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(Trailer by Brendan Canty
Music composed by Valgeir Sigurðsson
Piece: Past Tundra arranged for Crash Ensemble)

To mark their 20th anniversary at the cutting edge of contemporary classical music, Crash Ensemble announce CrashLands - a ground breaking new music project. This ambitious collaboration commissions and showcases new work from 20 Irish and international composers. Live performances will be set in unusual rural locations scattered across their native homeland of Ireland.

Crash Ensemble will present 20 new music world premieres by composers including Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, David Lang, Nico Muhly, Peter Adriaansz, Tansy Davies, Kate Moore, Paul Lansky, Donnacha Dennehy, Gerald Barry, Roger Doyle, Andrew Hamilton, Sean Clancy, Jennifer Walsh, Amanda Feery, Ann Cleare, Kevin Volans, Linda Buckley, Ed Bennett.

CrashLands aims to break free of tradition by bringing new elements to the creative process including film and poetry. Crash Ensemble have commissioned filmmaker + cinematographer Brendan Canty (Feel Good Lost) and bi-lingual poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa to capture and respond to this intimate portrait of new music in Ireland. As much a tribute to the stunning landscapes of Ireland as it is a concert tour, CrashLands will create a magical experience for live audiences and audiences around the world via www.crashlands.ie

This collaborative project will be premiered at atmospheric locations across the island of Ireland in partnership with local festivals and cultural happenings.

Sites include:
WEST CORK: Fastnet Short Film Festival, Long Island, Schull: May 27th
INISHBOFIN: INISH Island Conversations, Inishbofin, Galway: June 1st
CLARE: Mountshannon Arts Festival: June 4th
CARLOW: Carlow Arts Festival: June 13th
CLONMEL: Clonmel Junction Festival, Tipperary: July 9th
LEITRIM: Water Music Festival, Leitrim: July 12th
DONEGAL: Earagail Arts Festival, Aranmore Island: July 23rd
KERRY: Cahersiveen Festival of Music and the Arts: August 3rd
KILKENNY: Kilkenny Arts Festival: August 16th
CORK: Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival: September 16th

All 20 music commissions will be performed, together with responding films and poetry (performed by Doireann Ní Ghríofa) in Dublin, November 2017.


The CrashLands music project is generously funded by the Arts Council.

www.crashlands.ie