Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin is one of Ireland's best known musicians. He has over ten CD recordings on release of his own compositions and arrangements performed by the Irish Chamber Orchestra under his direction. As a pianist, he is widely acknowledged as having originated a unique Irish piano style out of an Irish traditional base.
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin is Professor of Music at the University of Limerick where he founded the Irish World Music Centre in 1994, which has now grown into the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. He was born in Co. Tipperary in 1950. He studied music in the National University of Ireland, Cork (BMus 1972, MA 1973) and Queen’s University, Belfast (PhD 1987). Appointed lecturer in music at University College Cork in 1975, he has had parallel careers in the academic and performance worlds, with a concentration on Irish traditional music.
His main recordings are Cry of the Mountain (Gael Linn 1982), The Dolphin's Way (1987), Oilean/Island (1989), Casadh/Turning (1990), Gaiseadh/Flowing (1992), Lumen (1995), Between Worlds (1995) and Becoming (1998). Templum was released in Autumn 2001 and includes some of his most recent compositions.
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin's music is published by Peer Music (www.peermusic.com).
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