John McLachlan

. . . .John McLachlan isn’t loath to stand up and be counted with the best of the rest... The kinds of words McLachlan uses of his music – “athematic”, “quasi-algorithmic” and “statistical” – are reflected in ruthlessly logical sinews and fastidiously clear textures. A first hearing disclosed some distinctive features, but what really counted was the raw psychological effect. . . .

The Irish Times

Irish Composer John McLachlan was born in Dublin, Ireland. He has written over 90 works which have been performed in 23 countries on six continents. He has worked with many new music specialists from Ireland, the UK, France, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Poland, Japan and the US (among others), with commissions from many of them

His music has been recorded by The RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Mary Dullea, John Feeley, and David Adams among others, and he has had pedagogical piano works selected and published by the Royal Irish Academy of Music

John is a member of Aosdana, Ireland's state academy for the creative arts and is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre

NEWS

Next performance: Headland, will be performed by Evlana Ensemble in Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre Sept 3rd 2026

Recent CD release: Drinking the Stars / Mary Dullea plays the solo piano music of John McLachlan