The work of Los Angeles-based composer Dana Kaufman centers disruptive opera and vocal music, accessible and inclusive stages, and the intersection of pop culture and classical music. Hailed as “whirlwind” (Gramophone), “ingeniously derived” (Sequenza21), and “dramatic…and powerfully funny” (Observer), Kaufman’s music has been heard in North America, Europe, and Asia. Her works have been featured at venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall, New York Opera Fest, Contemporary Music Center of Milan, the National Gugak Center (South Korea), The Tank, Jordan Hall, Boston New Music Festival, National Opera Week, Hartford Opera Theater, Ravinia Festival, and Opera on Tap Chicago; they have been commissioned by GRAMMY-winning pianist Nadia Shpachenko, the Louisville Ballet, Carlow Arts Festival (Ireland), the Lowell Chamber Orchestra, Paradox Opera, mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen and bassoonist Darrel Hale, and many others. A former Fulbright Research Fellow in Estonia, winner of an OPERA America Discovery Grant for Woman Composers, four-time American Prize honoree, and recipient of many other awards, Kaufman has given lectures at the LA Opera, Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Leuphana Universität Lüneberg, and the Music by Women Festival as a frequent speaker on women in composition and composing for trans voice. She is Associate Professor in Music Composition at University of California, Riverside. www.danakaufmanmusic.com