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‘Our First Lesson in Forgetting’ Denmark, on Tour Summer 2019
Klangveje #2 Tour by Danish guitarist Frederik Munk Larsen takes place in Summer 2019 lasting on month. The tour includes performances...
2 Steep 4 Sheep – Warsaw, Poland 14th June 2019
The harpsichordist Goska Ispording gave a performance of Ailís Ní Ríain's 2 Steep 4 Sheep [some hills are] on 11th June 2019 as part of the Warsaw...
Residency at Yaddo, USA May-June 2019
Ailís is very grateful to Yaddo Artist Colony in Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA for inviting her to spend a month to focus on her...
Unlimited Commission 2019/2020
In May 2019 Ailís embarks on on a new research & development commission with Unlimited which will be a musical response for altered...
‘Soundless’ Columbian Premiere, 12th June 2019
The acclaimed German recorder player and champion of new music, Sylvia Hinz and her trio XelmYa will give the Columbian premiere of Ní...
‘Loophole’ Premiere 2nd April, University of Wisconsin, USA
A Very Small Consortium's Sam Stranz gave the premiere of 'Loophole' for solo alto saxophone on 5th April as part of the 6:30 Concert...
Skloniste premiere Hong Kong 5th April 2019
SKLONIŠTE (SHELTER; BOSNIAN) The Irish accordionist Dermot Dunne will perform a programme of contemporary works for solo accordion...
New York Premiere ‘The Tallest Man in the World’ at The Tank Theater 6-17th March 2019
The New York premiere of Ailís Ní Ríain's play The Tallest Man in the World opens at The Tank Theater in New York on 6th March and runs...
‘Nomad Ensemble’ at Sounds Like This Festival, Leeds 12th March 2019
This concert will showcase the works of leading female composers from around the world, performed by an all-female classical ensemble....
Kinetic Light Dance Collaboration New York 2019/20
Ailís has been working with New York based dance Company Kinetic Light on a new full-length dance-theatre piece. In October 2019 they took residency...
Fellowship at Ragdale Foundation Residency, Illinois, USA
Ailís is very grateful to have been awarded a Fellowship to attend the Ragdale Foundation's Artist Residency for the month of February...
London Premiere ‘Fear Is’, London Irish Centre, 2nd February 2019
St Brigid's Day Celebration - Intimate Performances from Powerful Irish Women "This night of musical and spoken word performances is the...
Premiere ‘Parambassis’ Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin 27th Jan 2019
Temenos - Paul Roe (Clarinets) and Laoise O' Brien (Recorders) will give the premiere of Parambassis at The Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin...
Into the Sea of Waking Dreams – Canterbury Christ Church University – 23rd Jan 2019
The pianist and contemporary music specialist Xenia Pestova will perform Into the Sea of Waking Dreams – a suite of pieces for speaking...
Regret Not Me – Premiere, Israel 15th Dec, 2018
Wolodymyr Smishkewych (tenor) and Yonit Kosovske (piano) premiered Ailís Ní Ríain's song Regret Not Me with text by Thomas Hardy on...
Soundless – Leeds University Music Series – 8th Dec, 2018
Ní Ríain's 'Soundless' for tenor recorder, violin and oboe will have its UK premiere in Leeds on 8th December 2018. LSTwo ensemble...
End with Words of Hope – Seanad Éireann, Ireland – 23rd Nov 2018
The Royal Irish Academy of Music, National Museum of Ireland and the Houses of the Oireachtas mark the centenary of women's suffrage...
Soundless, USA Premiere, 16-17th Nov 2018- Phoenix, Arizona
The American GRIT Collaborative will present the USA premiere of 'Soundless' by Ailís Ní Ríain as part of a multi-concert...