CLAIRE EDWARDES
Artistic Director
A founding member of Ensemble Offspring, Claire Edwardes OAM is the Artistic Director and percussionist. 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 and 2025 was a Finalist in Classical Music at the Australian Women in Music Awards. Claire leaps between her roles as leader, mentor, curator, advocate, recording artist, concerto and recital soloist, at all times tirelessly championing new work that she has commissioned predominantly by Australian composers including concertos by Iain Grandage, Anne Cawrse, Elena Kats-Chernin and Kate Moore.
