"Deirdre Gribbin is a charismatic
and intriguing new voice in contemporary music."
Paul Conway
The Independent
Her music has been performed worldwide including The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York. Her orchestral work Empire States was an award winner in the 2003 UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers.
She also won an Arts Foundation Award for her prestigious opera Hey Persephone!, which enjoyed an acclaimed run at Aldeburgh and Almeida Festivals.
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November 28th 2007
RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet 21st Anniversary Celebrations 8pm Aula Maxima, NUI Galway+ More information
November 29th 8pm
Aula Maxima, NUI, Cork+ More information
November 30th 8pm
Kilkenny Castle+ More information
December 1st 8pm
Mermaid Arts Centre+ More information
December 2nd 3.15pm
National Gallery of Ireland
How to Make the Water Sound will be released on NMC by The Fidelio Trio February 2008.
Deirdre is currently writing a new opera Crossing the Sea for Wilton’s Music Hall London for Summer 2008
Read interviews with Deirdre Gribbin including the composers thoughts about her music and changing role of the composer of the 21st Century
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NEW: Unity of Being: The Music of Deirdre Gribbin (PDF 52kb)
This article by Bob Gilmore first appeared in the May-June 2005 issue of The Journal of Music in Ireland.
Reproduced by permission.
Deirdre Gribbin's new violin concerto, Venus Blazing, is less a terrestrial concert than an interplanetary event.
The Guardian
