“Curiosity, fearlessness and versatility carry Lina Andonovska’s artistry around the globe. Andonovska is a rare breed in the flute world; a name that you’ll discover on both the pages of Rolling Stone and the Australian Chamber Orchestra roster, she has not only cultivated partnerships with leading composers including Louis Andriessen, Donnacha Dennehy and flautist Claire Chase, but also deep community ties from Timor Leste to Tokyo’s incubator Wonder Site.”

At the heart of Lina's work is a fascination with collaboration, experimentation and the creative possibilities that emerge when musical worlds intersect. Equally at home performing meticulously notated contemporary repertoire, improvising alongside musicians from diverse traditions, or developing ambitious new projects with composers, she has built a career defined less by convention than by artistic curiosity. Rather than following a traditional path, Lina has carved out an international reputation through fearless collaboration, an openness to creative risk, and a commitment to shaping new work that challenges and expands the role of the performer in twenty-first-century music.

Lina is flautist of 4-time Grammy Award-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with ensembles including Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, Crash Ensemble, Deutsches Kammerorchester, stargaze and Southern Cross Soloists. She is critically acclaimed for her interpretation of new music; Rolling Stone Magazine hailed her performance at Bang On A Can Summer Festival as “superbly played, (ranging) from sustained ‘somebody-please-get-that-tea-kettle’ squeaks to the flit and flutter of its beautifully lilting trills...”

As an orchestral and session player Lina has performed with BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Irish Studio Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia and most of Australia’s symphony orchestras, as well as Guest Principal Flute with Ulster Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria, and Guest Principal Piccolo with Australian Chamber Orchestra. She currently performs as Principal Flute with Irish National Opera Orchestra. As concerto soloist she has performed with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, US Navy Band, Dallas Winds, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Deutsches Kammerorchester, Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Southbank Sinfonia.

Performance credits include a solo performance at the Melbourne International Arts Festival that was noted as “re-defining the act of going solo “ (​The Age)​, Brett Dean’s flute concerto ‘Siduri Dances’ with Deutsches Kammerorchester, ‘smonize’ by composer Lucia Kilger for Donaueschinger Musiktage 2024, Tokyo Experimental Festival Grand Prize Winner, Edinburgh International Festival concerts with Crash Ensemble and stargaze, solo and ensemble appearances at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Ultima Festival Olso, Berlin’s acclaimed ​Unerhörte Musik series and a solo recital at Musica Nova Helsinki​.​ Lina released her debut solo album with Diatribe Records label in early 2020, which was described as “brimming with energy and bold textures, though marked throughout by nuance. A name to watch out for.” (All About Jazz).

In 2023, she was Artist-in-Residence/Guest Director for a season at the prestigious Australian National Academy of Music of where she is an alumna. A passionate educator and mentor, Lina is recognised for her engaging and inspiring approach to performance, contemporary music and artistic development. She has presented masterclasses and served as Guest Teaching Artist at institutions including Yale University, the University of Michigan, Brigham Young University, the University of Texas, Louisiana State University, Ohio State University, the University of Alabama, Rowan University, DePauw University, the University of Arkansas, Clemson University, the University of Queensland and Valdosta State University, and has been Artist-in-Residence at the University of Western Australia. In 2025, Lina joined the faculty at Emory University (USA) as Assistant Professor of Music, where she founded and directs the Emory Sound Collective, the university's contemporary music ensemble.

Lina performs on a Contrabass Flute by innovative flute maker Eva Kingma purchased through Music Network’s Music Capital Scheme, funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. Music Network is funded by The Arts Council.

Lina is a Powell Flutes Artist.