David Bremner is a composer, organist and pianist based in Dublin. Originally from West Cumbria, UK, he moved to Ireland in 1999. Having composed since an early age, he commenced formal study with Richard Baker while at Oxford; later, he studied composition and electronic music with experimental Austrian polymath Karl Stirner, and has attended masterclasses with Michael Finnissy, Christopher Fox and Bogusław Schaeffer. He has attended the Irish Composition Summer School, and in 2004 participated in an International Summer School in Composition in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic. He is currently completing a Ph.D in Composition at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama under the supervision of Gráinne Mulvey. In 2007 he was one of seven young composers invited to Seefeld in the Austrian Tirol to participate in the festival avantgarde tirol, during which a specially-written work was performed by virtuosi Frank Stadler, Michael Cede, Jószef Hárs, and Sławomir Zubrzycki. A member of the Irish Composers’ Collective, he has had works performed by, amongst others, Prey trio, Irish soprano Elizabeth Hilliard, and Ensemble ICC; he is currently working on a graphic score for bass clarinettist Paul Roe and a brass quintet for Ottoni Ensemble. His music is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre. As a recitalist David is dedicated to creating innovative recitals that explore the hugely varied repertoire that is currently emerging.

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