Lina Breining

Lina Breining is a composer and pianist from Austin, TX.​ Most recently, she worked as an orchestra production assistant on the 76th Annual Tony Awards. Lina has collaborated with filmmakers from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, the School of Visual Arts, and the University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, Lina's music has been heard internationally and at various film festivals including: AFI Fest, The Rhode Island International Film Festival, and the Newport Beach Film Festival. Lina's works have been praised and critiqued by notable film composers including: Blake Neely (You Netflix Series), Jeff Beal (House of Cards), Marcelo Zarvos (Wonder), Pete Nashel (I, Tonya), Carlos Rafael Rivera (the Queen’s Gambit) and Homay Schmitz (in-house composer for Spitfire Audio). Lina is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Music Theory and Composition: Screen Scoring at New York University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts in Arts and Entertainment Technologies and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. Lina has studied under numerous concert & screen composers including 5 time Emmy Award winning composer, Jamie Lawrence. Lina's professional affiliations include: the Society of Composers & Lyricists, The Alliance of Women Film Composers, and ASCAP. Lina is based in New York City.