Cormac Curran Bio:

Over the last 25 years, Cormac has dedicated his life to Music, with three particular focuses: 1) Music education for all through his work for outreach programmes including Music Generation Ireland, and third level education as a lecturer, 2) Music performance through touring and recording with artists globally such as Hozier, John Grant, Lisa Hannigan, Villagers, and 3) Composing, arranging and orchestrating music for recorded artists, film and tv.

As a keyboardist and arranger, both domestically in Ireland and on the international stage, he has performed on a No. 1 US Billboard Charts album (Hozier), 6 platinum selling no. 1 albums, 2 of which as orchestral arranger  [Keyboardist and Arranger: Villagers – Becoming a Jackal (2010), {Awayland} (2013)]. 

Additional accolades include 3 Mercury Prize nominations (2010, 2013 and 2015, the latter for performing on SOAK’s debut album), 4 Choice Music nominations, winning in 2014 with Villagers, an Ivor Novello (Villagers), and many more internationally renowned awards and honours. 

In Film and TV, he has recorded a cover of 'Danny Boy' with Lisa Hannigan for the hit TV show Fargo (Season 2, episode 7) and recorded & Arranged Oh! You Pretty Things with Lisa for FX's Legion (Season 1, Episode 6). He has a first class honour for a Masters in Scoring for Visual Media (Pulse College, Dublin) and dedicates his life to music education at all levels.

As a concert composer, Cormac draws heavily from his experience working in contemporary pop, rock, folk and indie music, coupled with his passion for the film music of Bernard Herrmann, John Carpenter, John Barry and Ennio Morricone, fermented with the avant-garde minimalism of Steve Reich, Philip Glass, John Adams and Arvo Pärt, and the romantic 19th century greats such as Brahms, Dvořák, Liszt and Debussy.

He has performed globally across numerous genres, as have his compositions and works.