Recently returned from the UK, the acclaimed Australian composer has been snapped up by the University of Sydney.

In exciting news, internationally acclaimed Australian composer Liza Lim is joining the composition unit at the University of Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music. Professor Lim recently returned to Australia after working overseas for the past nine years. The part-time appointment – her first major academic position in Australia – will bolster the efforts of the Con to nurture and mentor emerging women composers through its national women composer’s development programme, instigated last year.

 ^{Professor Liza Lim joins the University of Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music. Photo by Raph Buckley}

A highly regarded figure in Australian music, Lim is known for her intricately sensuous scores, with cross-cultural practice at the heart of her music. She was one of three women voted into the top ten when Limelight ran its Greatest Australian Composers poll in September 214.

Lim comes to her new role directly from the University of Huddersfield in the UK where she has spent the last eight years working as Professor of Composition and Director of...