Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf UK’s largest international festival for contemporary and experimental music) returns 11 to 27 November with a variety of Irish music. The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2022 programme includes concerts, music-theatre and dance. It also offers talks, film, talks, and film. Graham McKenzie, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2022 artistic director, announced the 2022 program at the announcement “This year’s program reflects the world that we live in. It asks questions about identity and the changing relevance borders. It also explores who we are as a species, on a planet in crisis.
A platform for international music from Ireland
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival announced a partnership with Culture Ireland, who will support several Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2022 events in this year’s festival. Graham McKenzie, Festival Artistic Director, has been a frequent delegate to the New Music Dublin Exchange (NMDX). CMC’s annual international networking program, NMDX, is in partnership with Culture Ireland and the New Music Dublin Festival. It connects representatives from some of the most important contemporary music festivals, concert series and venues with promoters, broadcasters, programmers and broadcasters. CMC-represented composers whose works are to be performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2022 event in 2022 include Linda Buckley and Ann Cleare, Donnacha Dennehy as well as Barry O’Halpin, Nick Roth, and Donnacha Dennehy.
Red Note Ensemble perform works by Ann Cleare, Nick Roth & Una Monaghan
Red Note Ensemble, a Scottish group, performs works by a trio composed from Ireland. Ann Cleare’s Dysmorphia II is the programme’s opening work. It will be presented as a three-issue edition. The UK premiere of Flocking III, by Nick Roth, is next. This work was commissioned by European Saxophone Ensemble. Una Monaghan is a Belfast-based harper, composer and sound artist. Red Note for Notwithstanding was written by Monaghan and will be performed by Monaghan. Culture Ireland supports the production of the event.
Crash Ensemble Present ‘Wingform’
Barry O’Halpin’s Wingform (2021), will be performed live at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 20222022. Composed during O’Halpin’s term as Crash Ensemble composer-in-residence, the work was premiered via live-stream at New Music Dublin Festival in 2021. In 2022, Wingform was installed at Irish festivals such as New Music Dublin and Galway International Arts Festival. Crash Ensemble is featured in this live performance with Ryan McAdams as conductor. Culture Ireland supports the production of this event, which is supported by Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2022
Andrew Zolinsky performs works by Linda Buckley, Donnacha Dennehy & Barry O’Halpin
Andrew Zolinsky (piano and electronics) will present a program featuring works featuring ‘contrasting vocals from the farthest edge of the Atlantic’. This includes music by four Irish composers. Linda Buckley’s Water Witch (2022), was specially written for Andrew, and co-commissioned by New Music Dublin. Along with Donnacha Dennehy’s her wits (about Barry O’Halpin), Barry O’Halpin’s Miniature is also featured. Chris McCormack, a young Irish composer, will perform something other than the fear that falls at the concert. Culture Ireland supports the production of this event, which is supported by Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2022
Artist to Artist Talk Series 2020
Artist to Artist talks invite musicians to participate in unmoderated discussions and discover what binds them together.
This series was created in partnership with SPARC, City University London, and the Centre For Research in New Music at Huddersfield University. It produced three fascinating talks between musicians at different stages in their careers. We are delighted to be sharing new episodes from the series, which were recorded this year. More will follow.
Talks we host for Artist to Artist are not planned or structured. We don’t have any hosts, questions, or themes. Instead, we ask our artists to play a little and discuss similarities and differences in their music. And to learn as much about each other as possible.
Below is an archive of all six talks from the series. We are sharing three talks that were recorded for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2020. Keep checking back for more information from the Artist To Artist archive.
Alvin Curran, Leafcutter John
Laura Ducceschi , Sasha Elina
Ann Cleare, Carola Bauckholt
Auclair , Annea Lockwood
Clara Iannotta , Cassandra Miller
Mariam Rezaei , George E. Lewis
