Bradshaw Music Productions

06/09/2024

A lovely interview with Leonardo Bautista from Opera Notes (based in Mexico) about all things Zarqa!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLzeIbCWUQs

Lots of FAQs answered here - as best I can at any rate... and you can see my collection of Transformers (and Minions) right behind my head! 😂

Interview with Lee Bradshaw Australian Composer About Zarqa Al Yamama, the first grand opera produced in Saudi Arabia

14/01/2024

I am delighted to announce my participation as composer of the upcoming production of "Zarqa Al Yamama", the first ever grand opera to be produced by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This historic event is set to premiere on Thursday 25th April 2024 in Riyadh, running for a series of eight performances.�The pre-Islamic story is a tale about a blue eyed mystic called Zarqa who attempts warn her tribe of impending doom through her powers of foresight. Parts of the Zarqa story are said to have influenced elements of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth".

The Opera is set and will be performed - in Arabic.

I am incredibly honoured and humbled to have been asked to contribute the score, and even more astounded to have the magnificent Dame Sarah Connolly feature in the title role; accompanied by the Dresdner Sinfoniker and the Czech Philharmonic Choir conducted by Pablo Gonzalez in a production directed by the wonderful Daniele Finzi Pasca and his team.

My belief that music has the capacity to transcend borders, galvanises my involvement in this project; and the opportunity to hear music and sounds that are new and unique to me, and to then give something completely new in return; to share music and to collaborate in such a unique part of the world in such a unique way - I simply couldn’t be more thrilled.

The Opera is discussed at length in an article by John Arlidge for the Sunday Times UK (attached):

18/04/2023

25/10/2022

Victoria K's sophomore album "KORE" is OUT NOW!Album Orders​ - https://bit.ly/VictoriaK_Kore​Digital - https://bfan.link/kore-2"Kore" explores modern-day iss...

25/10/2022

So excited to see this beautiful single hit the streets!!!

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Get around her!

Magazine spring issue: Burning Grace will release her new single “Electric” on the 18th of Nov ✨pre-save now✨

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Produced by the incredible and mystical powerhouse Lee Bradshaw from Bradshaw Music Productions

16/09/2022

Bradshaw Music Productions will be there!

26/08/2022

In November 2021, violinist Baiba Skride joined longtime collaborator Harriet Krjigh (cello), and my oldest friend - violist Ivan Vukčević - at the famous EMIL Berliner Studios in Berlin to record an Album of my Chamber Music.

The recording is produced by Lukas Kowalski.

https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6453/

This would turn out to be - after over 25 years of making records for other people - my ‘first Album’. I didn’t even produce it… in fact - I wasn’t even there… thanks to the plague - I was stuck in Australia, and I had to watch on through the miracle of technology these extraordinary musicians (under the excellent guidance of Lukas) bring my music to life.

The result is nothing short of spectacular.

As a composer - you can’t ask for better… only different. And that is quite an incredible place to be…

The Album includes works that stretch all the way back to 2003 up to the most recent work included from late 2020.

The String Trio “Trigon” (2003) - is the only work that features all three musicians and is a masterclass of chamber music making. These players engage in a musical dialogue of a sort that makes me feel entirely vindicated in having chosen to return to this form of music making…

The disc’s newest work - 2020’s Concerto for Two; written especially for Baiba and Harriet - is my letter to both musicians, they way I hear them as players and in some way - how I see them both as people… and sure enough this work is tackled expertly and exactly as I imagined it…

One of the absolute highlights for me however - and the work which initially captured Lukas’ imagination in the Studio - is the Rhapsody for viola.
Made up of material from my viola concerto; this piece - written especially for Ivan - is (to me) the perfect collaboration…
The piece, the performer and the friendship that goes back to when we were basically children; Ivan was always a champion of my music - even when I searching for meaning in the furthest-most opposite direction… and I’m not surprised that this piece - the longest, and potentially most challenging of all the music included - is something of a ‘dark horse’. And not unlike Ivan himself - who is one of the finest musicians in the world - and who no one sees coming.

This whole project (like many of the projects which surround this one) - is defined (to me at least) by lines of interconnection… some that stretch back to my childhood; and some in others in ways - even further.

The opening work - “Via Crucis” - which is the piece that ultimately culminated in this disc; began life when I walked into a tiny Church in the city centre of Lugano in Switzerland in 2018. I thought it would be nice to light a candle for my Grandmother who had recently passed, and was probably still unhappy I wasn’t a practising Catholic…
The Church was beautiful, decorated with all manner of renaissance era artwork - but what struck me, was a series of sculptures that were displayed around the walls depicting the Passion - entitled Via Crucis, by a local Swiss Artist by the name of Nag Arnoldi (see the image below).
These incredibly expressive works immediately got me imagining the sound of a violin echoing through the building - music that sounded like Bach; only different. Ideas began coming quickly, so I lit a candle, and rushed off to start writing.
When I finished the piece, I sent it to Ivan and asked if he could pass it onto some of his violinist colleagues in Lugano, and perhaps I could organise for one of them to play the work in the Church there. Instead, he decided to give it to Baiba Skride - who loved it!

Baiba premiered the piece in Pittsburgh about a year later.

The date of the concert was two days after my Grandmother’s birthday.

The Ties That Bind…

Navona Records and Australian composer Lee Bradshaw present THE TIES THAT BIND, a collection of chamber music for strings that reveal an explicit and emotionally-charged truth.

25/06/2022

The man can play; the man can write; the man can SING!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcpFbKosLMY

Love the flying V too!

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17/01/2022

So pleased to hear that these two fine musicians; Hans Liviabella and Ekaterina Valiulina, brought my "Two Violins" into the world yesterday - for the world premiere - at the National Museum of Rome!
Looking forward to working with them both on the premiere recording in March!

So pleased to hear that these two fine musicians; Hans Liviabella and Ekaterina Valiulina, brought my "Two Violins" into the world yesterday - for the world premiere - at the National Museum of Rome!

Looking forward to working with them both on the premiere recording in March!

Thank you both xx

14/01/2022

My creatively titled new piece "Two Violins" - for two violins - is being premiered this weekend by the wonderful Hans Liviabella and Ekaterina Valiulina; at the National Museum of Rome.
They will be recording the piece in Lugano this March alongside the Ysaye and Prokofiev duos for an upcoming CD release.

My creatively titled new piece "Two Violins" - for two violins - is being premiered this weekend by the wonderful Hans Liviabella and Ekaterina Valiulina; at the National Museum of Rome.

They will be recording the piece in Lugano this March alongside the Ysaye and Prokofiev duos for an upcoming CD release.

01/01/2022

16/07/2021

A couple of artists we've had the privilege of working with, Georgia Page Music and Hannah Frances are participating in this!

Are you a young musician? Perhaps this would interest you!
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‘We are looking for young musicians 12 – 25 years to compete in our upcoming Music Competition!

Only a few weeks left to register your interest in the upcoming Battle of the Bands event our Whitehorse Flying Pigs Events Team will be hosting this upcoming September!

Prizes Include:

1st: A 2 hour Artist Development Session with Bradshaw Music Productions

2nd: Hydra Studios – x4 rehearsal sessions

Expressions of interest are open till Monday 12th August.

To express your interest:

Sign up via this Google Form in our linkedtree, or via the QR code on our flyer!

Email us at: [email protected] or call Jac on: 0408 356 997

06/07/2021

About last night...

About last night…

7000 people attended Luštica Bay in Tivat to hear the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra premiere of my “Letters from Montenegro”; followed by a performance by the wonderful Amira Medunjanin !

I was lucky enough to have been asked to write the orchestrations for Amira’s performance for this concert.

Thank you to the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra and Veton Marevci - who very graciously shepherded my work into the world!

Thank you to Amira for her great Artistry and enthusiasm for our collaboration!

Thank you to the whole administration team at Mediterranean Notes Festival for their efforts in producing such an event during a time like this…

And mostly - to Ivan Vukčević for his tireless commitment to ensuring the Festival proceeded, and for championing my music for over 25 years…

Bravo!

05/07/2021

I'm very excited that "Letters from Montenegro" will be premiering today at Mediterranean Notes.

About five years ago I made a decision to re-focus my personal creative efforts back into composing.

Today, with the help of my oldest and best friend - Ivan Vukčević - we premiere my “Letters from Montenegro” at the Mediterranean Notes Festival in Tivat with the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra.

I have often worked with orchestras over the years producing pop/rock/metal records - but this will be the first time a piece of my own ‘serious’ concert music is performed by a state orchestra.

The concert also features 13 orchestrations I recently made of traditional Bosnian folk songs performed by the wonderful Amira Medunjanin!

24/06/2021

So this happened today!

Very happy to have a hand in this, contributing to a genuinely inspiring cause… and where all the effort goes directly to where it’s needed most.

A big congratulations to Dave Cox for his vision and continued passion.

Guitars for Vets Australia - G4VA; check them out!

24/05/2021

Late again on the repost... but Hannah Frances has issued this single to bridge the gap between her EP and what comes next...

It's always a special thing when an Artist allows you the room to create alongside them, and this is one of those occasions where an idea from slightly left field got a chance to LIVE!

This song was originally only Hannah's beautiful, etherial voice and a guitar... then I suggested adding something subtle and not at all bombastic... like an orchestra...

And we did!

Then the majestic Lachlan Davidson added some flugelhorn and we are setting sail!

Hannah could put an end to international conflict with a single lullaby...



Wrap your earballs around this!

"My Thoughts Were So Loud (feat. Budapest Symphony Orchestra)" is OUT NOW! Listen on all platforms!

From the bottom of my heart, thank you Bradshaw Music Productions and Budapest Symphony Orchestra

This song is an ode to those beautiful souls who help us to heal during dark times

20/05/2021

Some words of wisdom from Sophie Keye!

30/04/2021

Sophie Keye’s newest single is OUT NOW!

This is certainly one of my favourites - such a beautiful song from Sophie 💖

Do have a listen! ☺️