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Nigel Westlake is one of Australia’s most treasured composers, whose career spans almost five decades.
Westlake trained as a clarinettist, touring Australia and internationally with numerous orchestras, ensembles and bands. From 1987 to 1992, he was a core member of the Australia Ensemble.
Westlake began composing in 1980, working across radio, theatre, circus, television and film. His film credits include Babe and Babe: Pig in the City, Paper Planes, Miss Potter, Children of the Revolution, and four IMAX films; television credits include documentaries, telemovies, news themes and station idents.
Westlake writes extensively for the concert hall, receiving commissions for orchestral, chamber and solo works. Accolades include two ARIA Awards, 15 APRA awards, the 2022 APRA Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award, the Gold Medal for Best Original Music at the New York International Radio Festival, and the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award. He is also a two-time winner of the prestigious Paul Lowin Orchestral Prize.
Westlake has conducted all the major Australian symphony orchestras, as well as the New York Philharmonic and RTE Symphony (Ireland). He holds an honorary doctorate in music from the University of New South Wales.