co-hosts the electronic music series ÇIN Diyarı with composer Cem Güven. He created Wheels & Feels, an ongoing multimedia project exploring the intersection of cycling and music. He was the guest artist of the Paris Youth Music Society under the direction of violinist Emmanuel Coppey.

Emre graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London with the highest grade ever awarded in composition before completing his master's degree at The Juilliard School as the recipient of the Igor Stravinsky Foundation Scholarship. He will join the CUNY Graduate Center as a Doctoral Fellow for Composition. His work has received international recognition through the Ateneo de la Laguna Composition Award (Spain), the Alan Bush Prize (UK), the Salvemini 1990 Composition Award (Italy), the Verdehr Trio Commission Prize (US), Turkey's Ministry of Culture Choir Composition Award, and academic distinctions including the Principal's Prize for Outstanding Studentship and the Undergraduate Composition Award.