Composer, sound artist and pianist Reuben de Lautour composes music for humans, computers, and various sounding objects, and writes about music technologies and listening practices. His music has been performed internationally by artists including Evelyn Glennie, the Nash Ensemble, NZTrio, The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, UMS 'n JIP, Mark Menzies, and Justin DeHart; and in international festivals including Festial D'Avignon, the New York Electronic Music Festival, EMU-Fest Rome, the Matera Intermedia Festival, and Forum-Wallis. He earned his PhD in Music Composition from Princeton University, where he studied with Paul Lansky and Steven Mackey. Prior to this he studied composition at the University of Auckland with John Rimmer and John Elmsly, and piano with Bryan Sayer. As a pianist he has premiered dozens of new compositions by New Zealand composers and was the pianist and founding member of the University of Canterbury's contemporary music ensemble cLoud Collective. Before joining ITU-TMDK in 2025 he was Associate Professor and Head of Composition & Creative Music Technology at the University of Canterbury School of Music in New Zealand. He previously worked at Istanbul Technical University's Dr. Erol Üçer Center for Advanced Studies in Music, where taught composition and sonic arts and founded the Program in Sonic Arts in 2012.