2021 Roche Commissions Kirsten Milenko

Kirsten Milenko is an Australian composer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Milenko works with vocal, instrumental and electronic media to express music as environmental phenomena. Working intimately with movement, her music embodies a constant synergy between sound and motion to capture perceptions of space. In December 2017, her single ‘Ex Aere’ released on Spotify, Bandcamp and iTunes. Her debut album ‘Caeli’ is scheduled for release in April 2019.

Currently, she studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under Niels Rosing-Schow and Simon Løffler. Previously, she studied under Liza Lim, Rosalind Page, Natasha Anderson and Ursula Caporali at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where she is a recipient of the Ignaz Friedman Memorial Prize (2015). She has attended international workshops and masterclasses including: Hatched Academy with Ensemble Offspring (Australia 2018), Dartington International Summer School (England 2018) where she is a recipient of the John Amis Award, Conductor’s Workshop with Jessica Cottis (England 2017) where she received a bursary from the Royal Philharmonic Society, Conductor’s workshop with Mark Shiell and Melbourne Youth Orchestras (Australia 2017), Synthetis International Summer School for Composition (Poland 2016).

Milenko is represented as an associate artist with the Australian Music Centre. Her produced work is signed to the Australian label Muisti-Records and available on iTunes, Spotify and Bandcamp. Live recordings of concert works are available through Soundcloud and YouTube. Links to these sites can be found at the end of each page.

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