Fergus Johnston
Born in Dublin in 1959, he received a music degree from Trinity College Dublin, later studying composition with James Wilson at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and privately with the English composer Robert Hanson. His major orchestral works include Samsara (1991) and Flute Concerto (1996 rev. 1997), both commissioned by RTÉ. He has composed many chamber and choral works, including Je goûte le jeu... (1997) for the Irish Chamber Orchestra, and the small opera Bitter Fruit (1992) with text by Nell McCafferty. Since recently completing an M.A. in music and media technology at Trinity, he has explored computer-assisted music, including Journeys (2000), a computer installation piece; Árd Fhearta (2001), a piece for 14 winds and horns with sampler commissioned by Dúchas; and Méadú (2002), for violin, piano and recorded electronics. In 1989, he won the New Music for Sligo Composition Prize and the Macaulay Fellowship.
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