Background
Wilson was born in Belfast, studied violin and piano, and graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in composition from the University of Ulster at Jordanstown in 1990, where he was a research fellow, 2000-2003.
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Ian Wilson
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Ulster University.
Career
He has been a composer-in-residence with Leitrim County Council and was music director of the Sligo New Music Festival from 2003 to 2011. He received the Macaulay Fellowship from the Arts Council of Ireland in 1992, and in 1998 he was elected to Aosdána, Ireland"s academy of creative artists. Since 2009, he has been a post-doctoral research fellow at Dundalk Institute of Technology, investigating aspects of traditional (ethnic) Irish performance practice as basis for new works of art music
Wilson"s music has been performed at the British Broadcasting Corporation Proms, Venice Biennale, ISCM World Music Days and the Ultima Festival in Oslo and by such diverse groups as the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the London Mozart Players, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the pianist Hugh Tinney and many others
He has recorded many albums, including two releases for Diatribe Records.
Membership
Aosdána.
