The NSW-based composer with receive the $30,000 award established to honour the late composer’s legacy.

The legacy of Peter Sculthorpe AO OBE, arguably Australia’s most cherished and distinguished composer who sadly passed away last year aged 85, is so significant it’s difficult to quantify. He has been a titanically influential figure in Australian music for over four decades, not just through his own substantial portfolio of compositions, but also through his work as a teacher and mentor to many of Australia’s greatest composers. Sculthorpe continues to shape the next generation of gifted Australian music makers as the inaugural beneficiary of the Peter Sculthorpe Fellowship was announced earlier this week by the University of Sydney, Arts NSW and the trustees of the Sculthorpe estate.

Peter Sculthorpe AO OBE

Composer Peggy Polias, an alumna of the University of Sydney and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, will receive the $30,000 dollar bursary, established to honour the enormous contribution of the late composer to the musical vibrancy of Australia. Polias, whose music has been performed across Australia by ensembles including Kammerkland, Ku-Ring Gai Philharmonic, Halcyon and Chronology Arts, has also worked...