CLAIRE EDWARDES

Artistic Director

A founding member of Ensemble Offspring, Claire Edwardes OAM has directed the group  since 2006, initially as co-Artistic Director with Damien Ricketson and since 2015 as sole Artistic Director. She was recently described as a "unique treasure of Australia’s musical community" by Limelight and as “an invigorating musical life force” by The Age. She is the only Australian to win the 'APRA Art Music Luminary Award’ four times and in 2023 she was the recipient of the Creative Leadership Award at the Australian Women in Music Awards. Claire leaps between her roles as leader, mentor, curator, recording artist, concerto and recital soloist, at all times tirelessly championing new work that she has commissioned predominantly by Australian composers including Iain Grandage, Anne Cawrse, Alice Chance and Kate Moore