Born in Cork, the international prize-winning classical composer and published playwright Ailís Ní Ríain aims to produce work which challenges, provokes and engages. She is particularly interested in cross-discipline collaboration, new writing for performance, concert music, sound installation, opera, music-theatre and presenting contemporary music in diverse spaces. Her music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 ‘The Verb’ & ‘Hear and Now’, BBC 4′s The Today Programme and Woman’s Hour, RTÉ Lyric FM and RTÉ One in addition to a documentary for Channel 4′s Big Art project. She received her Purcell Room, Southbank debut in 2007 and her Carnegie Hall debut in 2008. As a Composer she is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland and as a playwright by Mel Kenyon at Casarotto Ramsay Ltd. Ailís is grateful to the following organisations for financially supporting her artistic work.
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