Free online workshop open to composers of all levels.
Violinist Darragh Morgan 'new music wizard' The Strad September 2025 will explore the sonic palette and textures available from the violin in music of now. He will discuss and demonstrate music as eclectic as Salvatore Sciarrino to Tansy Davies and also investigate the role of the violin in music with electronics.
6-7pm including approx. 40 min talk with a Q&A session at the end. Please note that although we try to wrap-up opensound sessions by 7pm, they often run over by 5-10 mins.
Biography
Irish violinist Darragh Morgan has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician at The Wigmore Hall, Aldeburgh Festival, Maerzmusik Berlin, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, BBC Proms, Osterfestival Tirol, Bang on a Can Marathon New York, National Sawdust, Philips Collection Washington DC, Beijing Modern Music Festivala and Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre. He has performed concertos with National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Ulster Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic, Istanbul Symphony and European Union Chamber Orchestra.
Recently described as ‘an innovator and disruptor’ his wide-ranging list of artistic collaborations, recordings and performances include everything from bebop saxophone legend Peter King to DJ David Holmes, Spice Girls to David Bowie, Philip Glass to Steve Reich and Pierre Boulez to Helmut Lachenmann. Darragh has appeared as Concertmaster with London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern, Les Siecles and Aurora Orchestra. He has recorded 75+ albums of chamber music, many of which have received Diaspon D'or and Gramophone Awards. He is violinist in the renowned Fidelio Trio and a former member of The Smith Quartet. Darragh plays an 1848 violin by Giuseppe Rocca and has a PhD in Music from University of Ulster.
© 2025 by Darragh Morgan
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