
Fergus Johnston
Composer
Fergus Johnston Composer
Fergus Johnston (b. 1959) is an established professional contemporary classical Irish Composer who creates unique musical works to be interpreted and performed by Irish and international orchestras, voices, ensembles and soloists around the world. In recognition of his unique talent and skills, Fergus Johnston was elected a member of Aosdána, Ireland’s organisation of outstanding artists. Membership of Aosdána, which is by peer nomination and election, is limited to 250 living artists, who have produced a distinguished body of work. Fergus Johnston was awarded a Ph.D. in Composition from Maynooth University and studied for an M.Phil. in Music & Media Technology from Trinity College Dublin. He was a recipient of both the New Music for Sligo Composition Prize, and the Arts Council of Ireland’s Macaulay Fellowship in 1989.
Fergus Johnston’s work encompasses solo, chamber, orchestral, and operatic genres, as well as acousmatic music. His music has been commissioned by many ensembles and organisations including The Irish Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the National Concert Hall Dublin, the Sonorities Festival Belfast, The Fidelio Trio, Rubato Dance, and Opera Theatre Company.
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Past Events
Sunday 12 June 2022 Tina Ostruh (flute)
Avla Doma II Slovenskega Tabora, Žalec, Slovenia.
Planxty Performance
27th March 2022 concert
Planxty Emma Coulthard
“Planxty Emma Coulthard” for flute, performed by emma Coulthard, is to be the opening piece in a concert at noon on 27th March, 2022 in Dublin’s Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Parnell Square. The piece can also be purchased online on the RMN CD below.

"poisoning pigeons in the park" - actually recording them in Piazza San Marco

On thin ice, in Reykjavik, Dark Music Days, 2019

Sacha in La Fenice, Venezia.

Left to right: Fergus, Sacha, Roger Doyle (beneath himself) and Mary Connolly-Doyle after Roger's elevation to Saoi of Aosdána

Men in Caps: Kevin O'connell and Fergus Johnston

Celia de Fréine, librettist for The Earl of Kildare

With Mikhail Goleminov Vidin, Bulgaria 2007

en route to Vidin, Bulgaria, 2007

With Yosif Radianov, Bulgaria 2007

With Yosif and Zornitsa Radionovi in Germany for some performances of Méadú at Schloss Moyland

Yosif in full flight

Yosif performing with Mikhail Goleminov on sound projection, Boris Xristoff Museum, Sofia
Fergus Johnston acknowledges the generous support of Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland
Eleanor Dawson performs music for flute solo and flute with harpsichord and electronics, including “Morrigan” by Fergus Johnston.
With David Adams (Harpsichord)