Claire Edwardes
Australian percussion musician

Claire Edwardes

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Australian percussion musician
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Female
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Birth:
9 September 1975(Sydney, Australia)
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Education:
Fort Street High School
Bachelor of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Master of Music
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Master of Music
Rotterdams Conservatorium
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Biography

Claire Olivia Edwardes (born 9 September 1975) is an Australian classical percussionist.

Edwardes was born in Sydney and educated at Fort Street High School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, then moved to the Netherlands to complete a master's degree at Codarts and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam on a Nuffic Huygens Scholarship.

Edwardes is the co-founder and artistic director of Ensemble Offspring, roles she shared with composer Damien Ricketson until his retirement from the group. In 2016, she won two APRA Art Music Awards, with one going to Ensemble Offspring for "sustained services to Australian music for 20 years", and Edwardes receiving an individual award "for performance, advocacy and artistic leadership".

Edwardes has appeared on television as an occasional host of Play School, and as a panelist on Spicks and Specks.