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Kate Moore (b.1979) has been living and working as a composer in the Netherlands since August 2002. She completed a Masters in music under Louis Andriessen, after first completing her honours degree at Canberra School of Music (Australian National University) under Professor Larry Sitsky.

Her works, instrumental, electronic and sound installations, have been performed in high profile festivals such as the MATA festival NYC 2009, International Congress on Women in Music in Beijing 2008, supported by the Australia China Council, Bang on a Can Summer Festival MASSMoCA 2007, the International Gaudeamus Festival 2003, as well as in venues such as the Kaufman Centre Merkin Concert Hall, Le Poisson Rouge and The Stone in New York, The National Gallery of Australia, Muziek Gebouw aan 't Ij in Amsterdam and Theatre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris. Moore has written for many ensembles including Bang On A Can All-Stars, Ensemble Syntonia, The Song Company and Ensemble Klang.

For her work, she has received a number of awards. In 2008, she was the recipient of the Doris Burnett Ford scholarship supporting her PhD at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2003, she was a prize-winner at the Apeldoorn Young Composer Meeting and, in 2001, a recipient of the Franco Australian Composition Competition for her work entitled Sketches of Stars. For four years running (1999-2002), she received the Howard Allen Memorial Prize for composition. During her undergraduate studies, she was awarded an honours scholarship and the University Medal.

Her current projects include the creation of new works for Bang On A Can All-Stars commissioned by the People's Commissioning Fund, as well as commissions from Orgelpark and NFPK+ to create a new work for the ASKO Ensemble in the Netherlands. She will also be working with icinema UNSW to create music for 3D interactive film.

Biography provided by the composer — current to April 2009