Culture That Made Me: Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy on Sliabh Luachra, Bowie and Beethoven

The Dublin-born Grammy winner recalls working with Cillian Murphy, and being moved by the likes of Bono and Arthur Conan Doyle 

Donnacha Dennehy is at West Cork Chamber Music Festival this week. Picture: Hugh O'Conor

Donnacha Dennehy, 55, grew up largely in Templeogue, Dublin. In 1997, he co-founded Crash Ensemble, an Irish new music ensemble. In 2015, The Last Hotel premiered, the first in a trilogy of operas he created with Enda Walsh. Earlier this year, he won a Grammy Award for his composition Land of Winter. He is at West Cork Chamber Music Festival, which takes place in and around Bantry, until July 5. See: westcorkmusic.ie.

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