Linda Kouvaras (born 1960) is a Melbourne-based composer with a background in punk and new wave. Her compositions, which explore genre mixing, are focused on vocals and piano music, and are released on ABC Records and Move Records.[1]
Kouvaras is also a musicologist at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music of the University of Melbourne; her research interests include Australian music and gender and music.[2] Her book, Loading the Silence: Australian Sound Art in the Post-Digital Age was published by Ashgate in 2013 and received the Rebecca Coyle Publication Prize of 2014.[2] She is one of the editors of the academic journal Current Issues in Music.[2]