New Zealand composer Eve de Castro-Robinson has had works commissioned and performed by a variety of national and international orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists, including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia (with whom she was Composer-in-Residence in 1991), Chamber Music New Zealand, the New Zealand String Quartet, NZTrio, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, the Nash Ensemble of London, Alexander Ivashkin, Jane Manning, Nicholas Isherwood, and Stephen De Pledge. Her output ranges from large orchestral works to chamber music and electroacoustic pieces.
Eve is a Member of the Board of Trustees of SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music. She was twice awarded the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, the Philip Neill Memorial Prize, the APRA Arts Music Fund, and is the recipient of the 2026 Creative New Zealand Lilburn Composer-in-Residence at the New Zealand School of Music. She retired in 2020 as an Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Auckland after 25 years and now works as a freelance composer, music consultant, and writer.
