Andrew Hamilton
Andrew Hamilton was born in Dublin in 1977 and studied in Ireland, UK and The Netherlands with Kevin Volans, Anthony Gilbert and at the Koninklijk Conservatorium with Louis Andriessen. In 2004 he was awarded the Macaulay Fellowship by the Arts Council of Ireland and from 2005 to 2006 he was a fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart. His work has been performed internationally and at many festivals including London Contemporary Music Festival, Gaudeamus Amsterdam, Ultraschall Berlin, ISCM World Music Days, RTE Living Music Festival Dublin, SPOR Festival Aarhus, Dublin Theatre Festival (in a collaboration with choreographer/director Emma Martin), Dublin Fringe Theatre Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Die Reihe Stuttgart and the MATA Festival New York. His work has been commissioned by various ensembles and musicians including EXAUDI, Crash Ensemble, National Symphony Orchestra or Ireland, Ensemble Klang, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the Ives Ensemble, Orkest De Volharding, Juliet Fraser/Maxime Echardour, Michelle O'Rourke, Oliver Coates, the Knights Chamber Orchestra, Isabelle O'Connell, Chamber Choir Ireland, Sam Wilson, RTE Contempo Quartet and the RTE Concert Orchestra. Recently he has had works performed by Crash Ensemble, An assembly, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir Ireland, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and worked with the conductors Ilan Volkov, Jack Sheen, Paul Hillier, James Weeks, David Brophy, Gavin Maloney and Alan Pierson. 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 recently appointed composer in residence with Crash Ensemble and currently teaches at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Andrew Hamilton was born in Dublin in 1977 and studied in Ireland, UK and The Netherlands with Kevin Volans, Anthony Gilbert and at the Koninklijk Conservatorium with Louis Andriessen. In 2004 he was awarded the Macaulay Fellowship by the Arts Council of Ireland and from 2005 to 2006 he was a fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart. His work has been performed internationally and at many festivals including London Contemporary Music Festival, Gaudeamus Amsterdam, Ultraschall Berlin, ISCM World Music Days, RTE Living Music Festival Dublin, SPOR Festival Aarhus, Dublin Theatre Festival (in a collaboration with choreographer/director Emma Martin), Dublin Fringe Theatre Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Die Reihe Stuttgart and the MATA Festival New York. His work has been commissioned by various ensembles and musicians including EXAUDI, Crash Ensemble, National Symphony Orchestra or Ireland, Ensemble Klang, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the Ives Ensemble, Orkest De Volharding, Juliet Fraser/Maxime Echardour, Michelle O'Rourke, Oliver Coates, the Knights Chamber Orchestra, Isabelle O'Connell, Chamber Choir Ireland, Sam Wilson, RTE Contempo Quartet and the RTE Concert Orchestra. Recently he has had works performed by Crash Ensemble, An assembly, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir Ireland, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and worked with the conductors Ilan Volkov, Jack Sheen, Paul Hillier, James Weeks, David Brophy, Gavin Maloney and Alan Pierson. 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 recently appointed composer in residence with Crash Ensemble and currently teaches at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
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