| Bio en français : |
Gerald Barry a étudié avec Stockhausen, Kagel et Piet Kee (orgue). Œuvres commandées par la BBC: Chevaux-de-frise (1988, Promenade Concerts), Hard D (1992, Orkest de Volharding), The Conquest of Ireland (1995, BBC SO) et The Eternal Recurrence (1999, Ulster Orchestra). Il a aussi composé 2 opéras pour la télévision: The Intelligence Park (1981-88), The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit (1991-92). En 1997, la chaîne Hessischer Rundfunk lui commanda The Road pour la station Frankfurt RSO. Il a été joué à de nombreux festivals tels Warsaw Autumn, Musik Trienalle Köln, Musica Viva, Huddersfield, St. Denis, and ISCM. Il a collaboré avec les groupes suivants: Ensemble Moderne, Musique Vivante, Speculum Musicae, NY New Music Ensemble, le Quatuor Arditti et Ives Ensemble. Ses œuvres ont été enregistrées sur les étiquettes suivantes: NMC, Largo, Black Box, Marco Polo et Challenge. Il est membre de Aosdána. |
| Bio en anglais : |
Gerald Barry was born in Ireland in 1952 and studied composition with Stockhausen and Kagel. Barry’s music has been performed at the Warsaw Autumn, Musik Triennale Köln, Musica Viva, Festival Présences, Huddersfield and St Denis Festivals, the ISCM and many others. His music has been recorded on the NMC, Largo, Black Box, Marco Polo and Challenge labels. In 2002, Barry celebrated his own fiftieth birthday, the festivities of which were started with the world premiere tour of Dead March by the BCMG in Birmingham, London and Paris. The piece was later nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. Summer 2002 saw the first live performances of the opera The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit in Aldeburgh, London and Berlin. Barry was a featured composer in the 2002 Almeida, Aldeburgh, and Huddersfield festivals. In 2005 the stage premiere of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (recorded on RTE) was given at English National Opera and the German language premiere will be given at the Basle Opera in 2008. He is currently working on La Plus Forte (The Stronger), a one act opera on the Strindberg play commissioned by Radio France for the 2007 Festival Presences. |