Music
Andrew Hamilton
Andrew Hamilton was born in Dublin in 1977 and studied in Ireland, UK and The Netherlands with composers including Kevin Volans and Louis Andriessen. Recently he has had works performed by Crash Ensemble, Irish National Opera, Alarm Will Sound, Musarc, Manchester Collective, An assembly, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir Ireland, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, EXAUDI, Juliet Fraser, Michelle O’Rourke and Rakhi Singh.
During the summer of 2019 his work was performed at the Tectonics and Tanglewood festivals. In 2018 his first portrait album was released on the NMC label and in June 2020 a new solo disc was released on the Ergodos label. He was a composer in residence with Crash Ensemble (2020-23) and has been awarded residency places and fellowships at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (2005), Civitella Ranieri, Umbria (2012), Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2012) and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre (2023). Currently he is working with the vocalist Michelle O’Rourke on a collaborative opera and also on a second solo album.
RTE recently posted Andrew’s piece written for his large piece for Crash Ensemble ‘Friendly Piece’ from last year: https://www.rte.ie/culture/2023/0413/1376804-can-music-be-kind-andrew-hamilton-crashes-new-music-dublin/