Thérèse Fahy on 'Ireland's Tombeau to Debussy 2018' [audio feature]
Wed 3 Oct 2018
Pianist Thérèse Fahy talks to CMC's Jonathan Grimes about her project to mark the 100th anniversary of Debussy's death.
Ireland's Tombeau to Debussy 2018 features commissions from 7 Irish composers programmed alongside music by Debussy and composers who wrote pieces as part of the original 'Tombeau de Claude Debussy' in 1920. The commissioned Irish composers are Sebastian Adams, Siobhán Cleary, Raymond Deane, Roger Doyle, Benjamin Dwyer, Jane O'Leary, Gráinne Mulvey.
Following concerts at the National Concert Hall, Dublin in May of this year, the concerts will be repeated at the Centre Culturel Irlandais from 24-26 October.
See also: Siobhán Cleary, Raymond Deane, Roger Doyle, and Jane O’Leary write about their pieces composed for the project here.