Dundalk native Donnchadh Mac Aodha has been announced as this year’s winner of the Seán Ó Riada composition competition.
The competition, which has been running for over 50 years and takes its name from one of Ireland’s most revered traditional music composers and arrangers, provides a platform for Irish composers to have their work judged and rewarded solely on its own merits.
Submissions are made under pseudonyms, ensuring anonymity until after the judges have made their decision.
This year’s judges found that Mr Mac Aodha’s award-winning piece ‘Babel’ makes a “rich contribution to Irish choral literature.”
Mr Mac Aodha is a composer and…