Justin Wright is a composer, cellist, and multimedia artist from Montreal, Canada. After finishing his masters in molecular biology, Justin left science and started performing in bands of all sorts before eventually teaching himself how to compose, using the techniques he learned in recording studios.

Justin has shared the stage with luminaries such as Johann Johannsson, Hauschka, Lubomyr Melnyk, Colin Stetson, Okkyung Lee, and Mount Eerie. Peter Broderick recorded an album of reworks of Justin’s music.

A Really Good Spot, Justin’s sophomore full-length album, was released in July 2022 on Beacon Sound (US) and First Terrace Records (UK). Justin was in the middle of cancer treatments at the time, and postponed touring until summer 2023.

Justin is an experienced touring performer, having performed solo and collaboratively at the Montreal Jazz Festival, SXSW, Pop Montreal, Mutek, the Montreal Biosphere, the Zeiss-Großplanetarium in Berlin, and many venues in Europe, the US, and Canada.

Justin is currently a PhD student at Princeton University studying under Tyondai Braxton, Donnacha Dennehy, Dan Trueman, and others, after Caroline Shaw heard his music and urged him to apply with her reference letter.

Justin’s music will appeal to fans of Colin Stetson, Tim Hecker, Nils Frahm, Laurie Anderson, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Max Richter, Kara-Lis Coverdale, or Jóhann Jóhannsson