Andrew Aronowicz

Andrew Aronowicz is a composer and educator based in Naarm, Melbourne. His music has been performed in concerts and festivals around Australia and internationally by various major ensembles and performers, including the Melbourne, Tasmanian and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, as well as Syzygy and Plexus Ensembles, and by musicians at the Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp. Andrew is currently the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composer in Residence for 2026.

Andrew has been the recipient of various commissions and awards, with his music being described as “confident and imaginative” (Limelight Magazine) and having “a cinematic sense of scale” (Australian Book Review”). He has twice been selected for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Cybec 21st Century Composers Program. The first time, his piece Strange Alchemy was chosen for performance in the Metropolis New Music Festival, and was subsequently selected to represent Australia at the International Rostrum of Composers in Poland.

Andrew’s second opportunity with the Cybec program supported him to compose Komorebi, a subtle and moving work which won Andrew the opportunity to fulfil a year-long residency with the MSO in 2026. This residency has so far seen Andrew premiere two major works: his jellyfish-inspired fanfare Bloom, which premiered to a crowd of thousands at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in February, and his symphonic tone poem The Erl-King, performed by the MSO under the direction of conductor Kahchun Wong at Hamer Hall in Melbourne in April.

Andrew is currently working with the MSO on a new education show for young children – Classic Kids: The Carnival of the Animals – featuring brand-new ‘Aussie’ additions to Saint-Saens’ beloved orchestral classic premiering in August this year.

In addition to composing, Andrew is a passionate educator and communicator about music. He is the featured education presenter in two seasons of the ABC’s Let’s Sing program on ABC iView, alongside renowned Australian performers and host Emma Watkins (Emma Memma). He has also been invited to work with numerous schools and organisations as a composer and guest presenter, and in January 2026 was the Media and Communications Tutor at the Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp. Since 2015, Andrew has been the Composer in Residence for the Border Music Camp in Albury, NSW. A former producer at ABC Classic, Andrew also regularly presents pre-concert talks for the Melbourne Symphony and Australian Chamber Orchestras and teaches classroom music and strings at Balwyn High School.

Current to June 2026.