The Music Network National Instrument Collection - Music Capital Scheme (Award 4)
- Deadline: 30 October 2024 at 2pm
Join Gráinne Mulvey on Wednesday the 27th of November at Garter Lane Arts Centre. Gráinne will offer insight into her compositional process and share the inspiration behind her new commission written especially for our November tour.
Our November Tour will feature international classical music stars violinist Francisco Fullana and pianist Alba Ventura performing together in Ireland for the first time. The work will be performed as part of our November tour programme. The tour will run in venues across the country from 23 Nov - 1 Dec.
About the composer
Gráinne Mulvey is a composer of acoustic and electronic music. Her music has been broadcast by RTE Lyric FM, BBC Radio 3 and major international networks, published by BabelScores in France, Universal Edition and represented by the CMC in Ireland. It has been released on CD by Parma Recordings, Divine Art Recordings, RMN Music, Petrichor Records, Diatribe Records, Bandcamp and Farpoint Recordings.
Her music has been performed by many international soloists, ensembles and orchestras to name but a few: Soprano Elizabeth Hilliard with whom she regularly collaborates, flautist Joe O’Farrell, guitarist Katalin Koltai, ensembles: Concorde, Tampera Raw, Sepia, ConTempo, Hard Rain SoloistsEnsemble, ACME, in Chicago, Ensemble MISE-EN in New York and orchestras: NSO Ireland, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, The Northern Sinfonia, UK, and the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra.
She has represented Ireland three times at the International Rostrum of Composers in 1994, 2005 and 2015, at the ISCM World Music Days in 2008 and 2009, the Finnish Biennale in 2002, at the National Arts Museum of China international exhibition in 2022. She has won many national and international prizes for her work. She is Professor and Head of Composition at TUD and is a member of Aosdána.
Find out more about Gráinne Mulvey here: www.grainnemulvey.eu
Music Network Commissions
We are committed to providing opportunities for Irish composers through our programmes. Commissioning is a vital part of the work we do to nurture music and musicians in Ireland.
Every year we commission a number of new works by Irish composers which are performed by renowned Irish and international performers for audiences across the county as part of our national touring programme.
