Deirdre Gribbin Recordings

Belfast born composer Deirdre Gribbin’s music has been described in The London Times as “…astonishingly accomplished, pure magic and so powerfully expressive that it communicates its meaning instantly.” She has received numerous Awards and Fellowships including Huddersfield Composition Prize, The Arts Foundation Award for her Aldeburgh commissioned opera Hey Persephone! The Chester Fulbright Fellowship, and the UNESCO Composition Prize. Unity of Being was performed in New York by The Ulster Orchestra after 9/11. Her music profiled in The New York Sunday Times. Her work has been performed by the BBC Symphony, The Philharmonia, Northern Sinfonia, Danish Radio Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Crash Ensemble, and The Ulster Orchestra and RTE orchestra Her song cycle Kindersang was performed in 2023 in London, Paris and at Lincoln Center, New York and The Stones of Life with text by her son poet Ethan Stein who has Down Syndrome was performed by Sharon Carty and the ICO in Limerick and Dublin.

Deirdre has collaborated with astrophysicist Priya Natarajan creating the string quartet Dark Matter Hunting which was premiered by The Pacifica and Doric quartets. She has written works exploring genetics and music with scientist Sarah Teichmann and artist Esther Teichmann. Hearing Your Genes Evolve featured in the Berlinale Film Festival Documentary Prize category. Deirdre has written extensively for radio, including music for BBC Drama Embers starring Patrick Stewart and The Possessed starring Benedict Cumberbatch. She wrote the score for feature film My Kingdom starring Richard Harris which was nominated for a Screen International Award and the score for Margo Harkin’s poignant documentary Stolen about Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes scandal which has screened at DocHouse London, Chicago Film Festival and Montreal Film Festival.

Her work has been recorded for NMC and Crash Ensemble labels. Deirdre is Artistic Director of Venus Blazing Music Theatre Trust working with people with learning disabilities.