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Ross Edwards is one of Australia’s most distinctive and recognisable musical voices. His unique sound world evokes and is drawn from the natural environment, elemental forces and human connectedness.
Edwards’ Dawn Mantras greeted the new 2000 millennium in a global telecast from the sails of the Sydney Opera House to universal acclaim and an estimated audience of two billion people around the world.
Other well-lauded works include his Fourth Symphony – Star Chant, Maninyas: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Bird Spirit Dreaming, Full Moon Dances and Frog and Star Cycle. Edwards has been engaged by many commissioners across his career including Symphony Australia, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Festival, Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Australia Broadcasting Commission and the National Gallery of Australia. His ballet, Zodiac was commissioned by one of the largest and well-respected ballet companies in the US, Houston Ballet.
As one of Australia’s best known and most performed composers, Edwards has won several APRA-AMC Art Music Awards, including the Award for Excellence by an Individual in 2015 for his contribution to Australian chamber music. In 1994 Edwards received an ARIA Award for the recording of his violin concerto (Maninyas), performed by Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Dene Olding as soloist. In 1997, Ross Edwards was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Edwards’ Dawn Mantras greeted the new 2000 millennium in a global telecast from the sails of the Sydney Opera House to universal acclaim and an estimated audience of two billion people around the world.
Other well-lauded works include his Fourth Symphony – Star Chant, Maninyas: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Bird Spirit Dreaming, Full Moon Dances and Frog and Star Cycle. Edwards has been engaged by many commissioners across his career including Symphony Australia, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Festival, Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Australia Broadcasting Commission and the National Gallery of Australia. His ballet, Zodiac was commissioned by one of the largest and well-respected ballet companies in the US, Houston Ballet.
As one of Australia’s best known and most performed composers, Edwards has won several APRA-AMC Art Music Awards, including the Award for Excellence by an Individual in 2015 for his contribution to Australian chamber music. In 1994 Edwards received an ARIA Award for the recording of his violin concerto (Maninyas), performed by Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Dene Olding as soloist. In 1997, Ross Edwards was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
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