Events

2026 Calendar

January 2026

21 January, seminar for Columbia University composers (online)

27 January, Inguz (fertility), (1996), Plus-Minus ensemble
St John’s College, Oxford

February 2026

7 Feb, One and the Other (Speculative Polskas for Karin) (2022), Karin Hellqvist, violin, Argus, Argussalen, Sweden

20 Feb, PREMIERE: Magnificat (2025), Peter Neville, percussion solo, Ghosts make form (2024), Freya Schack-Arnott, cello; Alex Waite, piano, Ming Qi (2000), Niamh Dell, oboe, Peter Neville, percussion, Melbourne Recital Centre

21 Feb, One and the Other (Speculative Polskas for Karin), (2022), David Alberman, LSO St Lukes’s London

22 Feb, Ghosts make form (2024), Freya Schack-Arnott, cello; Alex Waite, piano, Phoenix Central Park, The Church, Sydney

24 Feb, Magnificat (2025), Peter Neville, percussion, Ghosts make form (2024), Freya Schack-Arnott, cello; Alex Waite, piano, Ming Qi (2000), Niamh Dell, oboe, Peter Neville, percussion, Callaway Music Auditorium, University of Western Australia, Perth

25 Feb, Spirit Weapons 1 (1999), James Morley, Leeds International Concert Season, Leeds

27 Feb, Resonant Ecologies Seminar 3 (online)

March 2026

3 March, Spirit Weapons 1 (1999), James Morley, Wigmore Hall, London

4 March, Spirit Weapons 1 (1999), James Morley, Royal Birmingham Conservatory, Birmingham

5 March, Spirit Weapons 1 (1999), James Morley, St Georges, Bristol

7 March, Transcendental Étude (2022), Tamara Stefanovich, Boulez Saal, Berlin

11 March, Spirit Weapons 1 (1999), James Morley, Berlin Konzerthaus Espresso Concert, Berlin

15 March, Transcendental Étude (2022), Andrew Zhou, Salle l’Institut, Orléans, France

20 March, Spirit Weapons 1 (1999), James Morley, Phoenix Central Park, Sydney

27 March, Resonant Ecologies, Seminar 4 (online)

April 2026

9 April, Invisibility (2009), Freya Schack-Arnott, km-28, Berlin

13-17 April, Grawemeyer award lecture, composition masterclass, University of Louisville

16 April, Garden of Earthly Desire (1989), Collegium Novum Zürich conducted by Zoi Tsokanou, with film, Brunnenhof, Studio 1, Zürich

16 April, Songs found in dream (2005), ELISION tour, Klangbrücken Festival, Hannover

18 April, Throat Song from Sex Magic (2020), Claire Chase, ocarina, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco

20 April, Transcendental Etude (2022), Calling the Ancestral River (2024), Alex Waites, ELISION tour, Vara Concert Hall, Sweden

21 April, Transcendental Etude (2022), Calling the Ancestral River (2024), Alex Waites, ELISION tour, Gothenburg Cathedral, Sweden

26 April, Ghosts make form (2024), Freya Schack-Arnott & Alex Waite, St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield

May 2026

26-28 May, Dimensions of Music (Lectures) @Institute of Music of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
27 May, Concert of music by Lim & Georg Friedrich Haas, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
an ocean beyond earth (2016), Transcendental Etude (2022), Ghosts make form (2023)
James Morley (cello) and Alex Waite (piano)

June 2026

25, 26, 27 June, SPREEKLÄNGE, including PREMIERE: [K{(no)t]w}, The Knot of no and not now (2025), solo double bass work in site-specific installation with Kathryn Schulmeister,
River Spree Berlin, details tba
and Time to Listen Symposium, Akademie der Künste, Berlin

30 June, PREMIERE: apricot trees exist, apricot trees exist (2025), solo alto sax, Joshua Hyde, Berlin

July 2026

July, Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (2019), Sweden, tbc

16 July, The Tailor of Time (2023)
Soloists: Peter Veale, oboe/bass oboe/ oboe d’amore; Marshall McGuire, harp; conductor Clement Power, ELISION 40th Anniversary concert, Melbourne Recital Centre

19 July, Cardamom (2024), Harry Ward, violin, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House

July, The Oresteia (1993)
opera season, ELISION, Sydney Chamber opera, Carriageworks Sydney, details tba

August 2026

29 Aug, PREMIERE:Tongue of the Land (2025-26) concerto for orchestra with Carnyx, Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Elim Chan, Marco Blaauw, Lucerne Festival

September 2026

10 Sept, A Sutured World (2024)
cello concerto, & other works, Austria tba

14 Sept, Magnificat (2025), Peter Neville, ANAM/ELISION residency, Rosina Auditorium, Melbourne

Sept, PREMIERE: Fake Meadow (2025), Sophie Schafleitner, violin, Krassimir Sterev, Accordion, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik

October 2026

30 October, Tongue of the Land (2025-26), Munich tbc

31 Oct, Tree of Codes (2016), opera season premiere, Vienna tbc

November 2026

1-? Nov, Tree of Codes (2016), opera season tbc, Vienna

4 & 5 Nov, Dianna (2020),
Llewellyn Hall, Canberra

9 Nov 2026, PREMIERE: Anima Mundi ~the sentient world~ (2025), Klangforum Wien, Vienna

13/14 Nov, PREMIERE: Beings (time and the patina of possibility) (2026), work for solo piano & ensemble (2026), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Bleuse, Paris

December 2026

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2027 Calendar

9 Feb 2027, A Sutured World (2024), Hamburg

6 July 2027, premiere Living Waters, Vital Song (2026-27), 3 orchestras project, Freiburg, tbc

Aug – international conference, tbc

13 Sept-22 Oct, Civitella Ranieri residency

premiere, CENTAUR (2027), viola concerto for Lawrence Power, BRSO, Munich, tbc

PAST – 2025

6 Jan, Roda – the living circle (2017/2023) Premiere of version for solo trumpet and accompanying 2 piston cretino, Marco Blaauw with Christine Chapman, Stephen Menotti, Studio Musikfabrik, Cologne

Composer-in-Residence
Casa da Musica, 8 concerts, January-December 2025

14 Jan, How Forests Think (2016), Wu Wei, Sheng, Ensemble Remix cond. Peter Rundel, Casa da Musica Residency Concert 1, Porto

18 Jan, World as Lover,
World as Self (2021)
Tamara Stefanovich, solo piano
Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música cond. Stefan Blunier, Casa da Musica Residency, Concert 2, Porto

20-25 Jan
Frankfurt HfMDK, Institute of Contemporary Music
Visiting Guest Professor
(Island 2 of 3)

21 Jan, Invisibility (2009), Björn Gard; Cello Playing~as Meteorology (2021), Lucélia Cruz; an ocean beyond earth (2016), James Morley
Kleine Saal, HfMDK Frankfurt

26 Jan, Annunciation Triptych (2019-22), Basel Sinfonietta cond. Jessica Cottis
soprano Ilse Eerens
Forum Jean-Marie Zoellé, Saint-Louis, France

30 Jan, bioluminescence (2018), Daniel Shao, flute
Tangram ‘Nature Echo’
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds

31 Jan, Ash~Music for the Eremozoic (2021), Bioluminescence (2018), Axis Mundi (2013)
Sonic Space, Basel

30 Jan-2 Feb, Basel Composition Competition jury

February 2025

5 Feb, bioluminescence (2018) Daniel Shao, flute
Tangram on tour, Nottingham

9 Feb, ‘Cello playing ~ as Meteorology (2021), James Morley, Ukaria, Adelaide

26 Feb, ‘Cello playing ~ as Meteorology (2021), James Morley, Musica Viva event, Chalk Hill winery, Adelaide

26 Feb, bioluminescence (2018) Daniel Shao, flute,
Tangram, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York

27 Feb, Ming Qi (Bright Vessel), (2000), James Austin Smith (oboe), Ian David Rosenbaum (perc), Sonic Spectrum III, Lincoln Centre, New York

28 Feb, Ochred String (2008),
Ensemble MusikFabrik
Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide

March 2025

Composer-in-Residence
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, March-April 2025

6 & 8 March, A Sutured World (2024), Australian premiere
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cond. Jaime Martin
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Hamer Hall, Melbourne

14 March, bioluminescence (2019), solo flute
Adelaide Festival

14, 15, 16, 21, 22 March, part of Richard Siegal Lunar Cycle Installation
Microbiome (2020), Carl Rosman,
21, 22 March, Wild Winged One (2007), Marco Blaauw
Museum Folkwang, Essen

22 March, Sappho/ Bioluminescence (2019), from Annunciation Triptych
Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música cond. Ludovic Morlot, Casa da Musica Residency, Concert 3, Porto

25 March, Speak, Be Silent (2015), Ensemble Remix cond. Susanne Blumenthal, Ashot Sarkissjan, solo violin, Casa da Musica Residency, Concert 4, Porto

28 March
Shallow Grave (2024), Marco Blaauw, neolithic horn/ alto trumpet, Maerzmusik Berlin
29 March
The Incandescent Tongue (2020), Athena’s Trumpet (1993) Marco Blauuw, tpt & Katrina Paula Felsberga, soprano, Microbiome (2020), Carl Rosman, bass clarinet
Global Breath, includes misc. talks/ panels, Silent Green,
Maerzmusik, Berlin

30 March
Premiere: Ghosts make form (2024), for ‘cello & piano for Cikada duo: Kenneth Karlsson & Torun Stavseng
Winding Bodies: 3 Knots (2014), Cikada Ensemble Marmosalen, Sentralen, Oslo

April 2025

3, 4, 6, 12, 13 April, multiple performances a day as part of Richard Siegal Lunar Cycle Installation Microbiome (2020), Carl Rosman & also
10, 11 April, Gyfu (gift), Peter Veale, Museum Folkwang, Essen

3 April, Transcendental Etude (2022); Calling the Ancestral River (2024), ELISION, Klagenfurt, Austria

6 April, Rug Music (2015) Marshall McGuire, harp, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House

5-8 April, Featured composer at Music Biennale Zagreb
7 April, Calling the Ancestral River; Table of Knowledge; Roda-the living circle; The Green Lion eats the Sun, ELISION; Karin Hellqvist etc
Music Biennale Zagreb, Zagreb

7 April, Garden of Earthly Desire (1988), Ensemble Kontrapunkte, Musikverein, Vienna

10 April, The Tailor of Time (2023), Klangforum Wien conducted by Sylvain Cambreling, Konzerthaus Vienna

13 April, Transcendental Etude, Alex Waite, piano, Roda – the living circle, Tristram Williams trumpet, ELISION, Hrvastki Dom, Split

16 April, Roda – the living circle, Tristram Williams trumpet, ELISION, Leipzig

16 & 17 April, Sex Magic,
Claire Chase (contrabass flute, kinetic percussion) & Levy Lorenzo (electronics)
Melbourne Recital Centre

16 & 17 April Metropolis Festival
co-curated with Benjamin Northey, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Recital Centre

17 April, Sappho/ Bioluminescence (2019),
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cond. Benjamin Northey
Melbourne Recital Centre

24 April-1 May
Frankfurt HfMDK, Institute of Contemporary Music
Visiting Guest Professor
(Island 3 of 3)

30 April, The Four Seasons (after Cy Twombly) (2009), Jiyun Kim (piano)
Street of Crocodiles (1995), HfMDK new music ensemble
The Su Song Star Map (2017), Suzunne Masumoto (violin)
Bioluminescence (2019) Vivian Schwarz flute
String Creatures (2022) Fabrik Quartet, Neue Music Nacht, HfMDK, Frankfurt

May 2025

1 May, The Heart’s Ear (1997)
Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt Lab, Halle 1, Frankfurt

11 May, The Heart’s Ear (1997)
Ensemble Modern, Museum Ludwig, Film Forum, Cologne

18 May, ‘Winter’ from The Four Seasons (after Cy Twombly), (2009)
Fidan Aghayeva-Edler, Piano marathon, St Elisabeth-Kirche, Berlin

21 May, Ghosts make form (2024), Kenneth Karlsson (piano) & Torun Stavseng (‘cello)
KORK Kammer, NRK Store Studio, Oslo

30 May, Ochred String (2008)
Dal Niente, Nichols Hall, Chicago

31 May, weaver of fictions (2007)
Jeremias Schwarzer, Ganassi recorder, Blockflötenfesttage Bad Kissingen

31 May, Fatimah/ Jubilation of Flowers (2022), from Annunciation Triptych, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Amateur Chorus from the Porto Region
Brad Lubman conductor
Emily Hindrichs soprano
part of ISCM World Music Days
Casa da Musica Residency, Concert 5, Porto

June 2025

6 June, Cardamom (2024)
Chris Otto, violin
8:00AM Zalk Theater, Beasant Hill School, Ojai Festival

6June, Sex Magic (2020), Claire Chase, flutes, Levy Lorenzo, electronics, Nick Houfek, lighting
3:30PM Greenberg Center, Ojai Valley School, Ojai Festival

7 June, How Forests Think (2016), Wu Wei solo sheng with Ojai Festival ensemble conducted Steve Schick, Libbey Bowl, Ojai Festival
Inguz (1996), Ojai Festival, US

9 June, Liza Lim with Karin Hellqvist: One and the Other (Speculative Polskas for Karin), 2022
Karin Hellqvist, Stora salen, Färgfabriken, Samtida Musik, Stockholm

20 June, Veil (1998), ANAM musicians with ELISION conducted by Aaron Cassidy, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne

16-20 June Earthy Governance/ Multispecies Justice Symposium, Sydney Environment Institute, Sydney

July 2025

4 July, The turning dance of the bee (2016), Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows, conducted by Roger Benedict, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

18 July, Axis Mundi (2013), Ben Roidl-Ward, ELISION, Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre

19 July, Transcendental Etude (2022), Andrew Zhou, piano & shruti box, Kaleidescope Chamber Music series, First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, US

25-27 July, weaver of fictions (2007), several performances by Jeremias Schwarzer, Ganassi recorder, as part of Book of Hours-Book of Landscapes, Kolumba Köln & der Bruder Klaus Kapelle Wachendorf, Transient Festival

25 July, international release of Liza Lim CD on BR-Klassik
A Sutured World, Mary/ Transcendence after Trauma, The Compass
BRSO, Nicolas Altstaedt, Ed Gardener; Frank Ollu; William Barton, Carin Levine: Christoph Poppen. pre-save on Spotify

August 2025

1-5 Aug travels Garma Festival, North East Arnhem Land

14 August, Axis Mundi (2013), Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon, Galleri Sagene Kunstsmie, Oslo

September 2025

11 Sept, Transcendental Etude (2022), Erik Bertsch, piano
Suono Futuro, Fermignano, Italy

16 Sept, Songs found in dream (2008), Remix Ensemble cond. Enno Poppe, Casa da Musica Residency Concert 6, Porto

19 Sept, Veil (1998), New Music Ensemble, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium, conducted by Sam Weller, Sydney

19 Sept, public talk/panel: Reclaiming Tomorrow: Artistic visions for regenerative futures. Festival of Urbanism, Sydney

19 Sept, an elemental thing (2017), Manuel Alvarez Clemente, woodblock, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik

~~20 Sept, Premiere: Fake Meadow (2025), Sophie Schafleitner, violin, Krassimir Sterev, Accordion, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik~~
[postponed to next year!]

20 Sept, Table of Knowledge (2018), Rebecca Lawrence, double bass, Bludenzer Tage

20 Sept, Shallow Grave (2023), Marco Blaauw, neolithic horn, Musica Sacra, Maastricht

30 Sept, NMC CD Launch event October Gallery, London
Liza Lim: String Creatures, pre-order String Creatures, an ocean beyond earth, The Weaver’s Knot, The Table of Knowledge, JACK Quartet, Jay Campbell, Rohan Dasika

October 2025

4 October, A Sutured World (2024), Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música cond. Ryan Wigglesworth, Nicolas Altstaedt, solo cello, Casa da Musica Residency, Concert 7, Porto

5 October, Chang-O (1998), Bioluminescence (2018),Lucid Dreaming (2022), Axis Mundi (2013), Boat Song (2019),Table of Knowledge (2017),Invisibility (2009), with Sasha Ishov (fl), Ben Roidl-Ward (bsn), Will Yager (double bass), Ty Bouque (baritone), Gramm Drennen (cello), Kyle Flens (percussion). Constellation, Chicago, livestream on Youtube

9 October, Angel of Lamentation, Ty Bouque, voice, Ear Taxi festival, Epiphany Centre for the Arts, Chicago

12 October, One and the Other (Speculative Polskas for Karin), 2022, Mixtur Festival, Barcelona

20 October, Ming Qi (Bright Vessel), (1999), Niamh Dell (oboe), Peter Neville (percussion), ELISION at Tempo Rubato, Melbourne

22 Oct, Resonant Ecologies seminar series, online, Event 1 with Hollis Taylor and Dylan Robinson

23 October, research lecture. ‘Ancient-Future Resonances: Deep Time, Ecological Encoding, and Sonic Lineages’, Monash University

November 2025

2 Nov, Invisibility (2009), Michael Nicolas, cello, Chamber Fest Ukaria, Adelaide

2 Nov, Transcendental Etude (2022), Andrew Zhou, piano, Barnes Hall, Cornell University

7 Nov, Bioluminescence (2018),Lucid Dreaming (2022), Sasha Ishov, flute, La Crosse New Music Festival, Wisconsin

8 Nov, String Creatures (2022), Fabrik Quartet, Kulturraum Hirzenberg, Zofingen, Switzerland

16 Nov, Axis Mundi (2013), Ben Roidl-Ward, Bassoon Day, The New School, New York

19 Nov, Liza Lim with Karin Hellqvist: One and the Other (Speculative Polskas for Karin), (2022), Karin Hellqvist, Royal Swedish Academy

21 Nov, Resonant Ecologies seminar series, online, Event 2 with Alice Eldridge and Leah Barclay

22 Nov, String Creatures (2022), Fabrik Quartet, Rainy Days Festival, Luxembourg

23 Nov, Gyfu (gift), (2011), Athelas Copenhagen

28 Nov, Shallow Grave (2024), Marco Blaauw, Tage der Neuen Musik in Bamberg, Bamberg

December 2025

13 December, Mary/ Transcendence after Trauma (2022), from Annunciation Triptych
Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música cond. Andrew Gourlay, Casa da Musica Residency, Concert 8, Porto

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