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William Michael Joseph Whelan (born 22 May 1950) is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest . The result, " Riverdance ", was a seven-minute piece of original music accompanying a new take on traditional Irish stepdance that became a full-length stage production ...
Bill Whelan is an award winning composer and producer based in Co. Galway, Ireland. He composes music for theatre, film, television and orchestra. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Music and is best known for his Grammy Award winning score Riverdance.
6 days ago · Composer, arranger and performer on Riverdance’s effect on Ireland, contemporary trad music, AI and facing down eternity.
Bill Whelan has composed music for theatre, film and orchestra. His 1997 Grammy Award winning music Riverdance continues to be performed around the world and the show is about to embark on a 25th anniversary tour of the United States, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom.
The Road to Riverdance by Bill Whelan is a skilfully attuned record of one of Ireland’s most famous and influential composers. Riverdance exploded across the stage at Dublin’s Point Theatre one spring evening in 1994 during a seven-minute interval of the Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Ireland.
Works by Bill Whelan include: The Seville Suite (1992) for ensemble. The Connemara Suite (2005) for solo voice, instruments and chamber orchestra. Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite (2012) for orchestra. Linen and Lace (2013) for flute and orchestra. Looking Ahead: 75th birthday in 2025.
May 22, 2012 · Riverdance has embedded itself within our psyche, for good or ill, yet it goes nowhere near defining where Bill Whelan, as a composer, has travelled over the past three decades.
