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The Contemporary Music Centre features Cliodhna Ryan, violin, in its final new music::new Ireland salon of Spring 2013

8 May 2013

The Contemporary Music Centre's forthcoming new music::new Ireland salon, 6pm, Thursday 30 May 2013, takes place in the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall with Cliodhna Ryan, violin. This salon closes the Centre's 2013 Spring Salon series. The series will resume in October 2013.

Cliodhna Ryan, violin, will present a programme of works illustrating different approaches to writing for the violin. The programme includes Ian Wilson, Una Santa Oscura - Fragment for violin and tape (world premiere); Enda Bates, Searching for Home for violin and electronics (revised); Niall Vallely, Nothing Else for solo violin (world premiere) and Ed Bennett, Sometimes it Rains. Una Santa Oscura was originallly written and performed in 2009 as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. The salon features a world premiere of a special concert version of approximately a quarter of the stage piece entitled Una Santa Oscura - Fragment. Searching for Home uses various electronic sounds triggered by the violin which extend spatially. Nothing Else for solo violin, written especially for the salon, is part of the music for a documentary on Joseph Campbell, a Belfast-born poet and political activist, probably best-known for writing the song My Lagan Love. Sometimes it Rains an evocative piece rounds off a night of beautiful music.

Cliodhna Ryan enjoys a diverse and varied career as a violinist. She performs extensively as a soloist and recitalist throughout the British Isles and has broadcast extensively on Lyric FM and BBC Radio. In addition to her work with the Rothko Trio, with whom she is a founding member, she has performed with the Vanbrugh String Quartet, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Chroma, Ergodos and Crash Ensemble.

The CMC new music::new Ireland salon series aims to encourage newcomers and enthusiasts alike to engage with the music of Irish composers. Each performance takes place in an informal atmosphere with dialogue encouraged between composers, performers and audience. This is the Centre's tenth series and as in previous years admission is always free.

The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland's national archive and resource centre for new music. The Centre is supported by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. The Centre would like to thank the National Concert Hall for the use of the Kevin Barry Room for the salon series.

Admission is free for the new music::new Ireland salon series but booking is strongly recommended. To book please contact the National Concert Hall on tel: 01 417 0000 www.nch.ie. For further information on the performer and composers involved contact Karen Hennessy, Promotion Manager, The Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8. tel: 01-673 1922 or email: khennessy@cmc.ie, web site: www.cmc.ie

Notes for Editors

new music::new Ireland salon

6pm - 7pm, 30 May 2013, FREE ADMISSION
Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin 2

Cliodhna Ryan, violin

Ed Bennett | Sometimes it Rains, violin and tape
Niall Vallely | Nothing Else, solo violin (world premiere)
Enda Bates | Searching for Home, violin and electronics (revised)
Ian Wilson | Una Santa Oscura - Fragment , violin and tape (world premiere)

Admission Free | Booking Recommended | tel: 01 417 0000 | www.nch.ie
Information from The Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 |
web site: www.cmc.ie

Cliodhna Ryan
Cliodhna Ryan enjoys a diverse and varied career as a violinist. As a founding member of the Rothko String Trio, she made her London debut to critical acclaim at the Purcell Room in 2005. Cliodhna has been a guest artist at the Shannon International Music Festival and the Cutting Edge and Meanwood Music Series in London. She has given world premieres of new works by composers such as Raymond Deane, Alisdair Stout and Linda Buckley. In addition to her work with the Rothko Trio, she has performed with the Vanbrugh String Quartet, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Chroma, Ergodos and Crash Ensemble. Her work with Crash Ensemble, with whom she has broadcast and recorded with involves exploring the boundaries of new music, working with multi-media, electronics and amplification. As a member of the Irish Chamber Orchestra she has played alongside such great artists as Richard Tognetti, Anthony Marwood and Pekka Kuuisisto. She performs regularly with the Northern Sinfonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. She is frequently engaged as principal violinist with the R.T.E Concert Orchestra and the Endellion Orchestra amongst others.. Her education has taken her from the Royal Academy of Music in London to Dallas, as a Fulbright Scholar. More recently, she has been an artist- in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada, where she worked with such musicians as the Bademeyer Quartet, Piers Lane, Barry Shiffman and Henk Guittart. These residencies were supported by The Arts Council of Ireland and The Banff Centre for the Arts. She is the co-founder and curator of the groundbreaking Kaleidoscope music salon in Dublin. She performs as a soloist and recitalist throughout the British Isles and has broadcast extensively on Lyric FM and BBC Radio.