Claire Edwardes - Dual Attractor Album Launch

Witness ‘an invigorating musical life force.’ – The Age

Claire Edwardes OAM is a force of nature in Australian music. With infectious enthusiasm and the moniker of ‘sorceress of percussion,’ she has built a trailblazing career in new music by asking what percussion can be and how it can boldly reflect the world we inhabit.

Drawing inspiration from chaos theory, Dual Attractor explores two gravitational centres pulling in different directions. For Claire, these opposing forces are found in the relationship between performer and instrument, the distinct voices of marimba and vibraphone, and the tension between decades of creative work and unknown territory ahead.

This unmissable album launch illuminates these dualities through bold new works. Experience the shimmering textures of Missy Mazzoli's Orizzonte, the quiet, hymn-like glow of Caroline Shaw's in manus tuas, and Anna Meredith's genre-defying Bumps per Minute – a techno-inspired dreamscape capturing the creative exchange that has guided Claire's work over three decades. Dual Attractor celebrates the vitality of contemporary percussion and invites listeners to enter the evolving world of sound that continues to inspire and challenge her.

Praise for Claire Edwardes

‘Prodigiously talented Australian…Edwardes is an invigorating musical life force.’ – The Age

‘Unique treasure of Australia’s musical community.’ – Limelight

Tickets

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About the Artist

A charismatic percussion virtuoso, Claire Edwardes OAM leaps between her role as Ensemble Offspring’s Artistic Director (Australia’s leading new music ensemble), solo recitals, and concerto performances with all the Australian Symphony Orchestras, including recent premieres of commissioned works by Anne Cawrse, Elena Kats-Chernin and Iain Grandage. In 2022, Claire was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her enduring contribution to Australian music; in 2023, she received the Creative Leadership Award and in 2025, was a finalist in the Classical Music Award at the Australian Women in Music Awards. Claire is the only Australian to win the APRA Art Music Luminary Award four times.

A three-time finalist in the Limelight Artists of the Year and described in Limelight as a “unique treasure of Australia’s musical community” and in The Age as “an invigorating musical life force,” Claire has hosted Play School, been an ARIA Award finalist twice, and performed as a soloist around the world – from Vancouver to Amsterdam, the Gold Coast to Malta, and Huddersfield to Alice Springs. Widely known for her genre-spanning solo concerts and for commissioning and premiering hundreds of new works for percussion, she passionately advocates for gender equity and diversity in all she undertakes.

Dual Attractor is Claire’s seventh solo album, following releases on Tall Poppies, ABC Classics and Move Records. Her discography stands as a testament to her thirty-year commitment to championing Australian and international new music, and the composers and collaborators who have helped shape it.

Program

Missy Mazzoli
Orizzonte

Caroline Shaw
In Manus Tuas

Kate Moore
Joyful Melodies

Gemma Peacocke
I Promise Not To Poison You xoxo (Nightshade/Hemlock)

Natalie Williams
Emberstrike

Anna Meredith
Bumps Per Minute (Joy Subdivision/Norcanoe)

Claire Edwardes
Dual Attractor