Andrew Ford

Andrew Ford is a composer, writer and broadcaster whose music has been performed around the world by the likes of the London Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, the Shanghai, New Zealand, Australian, Flinders and Brodsky quartets, and singers as various as Lyndon Terracini, Katie Noonan, Jane Sheldon, Jess Hitchcock and Robyn Archer. Since 2020, his Red Dirt Hymns have been widely taken up by singers and choirs.

Andrew has written widely on all manner of music and published eleven books, most recently The Shortest History of Music (Black Inc., July 2024) and, since 1995, he has presented The Music Show each weekend on ABC Radio National.