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Linda Buckley (b.1979) is an Irish composer and musician from County Cork.[1] Her work has been performed by numerous renowned artists including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Icebreaker and Iarla Ó Lionaird.[2] She has received a Fulbright Scholarship and the Frankfurt Visual Music Award.[3]

Career

Buckley was RTÉ Lyric FM's resident composer during 2011-2012.[4] Her work featured in the 2017 New Music Dublin Festival at the National Concert Hall, Dublin[5] and by the Crash Ensemble at the 2012 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.[6]

In 2016 Buckley worked with uilleann piper David Power on the composition Antartica which premiered that year at the Kilkenny Arts Festival.[7] In the Irish Times Gemma Tipton wrote that "the music is beguiling."[8]

In 2017 she was interviewed about her work by Iarla Ó Lionaird as part of the RTÉ Lyric FM series Vocal Chords: In Conversation.[9]

In 2018 her work Discordia was performed at the Barbican Theatre.[10] Later that year she composed a score for the 1922 film Nosferatu with her sister Irene by request of the Union Chapel, London.[11] The same year composer Christopher Fox wrote in the Cambridge University Press publication Tempo about her contributions to modern composition.[12]

As of 2019 she is Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She previously lectured in composition in Trinity College Dublin and Pulse College Dublin.[13]

Reception

Buckley has been described by music writer Bob Gilmore as "a leading figure in the younger generation of Irish composers"[14] and by Tim Rutherford-Johnson as "a combination of bold assertiveness and a smooth, glassy elegance".[15]

In 2008 she featured in a "Composer's Choice" series of concerts at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Linda Buckley". Contemporary Music Centre. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Linda Buckley". Linda Buckley. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Linda Buckley". Linda Buckley. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Linda Buckley Announced as RTÉ Lyric FM Composer-in-Residence". The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ "New Music Dublin - composer Linda Buckley on 'being the noise'". 23 February 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "Crash Ensemble at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival". Contemporary Music Centre. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. ^ Long, Siobhan. "Four of the best traditional music concerts in Ireland this week". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  8. ^ Fahrbach, Eberhard, "Stormy and icy seas", Antarctica, Cambridge University Press, pp. 137–160, ISBN 9780511782299, retrieved 31 March 2019
  9. ^ athenamedia (10 November 2017). "New Episode of Vocal Chords with guest Linda Buckley on December 3rd". Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Powerplant: The Filthy Fifteen @ Barbican Milton Court, London | Reviews". musicOMH. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  11. ^ Sunday; November 11; Am, 2018-12:00 (11 November 2018). "Cork sisters' original score for gothic classic Nosferatu". www.irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019. {{cite web}}: |first3= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Fox, Christopher (April 2018). "'THE BRIGHT PLACES OF LIFE AS CLEARLY AS THE DARK': THE MUSIC OF LINDA BUCKLEY". Tempo. 72 (284): 22–34. doi:10.1017/S0040298217001218. ISSN 0040-2982.
  13. ^ "Linda Buckley Appointed Lecturer in Composition at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland". The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  14. ^ "All Collisions End in Static: the Music of Linda Buckley". The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  15. ^ Millar, Paul (1 January 1996). "An effortless combination of utility and elegance [Book Review]". The Journal of New Zealand Studies. 6 (1). doi:10.26686/jnzs.v6i1.451. ISSN 2324-3740.
  16. ^ "REVIEWS". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 March 2019.