Linda Kouvaras (born 1960) is a

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-based composer with a background in punk and new wave. Her compositions, which explore

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mixing, are focused on vocals and piano music, and are released on

ABC Records ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955. It originated as the main popular music label operated by the Am-Par Record Corporation. Am-Par also created the Impulse! jazz label in 1960. It acquired many labels befo ...

and

Move Records Move Records is an Australian record label that was started in 1968 by Martin Wright. It concentrates primarily in classical and jazz music, particularly Australian, and most frequently Melbourne-based musicians and composers. Artists Compo ...

. Kouvaras is also a musicologist at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music of the

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; her research interests include

Australian music The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions of ...

and gender and music. Her book, ''Loading the Silence: Australian Sound Art in the Post-Digital Age'' was published by Ashgate in 2013 and received the Rebecca Coyle Publication Prize of 2014. She is one of the editors of the academic journal ''Current Issues in Music''.

Discography

* ''Piano music'' (Move Records, 1990) * ''The Team of Pianists'' (Move Records, 1990) * ''Bright tracks'' (Move Records, 1998) * ''Repose'' (Move Records, 1999) * ''Kouvaras: PianoWorks'' (Move Records, 2000) * ''Giants in the land'' (Move Records, 2002) * ''Move 50 '' (Move Records, 2019) * ''The Sky is Melting '' (Move Records, 2014)

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Kouvaras shows off her other skill
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