Imogen Cygler is an emerging contemporary composer, performer, educator and producer. Imogen is classically trained in piano, violin and voice and contemporary composition. A graduate in the the Master of Music (Research) - Interactive Composition at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, she recently released her debut alum, ‘Sometimes Strangers’. In addition to regular performances with her own ensemble, Imogen has performed in groups such as Jade Alice, Jacob Diamond, Hannah Cameron, Happy Axe, Lack the Low and Sunfruits. She was the recipient of the Adolph Spivakovsky Scholarship for Composition of Music in 2020. In 2019 Imogen completed a commission for the Arts Centre Melbourne (5x5x5) and in 2020 for the University of Melbourne’s ‘Multivocal’ exhibition. A keen collaborator, Imogen also composes, performs and directs music for live shows and short films. Accomplishments include: ’Sweet Dreaming’ for the Melbourne Fringe Festival with a sold-out season at the Meat Market; ‘Ascent’ for the Melbourne Fringe Festival at Theatre Works; ‘Lennox: Legend In My Living Room’ at the Melbourne Cabaret Festival; numerous scores for short films including ‘Mwah’ (dir. Nina Buxton) selected for MIFF; Musical Director for ‘Put The Blame On Mame’ at the Melbourne Cabaret Festival and ‘When I Awoke’ at the Butterfly Club. As a producer, production credits include Isobel Caldwell’s album Duty of Care. In 2023 she released a collaborative EP with R. P. Downie, titled Yoga, as well as EP Night Lamp, from a new project with Theo Carbo called My Liege recorded with Kyrre Laastad at Sundlaugin Studio in Iceland. Imogen is the resident composer for the Theatre Company ‘Citizen Theatre.’ Imogen takes audiences on a journey allowing them space to interpret and be fully immersed in the music. Theatre Press described her work as “... breathtaking... beautifully rich in emotion and thought.”

“The term ‘genre-defying’ gets tossed around a lot. Rare is the album that really deserves that title, but Imogen Cygler’s spellbinding ‘Sometimes Strangers’ truly earns it. Mixing sophisticated composition with crafty songwriting, it’s at turns sonically gorgeous as well as laugh-out loud funny, as vivid arrangements meet charmingly absurd lyrics.You can hear shades of singular singer-songwriters - Joanna Newsom, Stella Donnelly, Tori Amos – but Cygler’s artistry and originality shines through. This is a collection that effortlessly shapeshifts from baroque to folk to chamber pop and beyond, yet is never in-your-face ambitious, instead opting for a softer, subtler approach that catches you off guard. I guarantee you won’t hear anything quite like ‘Sometimes Strangers’ this year because Imogen Cygler is quite unlike any other artist.”
- Al Newstead (Double J, Triple J)

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