Diana Elizabeth Jane Burrell (born 25 October 1948) is an English composer and viola player.
[1][2] She attended Norwich High School for Girls before receiving her bachelor's of arts degree in music at Girton College, Cambridge.
She has also written music for young people, such as Lights and Shadows (1989) which includes a children's choir, a recorder group and much percussion.
She teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and became the Artistic Director of Spitalfields Festival in London in 2006, taking over from Jonathan Dove.
In 2006, she was awarded a fellowship from the Arts and Humanities Research Council at the Royal Academy of Music, to compose a major series of ensemble organ works over five years.