Music
Siobhán Cleary
Born in Dublin, Siobhán Cleary’s work has been performed and broadcast worldwide. She has been commissioned by National Symphony Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Choir Ireland and the Vanbrugh Quartet among many others . Her critically acclaimedOpera “Vampirella” based on a story by Angela Carter premiered in Smock Alley in 2017 and ran for four nights to a soldout house. Her work has been featured at New Music Dublin, Horizons, Imagine Ireland, CultureIreland ‘s year-long celebration of Irish arts in the United States in 2011 and Imagining Ireland 2020 at the NCH and the Barbican.
Siobhán has also written the music for films and documentaries including the score for two Roger Corman feature films. In 1996, she worked with the Ciniteca di Bologna writing music scores to restored films.
Recent premieres and commissions include works for the Dublin International Chamber Festival, Vox Clamantis for Louth Contemporary Music Festival, SplinterReeds, Crash Ensemble, New Dublin Voices , Isabelle O’Connell, Elizabeth Hilliard, Nathan Sherman and Alex Petcu, Úna Monaghan and filmmaker David Smith. She is currently working on a theatrical work “ Circe” for Mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble with poetry by Frank McGuinness.
She is the founder and Artistic Director of Evlana Ensemble and Sinfonietta since 2015. Siobhán was elected to Aosdána, Ireland’ s state-sponsored academy of creative artists in 2008.