Ailís Ní Ríain

Ailis Ni Riain’s virtuosic Dogs in Waiting (1999) for solo double bass will be played by Irish double-bassist Bryan Quigley during the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland on Culture Night on 23rd September 2010.

See: CMC’s Culture Night

On August 21 & 22 Sawn-off Opera presented three operas by Ailis Ni Riain, with Librettos by David Gaffney and Directed by Caroline Clegg at the Tete a Tete Opera Festival Riverside Studios, London.

See Photos.

See Sawn-off Opera site.

DOWN, commissioned by METALCulture is a new collaborative work with visual artist Nicola Dale. Commissioned for the Liverpool Biennial, DOWN will be exhibited from 15th Sept-23rd Oct 2010 at METAL. Funded by Arts Council England DOWN will comprise 12,000 intricately hand cut ‘feathers’ made from dis-used 1970’s UK ordanance survey maps with a new sound installation by Ailis Ni Riain.

See Film: The Making of Down

See Film: The Artists in Discussion

Ailis has been commissioned by Ludlow Assembly Rooms to compose a new work for world-renowned Ghandini Juggling to be premiered on 17th December 2010 in Ludlow. Ghandini are in constant worldwide demand for their artistry, originality and virtuoso juggling.

Conversations We Wished We’d Had – a sound installation for a K6 red telephone box commissioned by the Manchester Modernist Society for FutureEverything 2010 in Manchester, UK. The piece was presented in the phone box at The Museum of Science and Industry from 15-23 May 2010. BBC Radio Manchester broadcast with the composer, Ailis Ni Riain

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The Man Made of Rain (Clarinet, Spoken Voice, Piano, 1999, 1st Prize, RTE Composer of the Future) and Beautiful Cracked Eyes (2008, Piano Solo, funded by Arts Council England) received their Danish premiere by TTAATTOO Ensemble on Sunday 21st March 2010 at Møstings Hus, Copenhagen.

The Deutschestheater in Berlin presented the German language version of Ailis Ni Riain’s first play BEATEN in February 2010.  The play remains in repertoire for the rest of 2010.  BEATEN is published as Tilt and is available from Nick Hern Books.

In Sleep… (2010, music and text by Ailis Ni Riain) for soprano and ensemble was commissioned by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for their 10:10 Ensemble -recent winners of the RPS Ensemble of the Year. It was premiered on 10th Feb 2010 at The Cornerstone in Liverpool conducted by Clark Rundell with soloist Lore Lixenberg.

Fresh from the 2009 24:7 Theatre Festival, The Library Theatre in Manchester, UK presented Ailis Ni Riain’s second play CELL as part of its RE:Play season in January 2010. “Of all the 24:7 Theatre Festival productions I’ve seen this year Cell is by far one of the strongest.” **** What’s on Stage

Ailis Ni Riain’s debut play BEATEN (published by Nick Hern as TILT) received its Swedish premiere (translated by Lucas Svensson) at the Göteborgs Stadsteater  from November ‘09 to January 2010.  It received strong reviews in Sweden’s national press. See Reviews.