Neil O’Connor

(b. 1979)
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Leon Giblin

Composer and performer Neil O Connor has been involved in experimental & electro-acoustic music for the past two decades and has performed extensively in Ireland, Europe, Australia, Asia and the US. His work has been shown/performed at MOMA, New York, IRCAM Paris, Institute of Contemporary Art, London and has held residencies at the Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art, EMS - Swedish Institute of Electro-Acoustic Music, Stockholm, Sweden and the National Concert Hall, Dublin. He has worked / collaborated with members of the Crash Ensemble, Phillip Glass Ensemble, the Glenn Branca Ensemble, Bang On a Can Ensemble and the RTE Symphony Orchestra. His electroacoustic works have won award and mentions at Noroit-Léonce Petitot (Arras, France), Musica Nova Electroacoustic Music Competition, (Czech Republic), Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo and had special jury mention at Prix Ars Electronica and Euphonie D’Or des Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique, Bourges (France). He runs the label Scintilla Recordings (https://scintillarecordings.bandcamp.com/).