composer

On this week's ep of FNI Wrapchat is Irish Film Composer based in Los Angeles Emer Kinsella. ? PBL had a lovely chat with Emer about the differences between large and small scale productions, Living in LA as an Irish person, working…

On this week's PODAROONEY, Joe talks to Brian Byrne. Brian Byrne is a composer, conductor, songwriter, arranger and pianist living in Los Angeles. He is a Golden Globe nominated composer who has won two World Soundtrack Awards and a…

Javier Valez, a.k.a. Versal, has been engrossed in music since the age of three. From then, he developed into a prodigy, mastering several instruments by his mid-teens. At nineteen, he was conducting and arranging choir performances in San…

While algorithms have been used for a good while now to detect musical taste and make recommendations on streaming services, they are now beginning to be deployed to make music itself. Artificial intelligence has been monumental in…

Alt Notes is a series looking at another alternative to the alternative music scene in Ireland. With musical diversity at its height around the country, this series is dedicated to bringing the contemporary and experimental musicians and…

Based in Glasgow, Matthew Whiteside is a composer exploring the boundaries of experimentation, diversity and the world of sound. With a body of work ranging from small ensemble pieces to film score to electroacoustic works, Whiteside’s…

For the first Alt Notes feature of 2016, I got to speak to one of Ireland’s most exciting choral performers and composers, Raeghnya Zutshi. Zutshi has performed with some of Ireland’s most prominent choral groups including Trinity and…

Film in Motion is a series of articles and interviews which look at the different roles needed to produce the visual medium of film. In our final interview of the series we talk to film composer Paddy Mulcahy… Paddy Mulcahy is a…

Carlo Gesualda was born in Venosa, part of the Kingdom of Naples in southern Italy in 1566. His father was the Prince of Venosa, having been granted that title in 1561 when he married Geronima Borromeo, niece of Pope Pius IV. Carlo was his…

Alt Notes is a series looking at another alternative to the alternative music scene in Ireland. With musical diversity at its height around the country, this series is dedicated to bringing the contemporary and experimental musicians and…