A native of Los Angeles, California, Ryan Yuré is currently a Boston-based orchestral, contemporary, and theater musician. In 2006, Mr. Yuré made his solo debut with the Boston Pops, performing the Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto under the baton of John Williams.

As an orchestral player, Ryan has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, The Boston Ballet, Rhode Island Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Nashua Symphony, Granite State Symphony, New Hampshire Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Santo Domingo, Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston, Gardner Chamber Orchestra, New Philharmonia, and the Pasadena Pops Orchestra, among others. He has worked with many distinguished conductors, including Herbert Blomstedt, James Conlon, Hans Graf, Philippe Entremont, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, David Loebel, Kurt Masur, Ludovic Morlot, Julius Rudel, Murray Sidlin, Joseph Silverstein, Robert Spano, Michael Tilston Thomas, John Williams, Ben Zander and David Zinman. He has appeared at the Tanglewood Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Santo Domingo Music Festival, and Hampden-Sydney Chamber Music Festival. Some of the orchestral venues Ryan has performed at include Los Angeles´ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Boston´s Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Tsai Performance Center, Huntington Theater and New York´s Carnegie Hall.

A fervent supporter of new music, Ryan has premiered or commissioned well over 100 works. Ryan will be returning this summer to Tanglewood as a member of the New Fromm Players, a group of recent Tanglewood alumni that specialize in contemporary music performance. Mr. Yuré has been an artist in residence at New England Conservatory´s Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice and has been heard performing new music with several ensembles, including Collage New Music, Firebird Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, East Coast Contemporary Ensemble, Ludovico Ensemble, and Juventas New Music Ensemble. As a klezmer musician, Ryan has been heard at several klezmer festivals throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. In addition, he composed music for Elie Weisel´s play, "Trial of God", which was performed at the Huntington Theater in Boston.

As an active theater musician in the New England area, Ryan can be heard playing clarinets, saxophones, flutes, and an occasional kazoo. Ryan has performed in many theaters, including Massachusetts´ Cutler Majestic Theater, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Hanover Theater for the Performing Arts, Rhode Island´s Providence Performing Arts Center, New Hampshire´s Palace Theater, Capitol Center for the Arts, The Music Hall Portsmouth, and Maine State Music Theater and Ogonquit Playhouse. Some of the shows he has played include Thoroughly Modern Millie, Swing!, Chicago, City of Angels, Singin´ in the Rain, A Chorus Line, Annie, Babes in Arms, Bye Bye Birdie, Damn Yankees, Kiss Me Kate, The Threepenny Opera, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sweeney Todd, Good News, Guys and Dolls, Secret Garden, Urinetown, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Promises Promises, Sweet Charity, and You´re a Good Man Charlie Brown.

Mr. Yuré receieved his Master's Degree from New England Conservatory. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Boston University in both clarinet and saxophone performance, and has also studied at the Royal College of Music in London. His clarinet teachers include Tom Martin, Craig Nordstrom, Eddie Daniels, David Krakauer, Dennis Smylie, Janet Hilton, Robert Hill, Julia Heinen and Ethan Sloane. Ryan has studied saxophone with Michael Monaghan, Jeff Clayton, Kyle Horch, Carrie Koffman, and Roger Neumann. Mr. Yuré is a recipient of the 2010 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award. He also recently won 2nd prize and Audience Choice Award at the 2010 Bay State Concerto Competition, performing his arrangement of Bloch's Cello Concerto on the bass clarinet. Mr. Yuré was the winner of the 2006 Boston University Soloist Competition, and as a soloist he has also performed the Artie Shaw, Mozart and Weber Concertos. Other awards include being honored with a Bank of America Achievement Award in Fine Arts, a Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence from the United States Marine Corps, and a Woodwind Departmental Award from Boston University. Ryan is honored to have had the privilege of working with many incredible musicians, including Elliot Carter, Arlo Guthrie, John Harbison, Helmut Lachenmann, LL Cool J, Bernadette Peters, Steve Reich, Arturo Sandoval, Dawn Upshaw, Andre Watts, John Williams, and John Zorn.