Durra Leung
Biography
Durra Leung (Chinese: 柯杜華) is an award-winning composer-lyricist and playwright born and raised in Guangzhou, China, who now calls NYC home. He has recently joined the New York City Center Encores! production of Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony Award for Best Musical) as the Cantonese lyricist. Durra has presented his works at venues including Feinstein’s/54 Below, Joe’s Pub, The Duplex, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, Wild Project, The PIT, The West End Lounge, Dixon Place, and many others. One of his recent film-scoring works Your Smile (dir. Haochen Yang) has been accepted in multiple international film festivals, including Cannes Film Festival. He is the founder and emcee for the concert series Tin Pan Alley 2, and completed the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program (Cycle 29) with a distinguished Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Scholarship at NYU. Durra is proud to be a current member of BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as a librettist. durraleung.com
Professional Experience
- Off Broadway
- Concerts/Cabaret
- TV/Film
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- Boston/New England
Interested in touring?
- Yes
Hireable as
- Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
- Theatrical Composer (Music only)
- Theatrical Lyricist
- Bookwriter/Librettist
- Music Assistant
- Songwriter
- Singer/Songwriter
- Orchestrator
- Vocal Arranger
- Dance Arranger
- Incidental Music Composer/Arranger
- Music Copyist
- Music Transcriber
- Music Contractor/Coordinator
- Sound Designer/Composer
- Music Producer/Record Producer
Software
- Finale
- GarageBand
- Logic
- Sibelius
- QLab
Affiliations
- BMI
- THE DRAMATISTS GUILD
Pronouns
- He/Him