AIC Member - Stephen Gardner

Born in Belfast, Stephen Gardner studied at the Universities of Ulster and Wales from 1984 to 1989. He has been recipient of a Vaughan Williams Scholarship and a Drapers Fellowship and has received commissions from Concorde, The Sculptors Society of Ireland, Gerard McChrystal, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Music Network and the Sonorities Festival, Belfast. In 1998-1999 he was composer-in-residence with Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, the first such position with a local authority in Ireland.

Stephen Gardners orchestral works have been performed widely. Recent works include: SO (2001), performed by the BT Scottish Ensemble during the 2001 Sonorities Festival; Stretch (2000) performed by Concorde and Harry Sparnaay; The Ill Tempered Klavier (2000) written for and performed by Barry Douglas; The Ship Yard, for piano and orchestra (2002) and two orchestral pieces premiered in 2004 Three Screaming Popes, (2003) by the National Symphony Orchestra and More Kicks than Pricks (2003), performed by the European Union Chamber Orchestra, celebrating Irelands Presidency of the Union. He was elected to Aosdána, Ireland’s state-sponsored academy of creative artists, in 2003.

The Irish News has described him as one of Irelands most imaginative contemporary composers.

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