Cassandra Miller – Music Portrait

Since 2012, the Festival d’Automne in Paris has been developing a “Portraits” series dedicated to major figures on the international scene, featuring works from their repertoires as well as new compositions, including commissions by the festival. In 2026, the Festival d’Automne in Paris will dedicate its “Portrait Musique” series to Canadian composer Cassandra Miller through three events that will take place as part of the festival’s program.

Cassandra Miller is a Canadian-British composer based in London. Her works are published by Faber Music. Her compositional practice draws notably on improvised singing in a meditative context, as well as on the transcription and transformation of pre-existing musical material. Her major works include Duet for Cello and Orchestra (2015), Round (2016), A Large House (2009), La Donna (2021), and I cannot love without trembling (2023), a viola concerto written for Lawrence Power. She maintains a close collaboration with the Quatuor Bozzini, for whom she has composed works including Warblework and About Bach. The latter received the Jules-Léger Prize for New Chamber Music. Cassandra Miller has also been awarded a second Jules-Léger Prize for Bel Canto, as well as a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists. She studied at the University of Victoria, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and the University of Huddersfield, where she earned a doctorate. From 2018 to 2020, she served as Associate Head of Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She has also taught and given lectures at several universities and conservatories across Europe and North America.

Here’s what’s on the program for the “Portrait Musique” episode dedicated to Cassandra Miller:

• Cassandra Miller, Florentin Ginot et Katharina Ernst

October 4, 7 pm – Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
December 12, 8 pm – Maison de la musique de Nanterre

• Cassandra Miller, György Kurtág, Maurice Ravel

October 16, 8 pm – Auditorium de Radio France

• Cassandra Miller, Éliane Radigue, Sarah Davachi, Quatuor Bozzini

December 14, 8.30 pm – Église du Saint-Esprit