Isaac Hayward is an Australian-born award-winning conductor, multi-instrumentalist and arranger who has worked on a wide range of projects internationally.

His credits include Opera Australia, New Zealand, National Theatre of Great Britain, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, Global Creatures and for Broadway, Suffs, Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, MJ, Bad Cinderella, and King Kong. As a pianist or conductor, Isaac has also appeared with orchestras including Auckland Philharmonia, Christchurch Symphony, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, and Orchestra Victoria, and his arrangements have been played Sydney Symphony, Adelaide Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Chicago Symphony and on stages such as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.

Isaac is the recipient of a Helpmann Award, a Sydney Theatre Award, a Mike Walsh Major Fellowship, and the Rob Guest Endowment Musician Award. He is the artistic director of Hell’s Kitchen Laboratory Orchestra in New York, a project in which professional musicians play their secondary instruments.