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RTE Living Music Festival 2006
RTÉ will host a major celebration of the work of Steve Reich, icon of American music and contemporary culture, in the 2006 RTÉ Living Music Festival sponsored by IMRO, the Irish Music Rights Organisation.
Under the artistic direction of composer Donnacha Dennehy, the 2006 festival will take place from Friday 17 to Sunday 19 February 2006 and will mark a move from the Helix to city centre venues the O’Reilly Theatre (Belvedere College, Great Denmark Street), National Concert Hall and Project Arts Centre
Highlights of this celebration in Reich’s 70th birthday year will include a public interview and a composition seminar with this major figure in contemporary music on his first visit to Ireland, a 10½-hour ‘marathon’, and a return visit to Dublin by Reich specialists Ensemble Modern following their acclaimed Irish début in the 2005 festival. Steve Reich participates in the festival with the support of the UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies. The RTÉ Living Music Festival is also supported by The Irish Times.
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