Irish composer, RIP

Irish composer, RIP

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norman lebrecht

July 22, 2020

The composer and conductor Eric Sweeney died yesterday in Waterford aged 72.

A serialist in his youth, he turned to minimalism in midlife.

He composed three operas, The Invader (2015), The Green One (2016) and Ulysses (2017), and founded the Waterford New Music Week.

 

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