Greg Caffrey Recordings

The Irish composer Greg Caffrey read music at Queen’s University Belfast, studying composition under Prof. Piers Hellawell and complexist composer James Clarke, completing a PhD in 2002. His music 

is commissioned and performed internationally.

Numerous awards for composition include: First Prize at the Concorso Counterpoint, Italy in May 2012, finalist in the ISME- IVME 2nd International Composition Contest in Brussels in 2008; Taukay Edizioni Musicali International Composition Prize in 2012, and the Musica Domani International Composition Prize (USA). His orchestral work A Terrible Beauty was designated a “recommended work” in the 4th Uuno Klami International Composition Prize by a jury which included Magnus Lindberg and Erkki-Sven Tüür. Environments II, for guitar and orchestra was a prizewinning work in the chamber orchestra music category of the International Conductors Union Composition Contest, Ukraine in 2021. He was selected to represent Ireland at ISCM World Music Days in China 2021. Recently he was awarded the Major Individual Award. This award is the highest value honour bestowed by Arts Council Northern Ireland on artists. Greg was additionally the recipient of the prestigious PRSf 2022 Composers Award and is a Help Musicians supported artist.

Greg is founder of Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble and served as their Artistic Director for 10 years before stepping down in 2023.