John Buckley
John Buckley was born in Templeglantine, Limerick in 1951, John Buckley studied flute with Doris Keogh and composition with James Wilson, Alun Hoddinott and John Cage. Buckley’s output now exceeds 110 works, which have been performed in over fifty countries worldwide and have been issued on over twenty CDs. A monograph on his life and work, “Constellations: The Life and Music of John Buckley” by Benjamin Dwyer was published in May 2011 by Carysfort Press. He is a member of Aosdána, Ireland’s stat- sponsored academy of creative artists.