Lachlan Skipworth (b. 1982) is an Australian composer based in Perth, Western Australia, whose vivid music spans orchestral, chamber, vocal and experimental works. He studied at the University of Western Australia and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (with Roger Smalley and Anne Boyd), completing a PhD, and undertook further study with Jorg Widmann at the Freiburg Hochschule fur Musik. His three years in Japan studying the shakuhachi bamboo flute remain central to his voice. In 2016 he won the Paul Lowin Prize for his Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra and became composer-in-residence with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. He co-founded the ensembles Intercurrent and Cygnus Arioso. Recent works include a Flute Concerto premiered by WASO (2024) and the acclaimed, ARIA-noted albums Chamber Works and Altiora Peto.
