Elena Ruehr has been played on NTS in shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, featured first on 28 September 2024. Songs played include String Quartet No. 4 (2005).

Elena Ruehr (b.1963) is an American composer and musician. She studied composition at the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School. She teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been composer in residence with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project since September 2000.

Ruehr has composed numerous works, including Toussaint Before the Spirits, which premiered in 2003. The opera is based on Madison Smartt Bell's novels about the Haitian revolution. Orchestral works include Shimmer and O'Keefe Images, both of which have been recorded with BMOP and released on their label. She is known for her innovative work across various genres from Opera to Orchestral Works and film music.