Liza Bec by Ben Hughes 2022

Liza is an innovative contemporary performer, composer, producer, lyricist and multimedia narrative author.

After being awarded the cross-disciplinary boundary-breaking Fusion Fund by Help Musicians UK to create a narrative audiovisual work, they built their own instrument, the roborecorder, which was featured in the Museum of Science and Industry’s touring exhibition ‘Turn It Up: The Power of Music‘. The roborecorder was inducted into the BBC Radio 6museum by Lauren Laverne. They were selected to showcase the roborecorder at Classical:NEXT Berlin 2024 supported by the PRS International Showcase Fund. Their work has been featured in New Scientist and Insider magazines.They are a Keychange Talent Leadership Programme artist 2025.

Their debut album, The End Times, was recorded live in Dolby Atmos at Real World Studios during a year-long residency at Paraorchestra and released in April 2025. Lead single ‘The Roof’ featured as Video of the Day in Gramophone magazine. The End Times features a self-designed electroacoustic blackboard. The development of The End Times theatrical performance and accompanying workshop was funded by Arts Council England and will tour the UK in 2025-26.

Liza co-wrote ‘Spinning Dance’ with acclaimed electronic artist James Holden. They created the ground breaking audiovisual multimedia narrative EPs INNERVATE and Beyond the Blonde, writing and producing the score, lyrics and narrative.

Liza worked as Assistant Musical Director under renowned producer Kuljit Bhamra and composer Yu-Peng Chen on the Genshin Impact 3.0 soundtrack. They were selected for the ECSA (European Composers and Songwriters Alliance) and AEC (Association of European Conservatoires) Mentorship Programme with gold selling composer and songwriter Hélène Muddiman and BASCA-nominated composer and author Sorana Santos, the Ivors Academy Mentorship Programme with international creative producer Martel Ollerenshaw and Sage Gateshead Summer Studios. Liza was also chosen for the first Experimental Immersive Audio Camp at Real World Studios with renowned producers Hans Martin Buff and Chris Hughes. Liza was commissioned to compose and perform an original spatial audiovisual work, CRYSTALQUEER, by the Glasshouse International Centre for Music in collaboration with C.H.A.I.N.E.S, premiered in November 2023. They were selected for a Britten Pears Creative Health residency in collaboration with experimental theatre director and composer Elischa Kaminer in 2024 and are an LSO Soundhub Associate Composer 2023-26. Liza currently produces original serial fiction podcast Spiral Dial.

Liza studied clarinet performance at Trinity College London where they were awarded a Distinction and the Hambleton Clarinet Prize.

Their professional performance career was cut short after the devastating diagnosis of a rare form of epilepsy, triggered by playing certain patterns of notes, after which they qualified as a medical doctor on the Graduate Entry programme at King’s College London.

They also hold a Masters degree in Geology from the University of Oxford. They often use concepts from science and medicine as a source of inspiration for their creative work.