EMILY BEAR

A Grammy® and Emmy® Award-winning composer and chart-topping recording artist since her professional debut at age five, Emily Bear has achieved groundbreaking success as a pianist, composer, producer and singer-songwriter in jazz, classical, pop and musical theater. 

Now 23 years old, Bear has more than 50 million views on YouTube, a documentary on her life received an EMMY Award and she has performed her original compositions at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Hollywood Bowl, and Montreux Jazz Festival. W Magazine’s It Girl of the Year, Bear has performed for the Dali Lama, played a solo concert at the White House, headlined stadium tours, featured 7 times on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, been named to the Forbes Magazine 30 Under 30 list, and honored by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Bear and her writing partner Abigail Barlow composed the viral “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Album” inspired by the hit Netflix show. Composing 15 songs in 6 weeks, live on social media, resulting in 60 million likes on TikTok and 250 million views. Bear orchestrated and produced the album which shot to #1 on the U.S. iTunes pop charts within 1.5 hours of its release, top 5 albums worldwide, and is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. 

Her mentor, Quincy Jones says, “I am at once astounded and inspired by the enormous talent that Emily embodies. She is the complete 360-degree package, and there are no limits to the musical heights she can reach. Not only is she a concert-level classical pianist, a Billboard-topping jazz pianist, acclaimed jazz and classical composer, an expert film scorer, and a superbly talented pop singer/songwriter, she is one of the kindest humans I know. Emily has a unique ability to seamlessly transition from classical to jazz, from bebop to bossa nova, from blues to classical, to popular music; her potential is truly endless. 

Film and media clients include Disney, DreamWorks, Google, Warner Bros., Hulu, and Universal. Bear is a founding board member of the Grammy Recording Academy Leadership Council Songwriters & Composers Wing along with Carole King, Diane Warren, and Hans Zimmer.