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Seán Ó Riada ( Irish: [ˈʃaːnˠ oː ˈɾˠiəd̪ˠə]; born John Reidy; 1 August 1931 – 3 October 1971) was an Irish composer and arranger of Irish traditional music. Through his incorporation of modern and traditional techniques he became the single most influential figure in the revival of Irish traditional music during the ...
Jul 29, 2021 · Seán Ó Riada passed away at a tragically young age, but left an incredible legacy as one of 20th Century Ireland’s most significant cultural figures. To mark his 90th birthday, which...
Ó Riada, Seán (John Reidy) (1931–71), composer, was born John Reidy on 1 August 1931 in Cork city, the first child of Seán and Julia Reidy (née Creedon). A second child, Louise, was born in 1935.
Jul 1, 2021 · Seán Ó Riada was the founder of the modern school (the authentic ancient-style of playing) Irish folk music. Between 1961 and 1969 Ó Riada was leader of a Celtic Chamber Orchestra called Ceoltóirí Chualann.
Jul 1, 2006 · On the 75th anniversary of Ó Riada's birth, Ó Lionáird teases out the composer's vision as represented by the choir he founded, and the song the choir constructed in the wake of Ó Riada's death – 'Sé Mo Laoch, Mo Ghile Mear...', the 'laoch' (hero) representing Ó Riada himself...
Oct 1, 2011 · FISHERMAN, PHILOSOPHER and polyglot; broadcaster, composer and arranger: Seán Ó Riada occupies a place somewhere between that of a tortured genius and what you could term an iconoclassicist.
Although best known for his pioneering work in Irish traditional music, Ó Riada wrote a number of original compositions which incorporated modern compositional techniques. These include a series of orchestral works given the Greek title Nomos, written between 1957 and 1966; the pastoral elegy, The Banks of Sullane (1956) and Four Hölderlin ...
