Lee Bradshaw

Lee Bradshaw is a Melbourne-born Australian composer.

Bradshaw’s music has been premiered and performed by Artists such as: Dame Sarah Connolly, Serena Farnocchia, Dresdner Sinfoniker, Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Baiba Skride, Ivan Vukčević, Harriet Krijgh, Stefan Cassemenos, The Flinders String Quartet, The Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Svizzera Italiana, Amira Medunjanin, Wilma Smith, Quartetto Energie Nove, The Fidelio String Quartet, Anna Sleptsova and Sally Anne Russell.

Among his extensive output are numerous sonatas, ensemble pieces, and suites for various instrumental groups. Noteworthy among these is the String Trio “Trigon” (2003), commissioned and premiered by Ivan Vukčević, which garnered critical acclaim as “sublime.”

He is the creative director and producer of “The Death of Beethoven” – a recording cycle of the late-Beethoven String Quartets performed by Quartetto Energie Nove, in collaboration with Radio Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland.

Lee is Composer-in-Residence at Christchurch Festival of Chamber Music, and was commissioned by Wilma Smith to compose “Resolve” – the set string quartet piece for the 2023 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.