Ruitao You (Florencio Yau) is a composer, pianist and improviser whose work explores the relationships between sound, language and perception through instrumental and electronic sound, as well as bodily gesture. His practice engages with linguistics, phonetics and the physical materiality of sound, as well as the boundaries between sonic and bodily action. His recent music further investigates psychological and philosophical questions surrounding emotion and machine logic, conscious and dream states, fear, and unstable modes of perception.

You holds an MMus in Composition from the Royal Northern College of Music and a master's degree specialising in orchestration from Xinghai Conservatory of Music. He studied composition with Steven Daverson and Sam Salem, and has further developed his practice through private study, masterclasses and international programmes with composers including Michael Jarrell, Pierluigi Billone, Ying Wang, Johannes Kreidler and Martín Matalon. His international training and project experience includes Mixtur in Barcelona, Sofia Symphonic Summit, the International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky City, and precept.concept.percept XIII in Bled.

His music has been developed and presented through projects involving the BBC Philharmonic, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Riot Ensemble, Explore Ensemble, Icarus vs Muzak and RNCM Wind Orchestra, with his work presented across Europe and Asia. You has also initiated and curated contemporary music projects in Guangzhou.