This is my conversation with Robbie Perry. It took place on 12/2/2023 from his home in Ireland.
With over three decades of experience spent performing and writing with Dead Can Dance and other Irish acts including Kila and Steve Cooney. Apart from composing and performing with standard instrumentation, Robbie also creates music and musical instruments from recycled technologies and abandoned or discarded objects. He works as a music facilitator with children of varying abilities and runs workshops on building musical instruments from practically everything that we find in our environment.
Currently he is working on projects involving the use of bespoke musical instruments, electronic and electro-mechanical, to aid children with disabilities. in the creation of art and self-expression. He is currently completing a PhD in this field.
Highlights of his career include:
– Clones Film Festival: Robbie Perry & Rita Perry composition and performance of live score to a
public screening of Nosferatu.
– Dead Can Dance European Tour
– The Suitcase Orchestra: A live interactive installation commissioned by Sliabh Beagh Arts, Co
Fermanagh.
– Performed a world tour with Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance. Performed an Irish tour with Kila.
He is currently working with Lisa Gerrard and Marcello De Francisci’s upcoming album ‘The Poetry of Life’.
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