Liza Lim is an Australian composer, educator and researcher whose music focusses on collaborative and transcultural practices. Her works, and in particular four operas: The Oresteia (1993), Moon Spirit Feasting (2000), The Navigator (2007) and Tree of Codes (2016) explore themes around ritual, temporal slippage and the uncanny. Atlas of the Sky (2018), is a stage work involving community participants drawing on the emotional power and energy dynamics of crowds. Extensively commissioned by some of the world’s pre-eminent orchestras and ensembles, Lim is Sculthorpe Chair of Australian Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She is Guest Professor at Frankfurt HfMDK in 2024-25. Her music is published by Ricordi Berlin.

Composer / Professor

(Sydney, Stiftungsgastprofessur HfMDK)

"I'm interested to share experiences/ exchange knowledge about guiding student composers in the interdisciplinary challenges of collaborating with writers, directors, designers, singers and musicians in making new opera. Results of previous projects can be found here: https://www.sydneychamberopera.com/2020/03/01/breaking-glass/"