Peter Fahey has been described as a composer of “alluring soundscapes” and “arresting moments” (The New York Times), a “rising-star composer” (NYC-ARTS) and “a composer who is full of effective ideas” (The Journal of Music). His music has been presented at venues such as Carnegie Hall and the National Concert Hall, Dublin and at festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, Gaudeamus Muziekweek and Festival Música Nova, Brazil by some of the leading performers of new music including Alarm Will Sound, the American Composers Orchestra, Continuum, Crash Ensemble, Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, ensemble recherche, Ensemble SurPlus, Klangforum Wien and Talea Ensemble, as well as Irish National Opera, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
Peter studied music at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England and in the United States at Cornell University and, as an exchange scholar, at Columbia University. He also participated in the Voix nouvelles Composition Session at the Royaumont Foundation, France; the International Summer Academy for Young Composers at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart; and the Aspen Music Festival and School Master Class Program. He has been awarded the American Composers Orchestra’s Underwood Commission, a Next Generation Award from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Franz Liszt Stipendium from the HfM Franz Liszt Weimar, as well as fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and MacDowell (Norton Stevens Fellowship). Most recently, he is the winner of the 2025 Red Note New Music Festival Composition Competition and the 2024 Roy Minoff Commission awarded by the Kent State Glauser School of Music.
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