composer, academic @tcddublin (own views). contemporary opera, experimental music theatre, composition
Ireland/ Greece/ Luxembourg
Joined October 2013
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#20ShotsofOpera @IrishNatOpera THE GIFT, libretto #MarinaCarr, Music @RigakiE, Conductor @fergussheil, Director @jomangan, Mezzo Soprano Doreen Curran, Actor Seán McGinley youtube.com/watch?v=kTkfsTOI…
It’s a true joy to witness gifted Daniel, Aoife and Rory continue to flourish.
A huge congratulations to all three on this well-deserved recognition!
Huge congratulations to our PhD Composer Daniel Vives Lynch (BA 2022), who is one of three winners of this year’s prestigious String Quartet Composition Competition at @WCMusicFestival alongside former @tcddublin students Aoife Kavanagh (MPhil 2019) and Rory Murphy (BA 2018)!
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A moving celebration @TheLirAcademy for our dear
Prof & Chair Brian Singleton @bsnglton as he retires.
Full of laughter, tears & tributes. Incredible to hear how The Lir came to be and Brian’s vital role in making it happen. A true legacy @tcddublin
‘Antigone in Ireland’ Symposium @AbbeyTheatre — A truly inspiring day of talks and conversations with Marina Carr, @MelissaSihra, Darren Murphy, Carlo Gébler, Eugene McNulty, and Adam Hanna. Grateful for the insights! #Antigone #IrishTheatre
Truly honoured to have been elected to a Fellowship @tcddublin.
Endless thanks to my family, colleagues, collaborators, and friends for their support over the years.
I fell in love with Trinity and Ireland in 2010 when I joined TCD, and I'm excited for the years ahead!
Excited to welcome Dr. Aileen Dillane for her public talk @TCDcomposition : Ursula K. Le Guin and Todd Barton's Music and Poetry of the Kesh (Always Coming Home, 1985) 📅 Date: 25 March 2025 ⏰ Time: 13:00 - 13:50 📍 Venue: Neill Lecture Theatre
@TLRHub All very welcome!!
Thrilled to welcome back Fergus Sheil @fergussheil @tcdcomposition and hear his insightful vision on 'Tackling Wagner in Ireland'. Huge thanks to Provost @LindaDoyle, Eve Patten @EvePatten9 , and @TLRHub for their warm hospitality, and to everyone who attended. #HubMatters
🎶 This afternoon, we had the pleasure of welcoming Fergus Sheil (Founding Artistic Director of @IrishNatOpera) to the Hub for his lecture with @TCDcomposition on 'Tackling Wagner in Ireland', joined by Provost @LindaDoyle.
#HubMatters
ALT Trinity Long Room Hub Director Eve Patten, Fergus Sheil (Founding Artistic Director of Irish National Opera), Dr Evangelia Rigaki (TCD Composition) and Provost Linda Doyle standing around a lectern with the Trinity College logo on it.
Looking forward to welcome Fergus Sheil for his public lecture: Tackling Wagner in Ireland.
Date: 11 Mar 2025
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Venue: Neill Lecture Theatre @TLRHub. @TCDcomposition @IrishNatOpera Everyone is welcome to join us—it's free and open to all!
Greatly looking forward to the Staging Injustice: Performance and Asylum Hearings conference tomorrow, February 21, at the Trinity Long Room Hub. It’s an honor to chair the first session, and my deepest thanks to Prof. Steve Wilmer for organizing this and for the invitation.
A huge thank you to Áine @AineMaps for her incredible talk @TCDcomposition "Thank You for Hearing Me: Sinéad O’Connor, Solidarity, & Deaf Culture." We’re so grateful for her insights and for everyone who joined us! #Gratitude #SinéadOConnor #DeafCulture
Looking forward to our next @TCDcomposition talk in collaboration with @SchoolofEdTCD Dr. Áine Mangaoang, University of Oslo @AineMaps ‘Thank You for Hearing Me’: Sinéad O’Connor, Solidarity, and Deaf Culture. 18.02.2025, 13-14:00 Boydell Lecture Rm, Music Dpt. Free All Welcome!
Many thanks to Kevin O’Connell for the kind invitation to speak to @RIAMDublin Composition students about my operas. It was a pleasure meeting the talented young composers just across the road from @tcddublin
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Eagerly looking forward to chair Dr. Laura Watson's @lauracwatson talk: Voices for Choice: Songs of the Irish Reproductive Rights and Repeal the Eighth Movement', 03 Dec 2024, Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Venue: Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub @TLRHub Free- All Welcome
Thank you Katarzyna @covalique for the beautiful performance! The opening moments of #Keening from 'Inventions: The Harpsichord Across Time and Borders' research project @MusicOates @LisaRobertson92
Beautiful opening of Evangelia Rigaki’s ‘Keening’ (crying) with an Ebow drone 🛸. Can’t wait to perform it again in Durham tonight, together with the rest of the amazing programme ‘Inventions..’ @RigakiE @Lisa__Robertson #JanetOates @durham_uni @MusiconDurham
Excited for the concert of Katarzyna Kowalik
@covalique tomorrow and the English premiere of my music theatre piece #Keening for harpsichord & EBow, alongside compositions of @janetoatesmusic & @Lisa__Robertson. ‘Inventions: the harpsichord across time and borders'
Delighted to welcome the composer Siobhan Cleary and chair our upcoming @TCDcomposition talk. 'Music as Storytelling'. Tuesday 19 November, 1 PM @TLRHub
Everyone is Welcome to join!
Thrilled to have attended Yonit Kosovske's inspiring concert, Inventions: The Harpsichord Across Time and Borders, and to participate in the composition panel afterward. It was a joy to hear new works by Janet Oates and Lisa Robertson,
alongside beautiful compositions by Meadhbh Hayes, Fiona Linnane, and Ailis Ni Rian. A special thanks to my university friend @RHULMusic Janet Oates for commissioning my piece, Keening for harpsichord and Ebow, and to the Limerick City Gallery of Art for their warm hospitality.
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Looking forward to the 🇮🇪 premiere of my new music theatre piece #Keening for harpsichord & EBow written for Yonit Lea Kosovske this Sat. @limerickgallery alongside pieces by Janet Oates, @Lisa__Robertson, @AilisNiRiain, Fiona Linnane, Meadhbh Hayes.
Excited to welcome composer & performer Dr. Janet Oates and chair our second @TCDcomposition event of the year 'Opening Up Contemporary Music'
12 November, 13:00 PM @TLRHub
Everyone is welcome to join us!
Looking very much forward to the premiere of my new piece #Keening for harpsichord & EBow by @TiffanyBVong as part of the "Inventions: the harpsichord across time and borders" concert series.
A programme of unusual music for harpsichord alongside Janet Oates & @Lisa__Robertson
