Michael Oliva (born 18 April 1966) is a British composer of contemporary classical music, working mainly in electroacoustics and opera.

Although Oliva had already begun composing at the age of 15, he studied biochemistry (specialising in neurochemistry[1]) at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Each term, Oliva curates and directs 'From the Soundhouse', public concerts of electroacoustic music (the title is taken from Francis Bacon's New Atlantis[3]).

[5] Oliva’s music draws on a wide range of inspirations, from Scriabin, Stockhausen, Takemitsu, Brian Eno, Miles Davis to spectralism.

Oliva makes extensive use of video and electronic sound as an integral part of the storytelling, expanding the form though the use of film and television techniques.