About
Linda Buckley is a composer from the Old Head of Kinsale, currently based in Dublin.
Her music has been described as “strange and beautiful” (Boston Globe, July 2004), a “fascinating interaction between live sound and electronics” (Irish Times, Nov 2006), with “an exciting body of work that marks her out as a leading figure in the younger generation of Irish composers working in the medium” (Journal of Music, Sept 2008).
Her work has been performed by the Dresden Sinfoniker Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Fidelio Trio, Orkest de Ereprijs, Janus Trio, Rothko Trio, University of York Javanese Gamelan, and featured at international festivals including the Bang on a Can Summer Institute of Music at MassMoCA, Gaudeamus Music Week Amsterdam and Seoul International Computer Music Festival.
Linda is a member of the Spatial Music Collective, dedicated to the creation and presentation of spatial acoustic and electroacoustic music.
She studied Music at University College Cork, and Music and Media Technologies at Trinity College Dublin. She holds a Ph.D in Composition from Trinity College, where she also lectures.
Past events
- October 2013
- Fall Approaches for string orchestra performed at Union Chapel London
Ruthless Jabiru, London’s all-Australian chamber orchestra perform Fall Approaches
- October 2013
- The Turn with Colin Dunne – performances at Fall For Dance Festival New York
New work The Turn composed for the Irish Chamber Orchestra and dancer Colin Dunne features at Fall For Dance Festival at New York City Center in a version specially arranged for string quartet
- September 2013
- Resound ensemble at The Model Sligo
Performing with Resound ensemble
- August 2013
- Silk Chroma features in visual music exhibition
Silk Chroma video piece features in new exhibition of visual music I Hear A New World at Athlone’s Luan Gallery – installation runs July 11th to August 31st
- August 2013
- Chiyo record release
Chiyo performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra featured on new music:new Ireland record release
- August 2013
- Glimmer performed in La Plata, Argentina
Glimmer for guitar and electronics performed by Matthew Slotkin, Salón Auditorio Raúl Scalabrini Ortíz del Pasaje Dardo Rocha, La Plata, Argentina
- July 2013
- New commission for the Irish Chamber Orchestra
National tour of new commission for the Irish Chamber Orchestra, with dancer Colin Dunne
- July 2013
- Telephones and Gongs for Javanese Gamelan at Southbank London
Telephones and Gongs (co-composed with Mel Mercier) performed with new music for Javanese Gamelan, Southbank Centre London
http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/festivals-series/gamelanathon-2013
- July 2013
- exploding stars performed by Emily Thyne at July Kaleidoscope
Emily Thyne performs exploding stars for violin and electronics at July Kaleidoscope, Odessa Dublin
- June 2013
- Matthew Slotkin plays Glimmer, Kentucky
New York-based guitarist Matthew Slotkin performs Glimmer for guitar and electronics, Guitar Foundation of America Convention, University of Louisville, Kentucky