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Where a single footprint lasts a 1000 years composed by michael holohan
Michael Holohan (born 27 March 1956) is an Irish composer.
Contents
- Where a single footprint lasts a 1000 years composed by michael holohan
- Youfour riverbed by michael holohan and seamus heaney
- Biography
- Music
- Orchestral
- Ensemble
- Choir
- Voice
- Solo
- Stage
- Electro Acoustic
- Select discography
- References
Youfour riverbed by michael holohan and seamus heaney
Biography
Michael Holohan was born in Drumcondra, Dublin. He was educated at O'Connell's Schools, University College Dublin (BA, 1978) and Queen's University in Belfast. He studied composition with Jane O'Leary, Eric Sweeney and Seóirse Bodley. He also attended masterclasses by Messiaen, Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, and Helmut Lachenmann in France.
Holohan was chairman of the Association of Irish Composers (AIC), 1987–9, and was later appointed chairman of the Droichead Arts Centre in Drogheda, where he lives since the mid-1980s.
Holohan was elected to Aosdána, an Irish association of artists, in 1999.
Music
Holohan has composed for solo instrument, ensemble, orchestra, stage, choir and voice. He has also collaborated with a number of poets including Nobel prize-winners Seamus Heaney and Tomas Tranströmer, Ivan Lalic and Paul Durcan.