Lisa Robertson is a composer from the West Highlands of Scotland, particularly interested in combining sounds from nature with traditional music and culture; examining relationships between people and the land and highlighting environmental concerns.
Her music has been performed by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, The Sixteen, EXAUDI, Red Note Ensemble, Psappha, Hebrides Ensemble, Lucy Schaufer and Heather Roche, among others. As winner of the RSNO Composers’ Hub, her piece will be performed by the RSNO in 2023. Her music has appeared at festivals including twice at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, where she performed her own solo violin piece in 2019, Cheltenham Music Festival, West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Sound Festival and on BBC Radio 3, BBC World Service and BBC Radio Scotland. She has been three times shortlisted for the Scottish Awards for New Music and was featured in BBC Music Magazine’s ‘Rising Stars’ column.
She recently completed a PhD at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Emily Doolittle and William Sweeney and has also gained influence from masterclasses with Brian Ferneyhough at the Ferienkurse Darmstadt and Sir Harrison Birtwistle at Dartington International Summer School and workshops with Royal Northern Sinfonia, Bozzini Quartet and Ligeti Quartet. She took part in the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain’s Young Composers Scheme 19/20 which led to pieces being published by Stainer & Bell and Choir & Organ magazine and a work being released by NMC Recordings.
