Described by The Guardian as ‘a considerable talent’, Joanna Lee’s works have been performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera, BBC Singers, Opéra National de Paris, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Orchestra of the Swan, Royal Swedish Opera, and at the BBC Proms and Aldeburgh Festival. She composed English National Opera’s first children’s opera in 2014 directed by Katie Mitchell, a community opera in 2017 for 1,000 performers for Surrey Arts, and a second children’s opera in 2019 that toured to 70 UK theatres and schools. Joanna gained a PhD in composition at Birmingham Conservatoire and was tutored by Oliver Knussen, Richard Causton, Edwin Roxburgh and Joe Cutler.

from notes by LSO Live © 2020