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Claire Cowan is hailed as one of New Zealand\u2019s most exciting composers with an impressive array of scoring and composition credits spanning concert, film, television and theatre. Seven prime-time TV soundtracks, multiple “Best Original Score” national awards, several Composer Residencies, and two full length ballets commissioned from the Royal New Zealand Ballet are just a few of the many accolades to her name. In 2021 Claire was awarded \u201cBest Classical Artist\u201d at the Aotearoa Music Awards.<\/p>\n

Her passion for collaboration, and her versatility as an orchestrator, has led her to work with the cream of the crop in NZ’s pop-music scene; names like Benee, Marlon Williams, Leisure, Tami Neilson and Dave Dobbyn are but a handful of the talents she has joined forces with, reinventing their songs with fully orchestrated versions for New Zealand’s most prestigious orchestras.<\/p>\n

Notable recent projects include Cinderella<\/em> for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, music for Under the Vines<\/em> and One Lane Bridge<\/em> TV series, STARK<\/em>\u00a0 Violin Concerto for Amalia Hall, and six short chamber commissions from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to accompany iconic Kiwi storybooks. In 2019 Claire created Lo | Co Arts with choreographer Loughlan Prior, with whom she collaborates on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

As a performer, Cowan\u2019s expertise lies in strings and keys, often incorporating percussive and folk techniques into her classical string scores. She directs the Blackbird Ensemble a vagabond chamber orchestra who create highly visual and theatrical musical experiences in non-traditional spaces.<\/p>\n

In 2023 Claire was the grand prize winner of the Oticon Faculty International Film Music Contest<\/a>, and the only woman in the Top 10. She is now represented by the Oticon Talent Agency<\/a> of Europe, representing New Zealand on the international roster of composer talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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