Ruaidhri Mannion

Ruaidhri Mannion
(b. 1985)
Ruaidhri Mannion
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Ruaidhri Mannion graduated from the Royal College of Music with an MMus in Advanced Composition, achieving distinction, and studying with renowned British composer, Ken Hesketh. He previously read his BMus at Queen's University in Belfast, beginning his composition studies with Piers Hellawell.

His work has been performed extensively in the UK, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland by renowned solists and ensembles at venues such as King's Place, Cadogan Hall, the Sonic Arts Research Centre, National Portrait Gallery and the Konservatorium Bern. In 2009 he won the Royal College of Music concerto competition and was selected as an RCM Rising Star. Ruaidhri's avant-pop remix 'Mosaic Manifesto' features on the Mercury Quartet's debut album, Mercury Acoustic, released on Nonclassical // Naxos. Recent commissions and projects include 'Occupy the Pianos' for two pianos and electronics, commissioned by the Association du Concours Nicati and premiered at the Bern Biennale by the award-winning Francoise-Green piano duo, and a place at the EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO Academy at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, focussing on his work in live electronics.

Ruaidhri has had private lessons and participated in public masterclasses with Hanspeter Kyburtz, Frederic Rzewski, Simon Holt, Fabio Nieder, Dániel Péter Biró, Detlef Heusinger and Mark-Anthony Turnage. He was selected for PRSF's New Music Incubator project, collaborating with other leading musicians and culminating in artistic residencies in the UK and Sweden.

(biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland)
Composer web site: http://www.mannioncomposer.com/

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