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Lisa Illean is a composer based in the U.K., where she has worked with BBC Symphony, London Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras, and young soloists of the highest calibre. Her music has been described as "exquisitely quiet shadows shaded with microtunings" (The Sydney Morning Herald) and "a compelling exercise in stillness and quietude" (The Australian), and her work for soprano and ensemble, Cantor, was named Instrumental Work of the Year at the 2018 Australian Art Music Awards.

Illean composes for orchestral and chamber forces, new, prepared or adapted instruments, and writes sound works conceived for unique spaces. Her music has been performed worldwide, with recent commissions from BBC SSO, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Radio France's Festival Présences, Donaueschinger Musiktage/Experimental Studio des SWR, BBC Proms, London Sinfonietta, Juliet Fraser/Explore Ensemble and Ukaria Cultural Centre/Finding Our Voice. Her pieces A through-grown earth and Januaries have been distributed by NMC Recordings. Lisa Illean is published by Faber Music.

" [Illean] shows an extraordinary sensitivity to colour and timbre and creates an absorbing sound-world which lingers after listening." - Australian Art Music Awards

"a subtle, mesmerising work" - Classic Melbourne

" … Février, œuvre toute en finesse, en douceur…" - vieillecarne

" the work's sensitive connection to visual art is expressed in music of evocative beauty." - Operachaser

"Illean's is a distinctive and original new voice in the landscape and her work was realised here by the SSO with tender care." - The Sydney Morning Herald

Lisa Illean — current to May 2023