Dr Ryan Molloy
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Gaeilge agus fáilte
Associate Professor
Biography
Ryan Molloy’s compositional work engages with the boundary of contemporary music and traditional Irish music, drawing on his extensive experience as a traditional Irish fiddler and pianist. Ryan’s has written over fifty works and his music has been performed to audiences on four continents for over fifteen years, as well as featuring regularly in national and international TV and radio broadcasts (including BBC, RTÉ and UTV). Ryan has been commissioned by both RTÉ and the BBC, as well as a range of renowned performers such as the Danish String Quartet, Ulster Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, and Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble. He has represented Ireland at the prestigious ISCM World New Music Days festivals in Hong Kong (2015), Vancouver (2017) and Auckland/Christchurch (2022).
Ryan has recorded on over thirty albums as a pianist, composer and arranger and he was an RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards Best Folk Instrumentalist nominee in 2020 and 2021. Described as a ‘milestone’ in traditional piano performance, Ryan’s critically acclaimed first solo recording pianophony was released in 2019. 2021 saw the release of Tempered, a new CD of music for uilleann pipes and piano, as well as a digital EP featuring the 30-minute song cycle Buaine na Gaoithe performed by its commissioners, the Damselfly Trio.
Ryan is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre (www.cmc.ie).
Visit www.ryanmolloy.ie for information on other works, performances and recordings.
Visit www.ryanmolloy.ie for information on other works, performances and recordings.
Research Interests
- Irish ‘art music’ from the late twentieth century to the present;
- Irish traditional music and its development in the late Twentieth Century;
- Postmodern nationalist aesthetics in Irish art music;
- Microinterval modality in older traditional Irish music;
- New compositional styles allowing fuller incorporation of Irish traditional music in the contemporary medium;
- The examination of identity in contemporary art and the response of contemporary performers to ‘traditional’ material;
- The place of contemporary composition in modern society;
- Cultural contexts of improvisation
Composition
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Ryan Molloy (2021) Sraith na Búille (The Boyle Suite). Dublin: [Composition] | |
2021 | Ryan Molloy (2021) dlúthinneach. Dublin: [Composition] | |
2021 | Ryan Molloy (2021) Casúir ’s Cnaipí. Dublin: [Composition] | |
2020 | Ryan Molloy (2020) The Ballycommon Suite. Dublin: [Composition] | |
2020 | Ryan Molloy (2020) Luasc. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2020 | Ryan Molloy (2020) Arcady. Dublin: [Composition] | |
2020 | Ryan Molloy (2020) Síoglór. Dublin: [Composition] | |
2019 | Ryan Molloy (2019) Gealán. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2019 | Ryan Molloy (2019) Adeste Fideles Fanfare. Dublin: [Composition] | |
2019 | Ryan Molloy (2019) Trí Amhrán. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2018 | Ryan Molloy (2018) Dúchann. [Composition] | |
2018 | Ryan Molloy (2018) Ogham. [Composition] | |
2018 | Ryan Molloy (2018) The Mountains of Pomeroy. [Composition] [Link] | |
2018 | Ryan Molloy (2018) Loinnir Laoise. [Composition] [Link] | |
2018 | Ryan Molloy & Martin Dyar (2018) Buaine na Gaoithe. [Composition] | |
2018 | Ryan Molloy (2018) Béal. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2018 | Ryan Molloy (2018) Tu Es Petrus. CMC: [Composition] | |
2017 | Ryan Molloy (2017) Amhrán Fheilimidh. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2016 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2016) Be Thou My Vision. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2016 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2016) Violin Concerto. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2016 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2016) for Morton O'Leary. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2016 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2016) Gortnagarn (II). Dublin: [Composition] | |
2016 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2016) Death and the Post Office. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2015 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2015) Meithealated Spirits. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2015 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2015) Irish Suite. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2015 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2015) Innisfail. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2014 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2014) Seisiún. [Composition] [Link] | |
2014 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2014) Cantaireacht. [Composition] [Link] | |
2014 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2014) Bodhrán v.1.0. Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2014 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2014) Clearances (III). Dublin: [Composition] [Link] | |
2013 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2013) Concertino. [Composition] [Link] | |
2013 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2013) Gealach Críoch Lochlann. [Composition] [Link] | |
2013 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2013) Salve Regina. [Composition] | |
2012 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2012) Sliabh Geal gCua. [Composition] [Link] | |
2012 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2012) Between The Tunes. [Composition] [Link] | |
2012 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2012) Jolly, Slender Beggarman. [Composition] [Link] | |
2012 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2012) For A Lone Piper. [Composition] [Link] | |
2012 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2012) Innisfail. [Composition] [Link] | |
2011 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2011) Séamsur II. [Composition] [Link] | |
2011 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2011) Séamsur IV. [Composition] [Link] | |
2011 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2011) Gortnagarn. [Composition] [Link] | |
2011 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2011) Séamsur III. [Composition] [Link] | |
2010 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2010) Third Epistle to Timothy. [Composition] [Link] | |
2010 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2010) Aisling Airt Mhic Cumhaigh. [Composition] [Link] | |
2010 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2010) Séamsur I. [Composition] [Link] | |
2009 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2009) An Seilgeoir. [Composition] [Link] | |
2008 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2008) Sætre Brygge. [Composition] [Link] | |
2008 | Dr Ryan Molloy (2008) Mise Éire. [Composition] [Link] |
Sound recording
Year | Publication | |
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2023 | Ryan Molloy; Charlie Le Brun (2023) Breton. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2022 | Cathal Ó Curráin; Ryan Molloy; Marty Barry (2022) Cosán Ceoil. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2022 | Ryan Molloy; Stephen Doherty; David Doocey; Kieran Leonard (2022) NxNW. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2021 | Ryan Molloy, Martin Dyar, The Damselfly Trio, Liz Pearse (2021) Buaine na Gaoithe. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2021 | Ryan Molloy; Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble (2021) Gortnagarn II. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2021 | Ryan Molloy (2021) Tempered. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2019 | Ryan Molloy (2019) Pianophony. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2020 | Ryan Molloy; Barry Kerr; Niamh Dunne (2020) Cairn. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2019 | Fergal Scahill & Ryan Molloy (2019) One Day :: November Woods. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2018 | Ryan Molloy (2018) new music::new ireland 3. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2017 | Alexander Bernstein & Ryan Molloy (2017) Innisfail & other piano works. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2016 | We Banjo 3 (2016) String Theory. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2015 | We Banjo 3 (2015) Live in Galway. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2014 | Seamus Walshe (2014) Turas. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2013 | David Doocey (2013) Changing Time. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2012 | Fergal Scahill & Ryan Molloy (2012) Wayfaring. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2012 | Trad Noise Trio (2012) twentytwelve. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2012 | David Munnelly & Mick Conneely (2012) Tis What It Is. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2010 | Shauna Mullin (2010) The Wishing Tree. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2009 | Dean Warner (2009) The Northern Box. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2009 | David Munnelly Band (2009) Tight Squeeze. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2008 | Paul McGlinchey (2008) Unearthed. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2008 | Fergal Scahill & Ryan Molloy (2008) The Dusty Bridge. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2007 | Paul Brock & Enda Scahill (2007) Humdinger. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2006 | David Munnelly Band (2006) By Heck. [Sound recording] [Link] | |
2006 | Kieran Munnelly & Aidan O'Donnell (2006) In Safe Hands. [Sound recording] [Link] |
Conference Contribution
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2007 | Molloy R.; Danielsson A.; Karlsson L.; Eland J. (2007) 'Double photoionisation spectra of small molecules and a new empirical rule for double ionisation energies'. Journal of Chemical Physics, 335 (1):49-54. [DOI] | |
2006 | Molloy R.; Eland J. (2006) 'Double photoionisation of toluene'. Chemical Physics Letters, 421 (1-3):31-35. [DOI] |
Invited Seminars
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