Biography

Veronika Krausas’ works have been described as possessing an “organic, lyrical sense of storytelling [which is] supported by a rigid formal elegance, [that] give her audiences a sense that nature’s frozen objects are springing to life.” (Globe & Mail, Canada)

Dr. Krausas was born in Sydney, Australia, and raised in Canada. She has music composition degrees from the University of Toronto, McGill University in Montreal and a doctorate from USC. Her works have been performed in Canada, the United States, Australia, Germany (at the Darmstadt New Music Festival), the Netherlands and Romania. She has received commissions from the Canada Council for Continuum Music and two commissions for Motion Music (Canada) including a Millennium Project Grant, several Interdisciplinary Grants from the University of Southern California Arts Initiative and several Subito grants from the American Composers Forum.  

The Bestiary/Le Bestaire (a collection of children’s piano pieces) is published by Frederick Harris Music Publishers in Canada. Mnemosyne, a CD of her chamber music, was released in 2002 by Motion Ensemble in Canada. Her recent works for duo guitar were released on FOOD: New Music for Guitar Duo in 2005. Since 1998 Dr. Krausas has been producing multi-media presentations in Los Angeles that incorporate her works with dance, acrobatics and video presentations.