Known for “arresting and strangely alluring” music (Gramophone) that asks “slow burning, sometimes fiery questions” (The New York Times), Cecilia Livingston specializes in composing for voice. She was Composer-in-Residence at the Canadian Opera Company from 2022-2025, following three years as composer-in-residence at Glyndebourne. Her music is driven by melody, mixing styles to create work that is lyrical and unsettling, and her work has been performed at Glyndebourne, Teatro Colón, Teatro Carlo Felice, Bang on a Can’s summer festival, Toronto’s Nuit Blanche festival, in recital at Carnegie Hall, L’Auditori de Barcelona, the Barbican, the Kennedy Center, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Tafelmusik, and Soundstreams, and is available on recording from Deutsche Grammophon. Current projects include new works for Sparks & Wiry Cries and for the Canadian Opera Company. Winner of the Louis Applebaum Composers Award “for excellence in composition for theatre, music theatre, dance or opera,” Cecilia’s creative work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and SOCAN Foundation. She is Vice-President of the Canadian League of Composers.

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