Ed Bennett

Biography

Education

• North Down College where he studied under Brian Irvine
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London

  Career

• Bennett's work has been commissioned and performed internationally by many different artists, organisations and ensembles including the PRSF, BBC, RTÉ, Moving on Music, Music Network and the arts councils of Ireland, Northern Ireland and England.
• Noted performers of Bennett's work include the BBC Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the London Sinfonietta, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Ulster Orchestra
• Bennett has also been performed by Crash Ensemble, Ars Nova Ensemble, Orkest de ereprijs, Sound Intermedia, Ensemble SurPlus, Reinbert de Leeuw, James MacMillan, Arturo Tamayo, Ulrich Mertin, Fidelio Trio, Lontano, Concorde, the Smith Quartet, Berlin Percussion Ensemble, Paul Roe, Darragh Morgan, Damien Harron, Roman Mints and Sarah Nicolls.
• Bennett performs with and directs his own ensemble, decibel, with Janet K. Halfyard.
• Currently at Birmingham Conservatoire where he is the recipient of a research fellowship and active as a teacher in the composition department.
• Worked with Heiner Goebbels during his residency in Birmingham Conservatoire
• Was commissioned to write a piece for NI Opera Shorts which was performed in Belfast and in London as part of the Olympics Festival. Was credited in Irish Times as being a memorable highlight and was mentioned in The Guardian for its playfulness.

Discography

• - Music influenced by artist Marcel Dzama, Quartz
• - A appearance on the best of Irish composers' of Northern Ireland
• - Diatribe Recordings
• - Lontano Records