Eliza Bagg is an experimental vocalist and composer. She is known for her “ethereal” aesthetic (The New York Times) and “gossamer” singing (The New Yorker), along with her unique performance and improvisational practice. Bagg has performed as a soloist around the globe, with a wide-ranging career that includes performing chamber music at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the Concertgebouworkest, to singing the music of John Zorn at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, to premiering work by Ted Hearne at Carnegie Hall. She has sung operatic roles in new operas including premieres at the Komische Oper Berlin, Philadelphia Opera, and the Prototype Festival, and is a member of GRAMMY-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. Her work in experimental opera theatre and chamber music has brought her around the world to festivals like Musica Festival Strasbourg, Birds of Paradise Festival, Big Ears Festival, and many more. Bagg is a regular guest soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has also sung as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and North Carolina Symphony. Frequently developing new work with composers like Ted Hearne, Ellen Reid, Gabriel Kahane, Caroline Shaw, Meredith Monk, and John Zorn, Bagg is a renowned collaborator and creative contributor.

Bagg’s compositional work combines virtuosic singing, mainstream pop aesthetics, and historically informed performance with electronic processing to explore the “valley between authenticity and artifice” (The Guardian). Dubbed an “electro-pop alien” by NPR, Bagg tours globally under the artist name Lisel and has released three solo albums, including the critically acclaimed “Patterns For Auto-Tuned Voices And Delay” which received positive reviews from The Guardian, NPR, Bandcamp, Uncut, and more. She has been in residence as a composer at Yaddo and Avaloch Farm, and has had theatrical works presented by REDCAT New Original Works Festival and Wild Up’s Endless Season. She has performed her innovative work for processed voice at institutions such as Big Ears Festival, Birds of Paradise Festival, Musica Festival Strasbourg, De Doelen, Public Records, 2220 Arts, and the Bemis Center.