Composition Competition Winners 2025 Announced

Composition Competition Winners 2025 Announced


  Friday 11 April 2025

Congratulations to this year's competition winners - Daniel, Aoife and Rory

Congratulations to the three winners of this year’s Composition Competition:

Aoife Kavanagh Every Cloud Passes Over
Rory Murphy  nonsense for string quartet
Daniel Anthony Vives-Lynch String Quartet No. 2 in D Dorian – Tine na hÉireann (Irish Fire)

The three winners will workshop their pieces with the great Irish composer Deirdre Gribbin at the Young Composers Forum at this year’s Festival. Book your place here.

Many thanks to Deirdre for adjudicating this year’s competition. With over twenty submissions, choosing winners isn’t an easy job.

Arts Council - funding music
Crespo Foundation
Fáilte Ireland
Wild Atlantic Way
Cork County Council
Pure Cork
RTE Lyric FM
Creative Places West Cork Islands
Irish Examiner
Maritime Hotel
IMRO - Irish Music Rights Organisation