Composers
Ciarán Farrell
(b. 1969)Irish composer Ciarán Farrell was born in Dublin, Ireland, and graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1997.
Eibhlís Farrell
(b. 1953)Eibhlis Farrell is from Rostrevor in Co. Down and studied composition with Raymond Warren, Charles Wuorinen and Robert Moevs.
Greg Felton
(b. 1979)On Origin Story: "One of the freshest voices in Irish jazz and a must-hear for anyone who wants to know where the piano trio is headed in the 21st century." - The Irish Times
David Fennessy
(b. 1976)David Fennessy was born in Maynooth, Co Kildare. He began his musical studies at the DIT Conservatory of Music, studying guitar with John Feeley and composition with Eibhlis Farrell.
Howard Ferguson
(1908 - 1999)Howard Ferguson was born in Belfast in 1908. At the Royal College of Music, London, he studied piano with R. O. Morris and conducting with Sir Malcom Sargent and later studied with Harold Samuel.
Sinéad Finegan
(b. 1987)Sinéad Finegan completed an M. Phil in Music and Media Technology from Trinity College, Dublin in 2011.
Claire Fitch
(b. 1969)Claire Fitch (b.1969) studied at Birmingham Conservatoire, The Royal Academy of Music, Dublin Institute of Technology and Queen’s
Aloys Fleischmann
(1910 - 1992)Aloys Fleischmann was born in Munich to Irish-based German parents.
Philip Flood
(b. 1964)Philip Flood was born in Belfast and, after completing a degree in music at Queen’s University, moved to London in 1986 where he studied with Robert Saxton and Simon Emmerson.
Paul Flynn
(b. 1977)Paul Flynn is from Lucan, Co. Dublin. In 2000 he graduated with a BA in music from Trinity College Dublin, specialising in composition with Kevin O’Connell and Donnacha Dennehy.
Redmond Friel
(1907 - 1979)Together with T. C.
Liam Friel
(b. 1949)Born in Belfast, Liam Friel pursued his musical studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and subsequently at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
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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.
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