Ailís Ní Ríain facts for kids
Ailís Ní Ríain (born on June 15, 1974) is a talented Irish composer and playwright. She creates music and writes plays that are performed around the world.
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About Ailís Ní Ríain
Ailís Ní Ríain was born in Cork, Ireland. She is deaf or hard of hearing. She trained in classical music as a composer and a pianist. In 2016, she won the Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers. Her music has been played on BBC Radio 3, RTÉ, and BBC Radio 4. It has also been performed in many countries.
Her first album, The Last Time I Died, came out in 2023. It received very good reviews. Ailís has worked with famous groups like the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta. She also works with artists who create visual art, write, or take photos.
As a pianist, Ailís loves to explore new sounds. She uses special ways to play the piano, sometimes changing how the piano sounds. She has been a visiting artist at many places, including the Ragdale Foundation in the USA and the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris.
Her music is kept at the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin. You can also find some of her works in the British Music Collection.
Ailís Ní Ríain's Plays
Ailís Ní Ríain is also a successful writer. Her books are published by Bloomsbury and Nick Hern Books. She has won awards like the Tom Erhardt Award. She was also nominated for the James Tait Black Award.
Her first play, BEATEN, was first shown in Liverpool and Glasgow in 2007. Since then, it has been performed in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, and London.
Another play, Desolate Heaven, was first performed in London in 2013. It was later shown at the Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork, Ireland.
The Tallest Man in the World was first performed in Ireland in 2014. It was also considered for the Eugene O'Neill Playwright's Conference in the USA. The play had its American premiere in New York in 2019.
Ailís Ní Ríain's plays have been translated into French, German, and Swedish. Her French works are handled by L'Arche, a publisher in France.
Music Works
Ailís Ní Ríain has created many different types of music. Here are some examples:
Solo Music
- Counterweight (2024)
- Oneiric (2024)
- Doomed. Done For. Damned. And Still... (2023)
- Hiding Out 'neath the Everything (2021)
- Tick (2020)
Music for Duos
- Sour Morning Crimson (2020)
- Parambassis (2019)
- Highfalutin (2017)
- The Consequences of Falling (2013)
Music for Trios and Quartets
- Born Unfixed to Bend and Break and Leave Behind (2023)
- Wait (2020)
- Soundless (2016)
Music for Larger Groups
- Revelling/Reckoning (2021)
- Dubinina’s Tongue (2015)
Music-Theatre and Opera
- Wired (2022)
- Break Down De Doom (2017)
- I Used to Feel ... (2016)
Vocal Music
- Fáinleoga (2024)
- Refuse to the Wrecked (2023)
- From the Diary of an Exile (2022)
- Watershed (2020)
Orchestral Music
- The Land Grows Weary of its Own (2023)
- Calling Mutely Through Lipless Mouth (2022)
- Flower Scar Road (2021)
Music Installations
These are musical pieces designed for specific places or spaces.
- Dendrocopos (2023)
- East:West - Where Morning is the Sea (2020)
- No Other Word For It (2019)
- Linger (2015/16)
Residencies and Fellowships
Ailís Ní Ríain has been invited to many special programs. These programs allow artists to live and work in new places. Some of these include:
- Yaddo in New York, USA
- Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, France
- Ragdale in Illinois, USA
- Bogliasco Foundation in Italy
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, USA
