2009 Press Releases

Celebrated Composer to perform in UCC
12.01.2009

Celebrated Welsh composer and improviser Richard Barrett, one of the most significant European composers of his generation, will visit University College Cork (UCC) from January 15th-16th 2009 to talk about his work and to perform with Paul Obermayer as FURT.
FURT, the electronic composition/performance duo, was formed by Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer in London in 1986.  

Mr Barrett’s presentation takes place on Thursday, January 15th at UCC’s Music Department, Sundays Well Road from 11am-1pm.  The performance follows on Friday, January 16th at 1 pm at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, UCC.
 
Mr Barrett initially studied genetics at the University College London from 1977–‘80, during which time he began composing.  He subsequently studied composition with Peter Wiegold from 1980–‘83 and attended Darmstadt in 1984.  His honours include the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at Darmstadt (1986) and First Prize in the Gaudeamus competition (1989). He later worked as a guest of the Berliner Künstlerprogramm of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (2001–‘02). His works have been performed by Accroche-Note, the Arditti String Quartet, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Cikada, Ensemble Köln, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, and the Nieuw Ensemble.
 
As an improviser, he has collaborated with numerous soloists, including Peter van Bergen, Aleksander Kolkowski, George E. Lewis, Evan Parker, and Ute Wassermann. He served as co-director with Roger Redgate of Ensemble Exposé in London from 1984–‘93 and as composer-in-residence to the ensemble Champ d'Action in 1997–‘98. In addition, he has written on musical topics for various journals, including Contemporary Music Review and The Wire.  He lectured at Darmstadt from 1986–94 and taught composition at Middlesex College in London from 1989–‘92 and electronic composition and performance at the Institute of Sonology of the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag from 1995–2001. He has taught composition at Brunel University in London since 2006.
 
Both events are free and open to the public.

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