Composer Andrew Schultz was born in Australia and lives in Sydney. He studied at the Universities of Queensland, Pennsylvania and King’s College London where his teachers and mentors included George Crumb, David Lumsdaine and Luciano Berio. Andrew has received numerous awards including Australia Council Fellowships, Paul Lowin, Fulbright, APRA and Art Music Awards. His music covers a broad range of chamber, orchestral and vocal works and has been performed and recorded widely by leading musicians internationally.
Andrew is a busy full-time composer and has held many commissions including from all the major Australian orchestras. He has written large-scale works including three operas (Black River, Going Into Shadows and The Children’s Bach) which have been presented live and on film around the world. Other major works include three symphonies, Journey to Horseshoe Bend, Maali, Endling, Paradise and Violin Concerto. Recent works include Bassoon and Piano Concertos and he is currently working on his Fourth Symphony commissioned by WASO.
Andrew has held residencies in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, USA and the UK including at the Banff Centre for Creativity and the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. He is Emeritus Professor of Music at UNSW Sydney and previously Head of Composition at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama London, Professor of Composition at the University of Wollongong, and the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University.
Latest news
Dark Well – European premiere
The European premiere of Andrew Schultz’s immersive, site-specific 60 minute work for two pianos, Dark Well, occurs at the Opera Schrattenbach 2023 Festival in Czechia on 30 November, 2023. The work will be performed by Martin Smutný and Kateřina Ochmanová in the...
BASSOON CONCERTO WORLD PREMIERE
The premiere of Andrew Schultz’s new Bassoon Concerto, performed by bassoonist Jane Kircher-Lindner with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Asher Fisch in their Symphonic Titans program at the Perth Concert Hall on Friday 2 June and Saturday 3 June...
Listening in Paradise
An intimate portrait concert of music by Australian composer Andrew Schultz was presented at the John Knowles Paine Hall, Harvard University on Saturday evening, 25 March 2023. The concert featured outstanding performers from the US and Australia: Sofia Troncoso...
Catalogue
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Recordings
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