James O'Callaghan James O'Callaghan Montréal James O’Callaghan is a composer and multimedia artist based in Berlin. His work has been described as “very personal… with its own colour anchored in the unpredictable,” (Goethe-Institut). It spans chamber, orchestral, live electronic and acousmatic idioms, audio installations, video-music, site-specific performances, electronic dance music, and interdisciplinary collaboration — most recently with choreographer Edouard Lock and artist Lois Brown. In 2016 an album of his acousmatic works, Espaces Tautologiques, was released by empreintes DIGITALes, and his extended collaboration with Ensemble Paramirabo resulted in a portrait album of his works in 2019, entitled Alone and unalone. His music has received nearly forty prizes and nominations, including the ISCM Young Composer Award (2017), the Salvatore Martirano Award (2016), and the SOCAN Foundation John Weinzweig Grand Prize (2014). Significant nominations include those for the Gaudeamus Award (2016), Prix Métamorphoses (2018), and two JUNO Awards (2014, 2020). In 2021 he received the Prix Opus for “Composer of the Year.” Active as an arts organiser, he co-founded and co-directed the Montréal Contemporary Music Lab. Originally from British Columbia, he lived in Montréal for 11 years and since 2022 has been based out of Berlin. James O'Callaghan’s tracks In an archipelago - Standing Wave (full ensemble) by James O'Callaghan published on 2022-06-23T09:31:17Z TOO REAL / FEELS FAKE - ECM+, Véronique Lacroix by James O'Callaghan published on 2022-05-29T14:02:24Z Know unknow xeknow - Ensemble Télémaque, Raoul Lay by James O'Callaghan published on 2020-03-24T17:05:00Z Of definitions of "ground" (60 Hz version)- Ensemble Hopper by James O'Callaghan published on 2019-10-08T18:02:18Z Close / Close - Chloé Dominguez + Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Véronique Lacroix by James O'Callaghan published on 2018-11-22T22:46:20Z Accidents / Harmoniques (Bernard Parmegiani transcription) - Standing Wave by James O'Callaghan published on 2018-02-19T20:31:46Z Xeno- (excerpt) by James O'Callaghan published on 2017-09-27T15:58:23Z
In an archipelago - Standing Wave (full ensemble) by James O'Callaghan published on 2022-06-23T09:31:17Z
TOO REAL / FEELS FAKE - ECM+, Véronique Lacroix by James O'Callaghan published on 2022-05-29T14:02:24Z
Know unknow xeknow - Ensemble Télémaque, Raoul Lay by James O'Callaghan published on 2020-03-24T17:05:00Z
Of definitions of "ground" (60 Hz version)- Ensemble Hopper by James O'Callaghan published on 2019-10-08T18:02:18Z
Close / Close - Chloé Dominguez + Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Véronique Lacroix by James O'Callaghan published on 2018-11-22T22:46:20Z
Accidents / Harmoniques (Bernard Parmegiani transcription) - Standing Wave by James O'Callaghan published on 2018-02-19T20:31:46Z