Dr. Hugh Martin Boyle is a composer from County Donegal, now living in County Armagh. Starting out as a performer of Irish traditional music, he went on to study piano with Nuala Levins at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He then studied at the University of Ulster, gaining a B.Mus. in 2006 and a Masters in Music in 2007, studying composition with Frank Lyons, Laurence Roman and David Morris. In 2014 he graduated from Queen's University Belfast with a PhD in Composition, having studied with Professor Piers Hellawell.
His music has been performed throughout Ireland and abroad by performers such as XelmYa (Germany), the New York Miniaturist Ensemble (USA), the Lawson Trio (England), the Con Tempo Quartet, Concorde, Kirkos, Anne-Marie O'Farrell, and the New Dublin Voices.
He has won the West Cork Chamber Music Composition Competition (piano trio section), the Feis Ceoil IMRO Award, the Mostly Modern/IMRO Young Composers Competition, and the Sine Nomine Award from the University of Ulster (Faculty of Arts).
Recent performances have been presented by the Fidelio Trio, Alex Petcu (multi-percussion), clarinettist Leonie Bluett, Claire Duff (baroque violin), Cue Saxophone Quartet, and by Cormac Ó hAodáin (member of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra).
