Composers
Mick Langan
(b. 1971)Mick Langan studied composition with Don Ray, Bob Drasnin and orchestration with Conrad Pope of UCLA. and Screen Training Ireland.
Tony Langlois
(1960 - 2024)Tony Langlois was an ethnomusicologist with a background in North African musical traditions. He taught sound and other kinds of media at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick.
John F. Larchet
(1884 - 1967)John F. Larchet was born in Dublin. He studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music where his teachers included Michele Esposito.
Victor Lazzarini
(b. 1969)Victor Lazzarini was born in Londrina, southern Brazil. He is a Senior Lecturer in Music at the NUI Maynooth, and a composer.
Brian Ledwidge Flynn
(b. 1977)Brian Ledwidge Flynn (MA Mus.) is an Irish born Composer, Guitar player, Producer and Music Tutor living in Dortmund, Germany.
Conor Linehan
(b. 1971)Conor Linehan studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with
Thérèse Fahy and, after graduating from Trinity College Dublin with a
Fiona Linnane
(b. 1978) Frank Lyons
(b. 1964)Frank Lyons was born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, and studied electric guitar in his early teens.
Áine Mallon
(b. 1994)Áine Mallon (b.1994) is an award winning, Irish born composer.
Ruaidhri Mannion
(b. 1985)Ruaidhri Mannion is an Irish composer and sonic artist living in London. He is a Royal College of Music Scholar, completing his doctorate under the supervision of Dr.
Bernadette Marmion
(b. 1938)Bernadette Marmion was born and educated in Dublin. She studied piano with Rhona Marshall and composition with A. J. Potter at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Neil Martin
(b. 1962)Belfast-born Neil Martin is a composer and musician with an international reputation who enjoys a most varied and rewarding career.
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This section introduces the music of Irish composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is intended as a good starting point for anyone not familiar with Irish contemporary music.
Each composer's page provides a photo, a biography, most recent works added to CMC's collection and other information. You can also purchase CDs and scores by each composer, access features about the composers, or view any upcoming events which include their music.
An Irish composer is defined as anyone who was born or is permanently resident in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.
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