Inga Liljestrom
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Inga Liljestrom is an Australian experimental singer-songwriter. Her
musical style is broad and crosses many genres, from electronic to
rock, folk, country, and avant-garde. Originally from Bellingen on the
north coast of New South Wales in Australia, Inga Studied jazz vocals
at Southern Cross University, and it wasn't until moving to Sydney that
she discovered an aptitude for composing. Her first group 'Helgrind'
explored avant-garde rock with co-composer Felicity Fox. This led to
solo explorations into electronics and string instruments for her two
first albums 'Urchin' and later her critically acclaimed album 'Elk' on
the Groovescooter label. She has been given four grants from the
Australia Council for the Arts to compose her original music. She has
performed and toured as guest singer with numerous groups such as jazz
experimental group 'd.i.g' (Directions in Groove) for their album
Curveystrasse; with Australian iconic group The Church, for their album
El Momento Siguiente; made vocal contributions to "Dust Me Selecta" by
Gerling which became a hit song and remixed Gotye's Mixed Blood. Since
1998, Liljestrom has released 5 albums (her latest "Two Dangers"
released in 2014), one DVD and has performed many shows, including sold
out performances at The Studio, Sydney Opera House; The Vanguard; 505;
Sydney and Adelaide festivals; and also festivals in Europe including
Czech Republique, Poland, France and more. Liljestrom toured and
composed with the Branch Nebula production 'Paradise City', touring
South America and regional Australia. In 2009 she relocated to Paris,
France, and recorded 'Black Crow Jane', which resulted in a publishing
and record deal with Emergence music, based in France. Her compositions
and voice has also contributed to many films and television programs
including feature 'Left Ear' by Andrew Wholley; and ABC's Rake series.
In the last few years, she has been teaching University students in
Europe and Australia as part of Residency programs, creating
multi-media shows with art, music and film students.