Composer Andrew Schultz was born in Australia and lives in Sydney. He studied at the Universities of Queensland, Pennsylvania and King’s College London where his teachers and mentors included George Crumb, David Lumsdaine and Luciano Berio. Andrew has received numerous awards including Australia Council Fellowships, Paul Lowin, Fulbright, APRA and Art Music Awards. His acclaimed music covers a broad range of chamber, orchestral and vocal works and has been performed and recorded widely by leading musicians internationally.

Andrew is a busy full-time composer and has held many commissions including from all the major Australian orchestras. He has written large-scale works including four symphonies and three operas (Black River, Going Into Shadows and The Children’s Bach) which have been presented live and on film around the world. Other major works include, Journey to Horseshoe Bend, Maali, Endling, Paradise, Dark Well and Concertos for Violin, Piano and Bassoon. Premieres in 2025-26 include Symphony No. 4, commissioned by WASO, De Profundis for Australian War Memorial, Piano Concerto with Rosemary Tuck and The New London Orchestra, and Lines Folding for Reeds Bending wind quintet.

Andrew has held residencies in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, USA and the UK including at the Banff Centre for Creativity and the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. He is Emeritus Professor of Music at UNSW Sydney and previously Head of Composition at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama London, Professor of Composition at the University of Wollongong, and the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University.