Ailis Ni Riain
Composer and Writer
Irish composer Ailís Ní Ríain combines her interests in composing and writing to produce works which explore her myriad artistic interests. This includes sound installation, voice theatre, music-theatre & presenting contemporary music in diverse spaces. She has been represented by the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland since 1999.
Her compositions have been performed in the USA, Germany, Italy, Holland, UK, Ireland and France and on Irish Radio and Television.
In 2004, Ailís was honoured to represent Ireland in Culture 2004 in Rome and Greece.
StreetSong (2006) won joint-first prize at the 2006 International Society of New Music's (ISCM) World New Music Days Short Cuts: Beauty Competition in Stuttgart. StreetSong (2006), an outdoor sound installation, was commissioned by The Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland and Temple Bar Properties. It has since been broadcast on RTE Lyric FM Irish national radio and in Germany.
An electroacoustic work, But Will You? from The Falling received its USA premiere in March 2006 as part of Voices on the Edge in California. It has since been played at Futuresonic International Festival of Urban Sound and Experimental Music in Manchester in July 2006.
Listen to Shame (track 8)from The Falling and more of Ailís work here
Visit The Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland's website