Liza Lim's works draw upon very wide-ranging references including Australian Indigenous and Asian aesthetics and ritual; a Sufi poetics of bewilderment, communion and ecstasy; and weaving and knot-making as a cross-modal ‘technology for thinking’. Recently she has been working with topics such as ecology and the uncanny (Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus) or mobs and power (Atlas of the Sky). She has had important long-term collaborations with ensembles such as ELISION and Ensemble MusikFabrik whilst also being commissioned by Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, SWR, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra etc. She is Professor of Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Australia). more info: lizalimcomposer.com