Born in Perth, Australia in 1966, composer, educator and music researcher Liza Lim's music focuses on collaborative and transcultural practices. Beauty, anger and noise, ecological connections and female spiritual traditions are at the center of her recent works.

Liza Lim has received commissions from leading orchestras and institutions worldwide; her works have been and will be performed at renowned festivals. in 2024, she was named "Composer of the Year" by OPUS KLASSIK. Liza Lim is Professor of Composition and Australian Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. As part of a Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, she will lead a five-year program starting in 2025 to promote the exploration of pressing climate and social issues through music. Her initiatives through Sydney Con's Composing Women on gender equality have had a significant impact on the commissioning, performance and leadership of the next generation in Australian music.

- A Sutured World for cello and orchestra was commissioned in 2024 by musica viva of Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Casa da Música Porto. The world premiere recorded on this CD took place on October 25, 2024 with Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz.

- The orchestral work Mary - Transcendence after Trauma was commissioned by musica viva of Bayerischer Rundfunk in 2020/21. The world premiere of the work at musica viva, originally planned for January 28, 2022, had to be canceled due to corona. In the meantime, the triptych was premiered on April 29, 2022 as part of "Musik der Zeit" with the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Cristian Macelaru in the Cologne Philharmonie. This CD offers the musica viva recording of May 12, 2023 by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franck Ollu in Munich's Herkulessaal.

- The Compass for flute, didgeridoo and large orchestra was commissioned by musica viva des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the Sidney Symphony Orchestra in 2005/06. The premiere took place on August 23, 2006 with Rosamund Plummer (flute), William Barton (didgeridoo) and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Briger at the Sydney Opera House. This CD offers the musica viva recording of the European premiere on January 12, 2007 by Carin Levine (flute), William Barton (didgeridoo) and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christoph Poppen from the Herkulessaal.