Dave Flynn - Short Composer Bio
Photo: Fran Flynn
HCMF and IMRO award-winning composer Dave Flynn’s work is
acclaimed internationally for the way it has ‘incorporated traditional Irish music without Hollywood
pastiche…..’ (The
Times) ‘with the kind of power and
grittiness you hear from Celtic fiddlers at their most raucous." (NewYork Times)
Flynn’s music has been performed at festivals including Summergarden, New York; Prague Premieres; and HCMF by artists including The Smith and ConTempo Quartets, Prague and Irish Chamber Orchestras, New Juilliard Ensemble, Rolf Hind and Martin Hayes.
He holds a composition PhD from the Conservatory of Music in Dublin and a Masters Degree in Composition from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
Flynn’s music has been performed at festivals including Summergarden, New York; Prague Premieres; and HCMF by artists including The Smith and ConTempo Quartets, Prague and Irish Chamber Orchestras, New Juilliard Ensemble, Rolf Hind and Martin Hayes.
He holds a composition PhD from the Conservatory of Music in Dublin and a Masters Degree in Composition from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
