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Emilie Crapoulet was born in Aix-en-Provence and has dual nationality French/British. Her interest in music and literature has led her to investigate the nature of artistic communication and meaning by pushing the boundaries of the more traditional approaches to the arts and disciplines. She studied the piano in France and was awarded several prizes before going to the Conservatorium of music in Sydney, Australia and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, where she was awarded a Master of Music degree in 2001 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance in 2002. She also has an M.A. in English Language and Literature on Shakespeare from the Université de Provence (France). She has just been awarded an international joint interdisciplinary PhD (Department of Music, University of Surrey) and ‘Doctorat’ en cotutelle (Department of English Literature, Université de Provence, France) with highest distinction (‘Mention Très Honorable avec les Félicitations du Jury à l’Unanimité’) on ‘Musical Forms and Aesthetics in the Works of Virginia Woolf’. She has given many piano recitals in Europe, Australia and the United States, both as a soloist and a member of chamber or orchestral ensembles. She has also brought the arts together in lecture-recitals on music and literature and collaborative cross-art creations.