David Fennessy is an Irish composer, performer and teacher who lives and works in Glasgow.
His music is regularly performed nationally and internationally by leading orchestras and ensembles.
Recent highlights include Blood, premiered by the Irish Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Choir Ireland with solo violinist Katherine Hunka, Bog Cantata for the Dunedin Consort, RAIN I&2 for Scottish Ensemble, OPEN GROUND for Ensemble Modern. The complete, revised version of his Conquest of the Useless was given it’s premiere by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Jack Sheen with the composer himself as electric guitar soloist in November 2023.
On disk, his Triptych recorded by Chamber Choir Ireland on the Naxos label won a Scottish Award for New Music and his debut CD Panopticon was released on the NMC label. A new CD of his work Caruso, was released on the Unsounds label in 2024.
David is currently working on THE NOISE, a new electric guitar concerto for Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe.
