Composers
Gerard Victory
(1921 - 1995)Born in Dublin, Gerard Victory was educated at University College Dublin and Trinity College.
Kevin Volans
(b. 1949)Kevin Volans was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and later with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne.
David Wallace
(b. 1982)“Contemporary, sophisticated, musical gold”; The Irish World 2016
“Beautifully scored rhapsody”; The Examiner 2012
William Vincent Wallace
(1812 - 1865)Wallace, born in Waterford city, was the son of a British army bandmaster from Ballina, Co. Mayo.
Norah Constance Walsh
(b. 1973)Norah Constance Walsh is a composer, musical director and musician based in Dublin, Ireland.
Jennifer Walshe
(b. 1974)Jennifer Walshe was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1974.
Harry Whalley
(b. 1984)Working between Edinburgh, Belfast and London, Harry Whalley is an award winning composer of contemporary classical, film and electroacoustic music.
Bill Whelan
(b. 1950)Bill Whelan has worked extensively in theatre and film. He was appointed composer to the W.B.
Ian White
(b. 1955)Ian White began his musical career as an orchestral trombone player with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Matthew Whiteside
(b. 1988)Matthew Whiteside, the List Hot 100 2019, is a composer, collaborator, sound designer and concert prod
Kevin Whyms
(b. 1971)Multi-instrumentalist and composer Kevin Whyms began his musical studies at an early age with the Artane Boys Band in Dublin.
Gareth Williams
(b. 1977)Originally from Co Armagh, composer and songwriter Gareth Williams now lives in Edinburgh, where he makes work that ranges from opera, theatre and song writing to chamber and orchestral music.
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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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