Kitty Xiao is an Australian composer, pianist, and collaborative artist. Kitty is interested in exploring sound worlds that fuse and transcend individual art forms. Her practice has included collaboration with musicians, dancers, film practitioners and visual artists. Kitty holds a Master of Music from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London as a full recipient of the Alfred Kitchin Scholarship, Master of Teaching from The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Music from The University of Melbourne and was a full scholarship student at Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School. Her piano and composition mentors have included Glenn Riddle, Anthony Lyons, Eugene Asti, Paul Bartholomew and Peter Knight.

Kitty is founder and pianist of Nimbus Trio. The ensemble commissions and performs new music, including Kitty’s own works. Kitty has released her first studio album ‘Novum’ with Nimbus Trio as a represented artist of Move Records. Kitty has recently been commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne’s 5x5x5 project, Plexus Ensemble, the Australian Art Orchestra (Creative Music Intensive), Tilde New Music Festiva and for several films. Her work has been broadcasted on 3MBS and ABC Classic FM.

Kitty’s travels abroad have seen her music performed and broadcasted in the United Kingdom and United States. Performances include in London as a soloist, a pianist of Kirolian Piano Trio, a member of Trinity Laban’s new music ensemble, at Brighton Fashion Week in collaboration with Elysium Dance, the Royal Old Naval College, Spitalfields New Music Festival, and the Royal Danish Academy of Music where she was invited by Danish composer Signer Lykke to record her work. In the United States her music has been performed at Classical Music Kegger (a concert held by the Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio), The Museum of Human Achievement in Austin and Beat the Rush (a series of gallery concerts at The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin). Her music was also featured on KUTX 98.9 and recorded at Cacophony Recorders by Grammy award winner Erik Wofford.

Kitty has received awards including the Music Society of Victoria’s David Henkels Composition Award, Victorian State Premier Award, a finalist in the Areon International Composition Competition, finalist for the Margaret Schofield Award, semi-finalist for 3MBS’ The Talent. Kitty was resident composer of 2017 Tilde New Music Academy, 2016 Keep Composer’s Weird in Austin and 2016 Australian Art Orchestra’s Creative Music Intensive. Kitty looks forward to producing a 6 piano concert series in 2017 and also hosting her own composer’s development program which will invite composers around the world to collaborate and network with Melbourne ensembles and musicians.

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CA050: Coordinate | Various Artists