Sam Perkin

Based between France and Ireland, Cork-born Sam Perkin composes music for leading musicians and ensembles in Ireland and abroad. He completed a residency in 2022 with Crash Ensemble, Ireland’s leading new music ensemble. In the space between classical and experimental music, his artistic work has a particular focus on the exploration of awe.

Sam Perkin has enjoyed fruitful collaborations with artists such as Crash Ensemble, Finghin Collins, The Irish Chamber Orchestra, Miranda Cuckson, Vanbrugh Quartet, Fidelio Trio, Thomas Schuttenhelm; and festivals such as Ortús Festival, Engage Arts Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Killaloe Festival, New Ross Piano Festival, West Wicklow Festival, West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Gregynog Festival Wales, La Côte Festival Switzerland, Sound Scotland Festival, Musica Nova Festival Finland, Festivalta Norway, and Network for New Music Philadelphia. In 2017, he was awarded The Next Generation Bursary from The Arts Council of Ireland. He has done education workshops at The Irish Association of Youth Orchestras and taught as a guest at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin and Maynooth University. Sam holds degrees in Composition from CIT Cork School of Music, Ireland, and an Artist Diploma from Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon, France, where he was awarded the Prix Salabert for Composition.