Composers on their disabilities: Ailís Ní Ríain on deafness
Listen my interview with Ailís Ní Ríain on her deafness. She is an Irish composer and writer who aims to produce work that challenges, provokes and engages. Ailís works broadly in the areas of concert music, music installation and music-theatre and has collaborated with writers, dancers, visual artists, filmmakers, technologists and theatre artists. Ailís is deaf/hard of hearing and some of her work has referenced these themes working with DadaFest, Unlimited, Arts & Disability Ireland, Shape Arts, Drake Music and Outside In. She is a long-time advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion in the arts and a board member of Disability Arts Online. In 2021 she became a board director of the Ivors Academy. Here you will find her music on soundcloud.
This interviews is part of my collaboration with Berlin based new music magazine POSITIONEN where as guest editor have focused on topics covering music and disabilities. Please read my interviews with JĀNIS PETRAŠKEVIČS, CARLIE SCHOONEES, BENJAMIN STAERN, AILÍS NÍ RÍAIN, MARCO DONNARUMMA, and GEORGIA SCOTT in POSITIONEN print version (in German).
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Selection of music created by Ailís Ní Ríain
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