BIOGRAPHY

​Elise Winkler (b. 2001) grew up on the western coast of Washington State. From a young age, she was drawn to the piano, and soon found her way to choir and composition. Her works tap into her passions and vulnerabilities, striving to connect audiences through shared experience. She especially loves to work on interdisciplinary projects, believing in the power of collaboration to cultivate creative problem solving and compromise.

Elise's compositions have been widely performed. She has worked with many esteemed ensembles, including the Seattle Symphony, Symphony Tacoma, Bremerton Symphony, Trio Immersio, Seattle Opera, The Dolphins String Quartet, and the Talea Ensemble, as well as soloists Paul Demers and Efe Baltacigil. Her works have also been premiered at the Curtis Institute of Music's Young Artists' Summer Program, Atlantic Music Festival, and Bowdoin International Music Festival.

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As a pianist, she has performed and championed contemporary music at large. She has worked with The NowBeat Project and The Juilliard Orchestra under David Robertson. She has also premiered her own works in Morse Recital Hall at The Juilliard School and Studzinski Recital Hall at Bowdoin College.

Currently, Elise is continuing her compositional studies with David Ludwig and Valerie Coleman at the Juilliard School. She will graduate with a masters in music in spring, 2025.