Biography nigel westlake

Australian composer and conductor

Musical artist

Nigel Westlake (born 6 September ) is an Australian composer, musician and conductor. As a composer for the screen, his film credits include the feature films Ali's Wedding, Paper Planes, Miss Potter, Babe, Babe: Pig in the City, Children of the Revolution and The Nugget.

He also composed the theme for SBS World News.

Biography

Westlake was born in Sydney, the son of Sydney Symphony Orchestra principal clarinettist Donald Westlake.^[1]

Westlake studied the clarinet with his father and subsequently left school early to pursue a performance career in music.^[1]

By the age of 17, Westlake was touring Australia and the world, performing as a freelance clarinetist, bass clarinetist and saxophonist with ballet companies, a circus troupe, chamber music ensembles, fusion bands and orchestras.^[2]

In , Westlake studied bass clarinet and composition in the Netherlands^[