Andrew Schultz

Andrew Schultz (born August 18, 1960 in Adelaide ) is an Australian composer of contemporary classical music and music professor.

Life

Schultz 'education took place at the Universities of Queensland and Pennsylvania and at King's College in London . He holds a Bachelor of Music with Honors ( Bachelor with Honor ), a Master of Music degree and a Ph.D. in composition .

He has lived in Sydney since 2008 , where he is Professor of Music at the University of New South Wales there . Previous academic positions were in the United Kingdom , France, the United States and Canada.

Works

His compositions cover a wide spectrum with chamber music as well as orchestral and vocal works. He has also been commissioned many times by leading Australian orchestras .

The following operas should be mentioned among Schultze's works:

• Black River (1989),
• Going into Shadows (2001),
• The Children's Bach (2008) - these were adapted and used as film music in Black River (a 1993 film).

Other extensive compositions are:

• Violin Concerto (1996),
• Journey to Horseshoe Bend (2003),
• Song of Songs (2004),
• The Endling (2006),
• To the evening star (2009).

Journey to Horseshoe Bend and Black River deal with the socio-cultural issue of the conflicts between Australian natives and Western settlers and for this reason are also cast with actors of indigenous origin when performing on stage.

Awards

• Fulbright Award (1982)
• Albert H. Maggs Composition Award (1985)
• Grand Prix of the Opera via the Opéra Bastille (1991)
• APRA Award for the classical composition of the year 1993
• Schueler Award 2007
• Paul Lowin Prize 2009
• Centenary of Canberra Symphony Commission (2012)

Web links

• Andrew Schultz website
• Website of Andrew Schultz at the University of New South Wales
• Artist performance at the Australian Music Center