Elena Ruehr (born 1963) is an American musician, music educator and composer.
Elena Ruehr was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan as the daughter of a mathematician and an English professor.
[1] She grew up in Houghton, Michigan and began piano lessons at age four.
She studied composition at the University of Michigan with William Bolcom and at The Juilliard School with Vincent Persichetti and Bernard Rands.
Ruehr has composed works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo instruments and vocals.