Xenia Hanusiak is a writer and critic who is read in publications such as the Financial Times, Chicago Tribune and Music & Literature. With a lifelong dedication to the arts as an opera singer and curator, Xenia embraces the many styles and traditions of the lands where she lives, works, and travels: New York, Paris and Australia. Her work is appreciated at festivals from National Sawdust and BAM (New York) to the Beijing Music Festival. In 2022, Xenia co-curated ‘Currents of Change’ for Salzburg Global Seminar. She is committed to the role of women in the arts, and her signature festival Songlines for a New World presents virtuosic women from Australia, Iran and Ukraine.