Michaela Eremiášová has received numerous prestigious composition awards, including the ASCAP Foundation's Rudolf Nissim Prize for her violin concerto "Emblems." She was born in Prague, Czech Republic, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Throughout her studies and professional experiences as a concert, jazz, film music composer, and songwriter, she has had the opportunity to compose for a wide range of vocal and instrumental ensembles, from soloists to orchestras, in a variety of genres and styles, including opera, jazz, electronic, and popular music. Her study and research of various musical traditions and techniques of composition is reflected in the unique blend of sound and music styles. 

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Her collaborations span across diverse creative fields, working with renowned performers, writers, painters, poets, modern dance choreographers, and filmmakers. With her husband and collaborator, Colombian composer Jairo Duarte-López, she composed and produced music for major clients such as Lifetime, Netflix, Amazon Prime, FOX Searchlight Pictures, Lantern Entertainment, Universal Production Music/Megatrax, Discovery Channel Latin America, National Geographic, FOX Telecolombia, and SportsNet Ontario. Their chamber work, "Car Crash Opera," was showcased at the 2009 New York City Opera’s VOX Festival. They also composed scores for silent films at the 2011 Kurt-Weill Festival and were commissioned by Montclair State University in 2011 to create an opera based on Lorca’s "Bodas de Sangre." In 2014-2015, they contributed to the unfinished opera "Meet John Doe" by Daniel Catán, commissioned by Cincinnati Opera.

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Another key collaborator and partner of Michaela is Elizabeth Breese, an accomplished writer and lyricist. The two have come together to form a  songwriting and production duo, working with prominent artists like Brian McKnight Jr., Kief Brown, and Jackie's Boy, among others. Their music has been featured in popular TV shows such as Temptation Island and The Ultimatum, as well as in major films. 

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Eremiášová’s works with experimental filmmakers such as Stephanie Maxwell, Jean Detheux, Skip Battaglia, Peter Byrne, and Carole Woodlock have been featured in over 300 national and international film festivals, such as the Siggraph Computer Animation Festival: Visual Music in New Orleans, the Anima Mundi Festival in São Paulo, Brazil, the backup_festival in Weimar, Germany, and the 27e édition des Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in Québec, Canada, among others. Several of the collaborative projects have been recognized with awards, including the Excellence in Soundtrack Award for "Car Crash Opera" from the ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival, the ASIFA Award for Excellence in Experimental Techniques, the Best Experimental/Animation/Music Video Award, the Best New Art Award, the Best Impact of Music in Experimental, Performance Art, and Art Films: Gold Medal for Excellence, and the Best Experimental Short Award. 
 

Eremiášová’s music has been featured by renowned organizations such as the New York City Opera, the Kurt Weill Festival, and the Cincinnati Opera, and was performed by the Arabesque Winds, the ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung) Choir from Indonesia, the Chamber Choir Hymni from Denmark, the vio-Link-oto, Eastman Triana, Eastman Chorale, Eastman Trombone Choir, Novus Trombone Quartet, and Phil Wilson's Berklee big band called “Rainbow Band," among others.

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Michaela Eremiášová is an Eastman School of Music PhD graduate and is currently a faculty member at Colburn School in Los Angeles, California.