Ailís is writing a work for chamber ensemble and puppetry which will be performed in the Summer of 2027 exploring and questioning whether we need to try and fix every and all kinds of disability. FIX will be a deliciously dark multidisciplinary and inclusive music-theatre work performed live by London Sinfonietta combining puppetry & object theatre, contemporary classical music, foley sound, embedded interpretive sign-language and micro-cinema. A project that pushes boundaries combining live performance, puppetry, projection, BSL, sound and music.
This new work is supported of the Cockayne Foundation Grants for the Arts.
More About Ailís ní Ríain
Ailís ní Ríain is an established Irish composer whose work has been commissioned and performed worldwide. Musically, Ailisworks broadly in the areas of concert music, music installation, electroacoustic and music-theatre and has collaborated with writers, dancers, visual artists and theatre artists. In 2016 she was awarded the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers and her debut disc portrait album was released by NMC Recordings in 2023 to critical acclaim.
Recent projects include a commission for Dame Evelyn Glennie, BBC Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, ConTempo String Quartet, Royal Academy of Music, Ulster Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Ailís is deaf/hard of hearing and some of her work has referenced these themes working with DaDaFest, Unlimited Arts & Disability Ireland, Shape Arts, Drake Music, and Outside In.
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