Lisa Gerrard May 7, 2007

Lisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer and composer who gained international renown as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with Irish former partner Brendan Perry. Her career spans from 1981 to the present and she has been involved in a wide range of projects. Gerrard received a Golden Globe award and her score for the 2000 film 'Gladiator' received an Academy Award nomination. She both sings and is instrumentalist for much of her work, most prolifically using the Yangqin (a Chinese hammered dulcimer).