Dr. Sonya Lifschitz is an award-winning Ukrainian-Australian pianist, performance-maker, pedagogue, artistic researcher, and cultural leader at the forefront of classical and contemporary art music. Recognised with a 2024 Australian Women in Music Excellence in Classical Music Award, and praised internationally by the New York Times and The Age for her dynamic and powerful performances. She has appeared at major festivals and venues worldwide, including the Barbican Centre in London, the Venice Biennale, De Doelen in Rotterdam, Bargemusic in New York, and all of Australia’s major festivals. With repertoire spanning from 15th-century Faenza Codex to works written for her today, Sonya is known for her fiercely imaginative, daring collaborations across theatre, dance, film, visual art, and spoken word to create work that positions art music at the nexus of interdisciplinary performance practices.
The theme music for Creative Conversations: Research in Music is \"Gleam\" by Helen Svoboda.
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