David Fennessy
David Fennessy (b. 1976 Maynooth) began his musical life as guitarist in a school rock band but had no formal musical training until the age of fifteen when he decided to study classical guitar. He became interested in composition whilst studying for his undergraduate degree at the Dublin College of Music. In 1998 Fennessy moved to Glasgow to study for his Masters Degree at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with James MacMillan. He was later invited to join the composition faculty and has held a teaching post there since 2005.
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Leading figures from the worlds of experimental, rock and orchestral music join forces in Glasgow this May for the UK’s first Tectonics festival. Curated by conductor Ilan Volkov and staged by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Tectonics Glasgow features artists as diverse as Alvin Lucier, Iancu Dumitrescu, Stuart Braithwaite and Aidan Moffat and aims to break down musical barriers.
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Stuart Braithwaite | Stephen Pastel | Stephen O’Malley | Oren Ambarchi | Anton Lukoszevieze | Joe Talia | James Rushford | Ilan Volkov | Asparagus Piss Raindrop | Aidan Moffat |
