Professor Bernard Lanskey

Active internationally for 30 years as a senior administrator, educator, pianist, artistic researcher, recording producer and festival director, Professor Bernard Lanskey has led the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore (2007-2021) and the Queensland Conservatorium in Australia (2021-2025). Formerly, Assistant Director of Music at the Guildhall School (1993-2006), he is a member of the International Advisory Boards for the Tianjin-Juilliard School and the College of Music, Mahidol University , and an Artist-in-Residence at La Loingtaine near Fontainebleau. He has served as President of the Southeast Asian Directors of Music Association and on the AEC Council.
Director and Professor,
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University,
Australia
Presentations
2025: Wondering as We Wander: Transiting Conflict through Music - Telling Personal Stories, Frank Bridge's Lament
SEADOM 2025: SEADOM 2008 Meets 2024: Reflecting on Its Legacy and Relevance Today
2024: Debussy Etudes Book 2: ‘For the Opposing Sonorities’ (1915 -16)
2022: Knowing Now? - Reflecting on the Once in ‘upon a Time'
2019: What Would the Matter Be? Some Reflections on Recent Reflections
2016: Harmonic Progressions: Changes Through Time in Music, Philosophies and Contexts
2014: A New Century’s Rising Tide: Contemporary Reflections on the Conservatory Model in Southeast Asia