Elizabeth Younan (1994) is quickly gaining a reputation as one of Australia’s finest young composers. Her violin solo, …your heart dreams of spring is featured on Jennifer Koh’s 2022 GRAMMY award-winning album, Alone Together. Elizabeth is a Sydney Symphony Orchestra “50 Fanfares Project” composer, the composer for the podcast “Lost Women of Science” (produced in partnership with PRX and Scientific American), and has her piece, The Fertile Crescent—inspired by her Lebanese heritage—commissioned, recorded, and broadcast by ABC Classic. Elizabeth was a featured Australian composer of Musica Viva Australia’s International Concert Seasons (2018, 2020), and has composed for principal players of the Philadelphia Orchestra for their “Our City, Your Orchestra” series.
