Tudor Petcu

1.) I know you are a very well-known contemporary Irish composer. Can I ask you please to tell us, in a few words,   a little bit about your music and activity, so that our readers have the opportunity to discover you in a deeper way. In Ireland my best-known music is probably The Brendan Voyage in which an Irish traditional musician, Liam O'Flynn, plays with the musicians of a symphony orchestra. In this his instrument, the uilleann pipes, represents the voice of a medieval leather-skinned boat, believed to have been used by 6th century St Brendan in a voyage across the Atlantic; the orchestra represents the elements and creatures of the sea. Part of my intention was to show how it is possible to harness together two different traditions and create something new. Others of my concert works are also based on narratives from Irish History, for example Granuaile is based on the life of a famous Irish woman chieftain and the occupation of Ireland by Elizabethan England; The Reli...