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The composer writes:

'Behind the material world one senses a deeper world of inspiration, mathematics, spiritual beings, living physical and psychological archetypes; a living, breathing reality of invisibility. Composition is the means by which I swim through this sea of complex activity, trying to understand what influences human, animal and mineral evolution.

My music is architecturally conceived; however I allow the individuality of specific musicians to strongly influence the compositional elements such as rhythm, harmony, texture and melody: they are a rich resource for the unfolding of the music.'

Eve Duncan gained her Masters in Composition from the University of Melbourne with Brenton Broadstock and her Honours in Composition from Latrobe University with Keith Humble and Theodore Dollarhide. She was awarded the International Modern Music Award for Composition, Vienna.

Her music has been performed in festivals including the Asian Composers League Festival in 2005 in Bangkok; 2004 Asian Music Week, Israel; 2003 International Festival of Women in Music Today, Seoul; 2003 International Week of New Music, Bucharest; 2002 Asian Composers League Festival, Seoul; 1999 ISCM World Music Days Festival, Romania; 1999 Asian Music Week, Yokohama.

Her orchestral work Buddha on Mars was performed in 2005 by the National Symphony of Thailand. Spiritus Australis (Welcome) was premiered in 2005 in the Ian Potter Museum of Art.

In 2001 she collaborated for with Aboriginal poet Lisa Bellear on a commission for the Centenary of Federation, which reflected upon the experiences and sufferings of Aboriginal people in the early days of Federation.

Duncan's work includes site specific works, such as Remembering Mirrabooka for four simultaneous ensembles in a bayside park with improvising soloists Brigid Burke and Tom E. Lewis on didjeridu.

She has been commissioned by Traiect Ensemble Romania, Ensemble Troika, the City of Port Philip and soloists including Michael Kieran Harvey, Peter Neville and Danae Killian.

Performers of her works include members of the Tokyo Sinfonietta, Taipei String Quartet, Speak Percussion, Barrie Webb, Alister Barker, Helfried Fister, Chia Hong Liao and Kiaxiang Li.

From 2003 to 2004 she served as an Executive Committee member of the Asian Composers League. In 2001 she directed Federation Music Week, an Asian Pacific contemporary music festival. In 2000 she curated the first Australian contemporary music concert in Romania.

Works for guitar duo, reed ensemble and string quartet are published by Redhouse Editions.

Recorded Messages: Violin her first solo CD, is available on the Move label.

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Biography provided by the composer — current to February 2006