Lina AndonovskaAssistant Professor of Music
Education
- PhD (in progress)Dublin City University (artist entrepreneurship)
- MMHochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main2020
- BM with HonoursAustralian National University
- Advanced Performance ProgrammeAustralian National Academy of Music
- Orchestral FellowshipsSydney Symphony Orchestra
About
Performance & Artistic Career
Lina Andonovska is a pioneering flautist celebrated for her extraordinary versatility and adventurous musicality. Equally at home with written scores and improvised soundscapes, she is currently the flautist of the four-time Grammy Award–winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird (USA).
Her collaborations span leading contemporary music ensembles such as Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, Crash Ensemble, Deutsches Kammerorchester, stargaze, and Southern Cross Soloists. She has also performed and recorded under prestigious orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Ulster Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, among others. As a concerto soloist, Lina has appeared with ensembles like the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Winds, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Deutsches Kammerorchester, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Southbank Sinfonia.
Her festival and solo appearances include celebrated performances at the Melbourne International Arts Festival (noted for “re-defining the act of going solo” by The Age), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Berlin’s Unerhörte Musik, Musica Nova Helsinki, and Tokyo Experimental Festival, where her programming and performances garnered major acclaim. She was the winner of the Grand Prize at Tokyo Experimental Festival, and the winner of the Freedman Classical Fellowship.
Recordings
In early 2020, Lina released her debut solo album on Diatribe Records, a dazzling collection described by All About Jazz as “brimming with energy and bold textures, though marked throughout by nuance. A name to watch out for.” She continues to push creative boundaries with upcoming releases, including ‘Parallel Play’, a chamber album release through Parma/Navona Records with pianist Alex Raineri featuring world premieres and a reimagined Richard Strauss sonata, and ‘Seven Dreams’ in collaboration with Izumi Kimura and Dominique Pifarély released on Fundacja Słuchaj Records.
Teaching & Mentorship
Lina brings her passion for contemporary performance and sonically inventive flute technique to the classroom. In 2025, she joined Emory University as an Assistant Professor of Music.
Her commitment to education and mentorship spans international teaching residencies: she has served as Guest Teaching Artist at institutions across the U.S.—including Yale, University of Michigan, University of Texas, Ohio State University, University of Texas, and more—as well as holding residencies at the Australian National Academy of Music and the University of Western Australia and Guest Lecturer at Trinity College and the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Artistic Voice & Recognition
Known for her “curiosity, fearlessness and versatility,” Lina’s performances have been praised by Rolling Stone for being “superbly played, (ranging) from sustained ‘somebody‑please‑get‑that‑tea‑kettle’ squeaks to the flit and flutter of its beautifully lilting trills. Her solo performance at the Melbourne International Festival was described as "redefining the act of going solo” (The Age).
Instrument & Affiliations
- Powell Flutes Artist
- Performs on a Kingma contrabass flute, made possible through Music Network’s Music Capital Scheme, funded by Ireland’s Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media
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