James O'Callaghan

@jamesocallaghancomposer

Composer and multimedia artist 📍Montréal / Berlin 🇨🇦/ 🇮🇪
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Excited to share the video of the premiere of “OVERBOUND”, my cello concerto for @cameroncrozman and Alex Pauk’s @espritorchestra ! In composing this work I felt that I took so many risks and branched out into stylistic territory that felt quite new to me — such that the exhilarating premiere showcasing Cameron’s incredible virtuosity and the adventurousness of the orchestra, accompanied by a very enthusiastic audience made ask myself “what was I so afraid of?” I am reminded again of the rewards of risk and diving into the unknown. Thanks to my amazing collaborators for taking the leap with me :) Link in bio!
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2 years ago
Watch the video of the premiere of “TOO REAL / FEELS FAKE” with @ecm_plus and Véronique Lacroix - online now with a new mix (link in bio!) Videography by @laconservemedia
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3 years ago
Edouard Lock’s new film ECHO featuring dancer @rachele.buriassi29 and my piece “Alone and unalone” performed by @ensemble_paramirabo premieres 14 October at the @grandsballets in Montréal. Show runs until Oct 23. Film produced by @direphi . So moved to be a part of this incredible collaboration. Link in bio
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4 years ago
Happy bday to absolute icon @sopranoise đź’—
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3 months ago
Congrats to @standingwave6 on their @thejunoawards nomination! Their newest album features and is titled after a piece I wrote for them, among other beautiful works by @dontstoptilyoufretenough , @dorothyychang and @masonbatesmusic . Check out the album released on @redshiftmusic - link in bio!
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3 months ago
Si vous aimez la flûte contemporaine, du colorisme expressionnisme de Saariaho à l’abstraction avant-gardiste teintée d’électro du Montréalais @jamesocallaghancomposer en passant par le modernisme poétique de Gilles Tremblay et celui, japonisant, de Toru Takemitsu, vous serez certainement ravi de porter une écoute attentive sur l’album Airborne Solitudes du flûtiste @jeffreyjstonehouse basé à Montréal. L’album présente donc deux compositeurs canadiens (O’Callaghan et Tremblay) et trois internationaux (Saariaho, Takemitsu et Salvatore Sciarrino, représenté par un arrangement audacieux de la Toccate et fugue en ré mineur BWV 565, de Bach – Ayoye!), dans une facture sonore très avantageuse de la part de Redshift Records. par Frédéric Cardin sur #musiquecontemporaine #albuminstrumental #newalbum
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4 months ago
Look who’s in town!! Back with one of my favourite collaborators to realize a project 5 years in the making!! Thanks so much @jamesocallaghancomposer for creating this wild and ambitious work that will finally see the darkness of night this coming Thursday, November 13! Amor Fati is such a trip - can’t wait to meet everyone in the abyss! Thanks to @cmcnational @cmc_ontario for hosting us in residence this week and coming on this hugely experimental journey! #piano #pianosolo #pianoasmr #cobtemporarymusic #experimentalmusic #canadiancomposer
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6 months ago
Il y a quelque chose d’étrangement unique dans le fait de voir des gens assis par terre au milieu d’une pièce plongée dans le noir. Vu de l’extérieur, cela pourrait ressembler à une étrange cérémonie sectaire, mais chez @akousma c’est aussi une façon de découvrir les plaisirs les plus raffinés de l’écoute. par Loic Minty @loicminty sur @jamesocallaghancomposer #electroacousmatique #electro
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6 months ago
Hi everyone! I've been really enjoying teaching my workshop on spectral mixing this year, and so appreciative that I've had so many interested and engaged participants! I polled some past participants if there are other topics that they'd be interested in, and based on this and what I've been approached for by individual students in the past, I'm starting a brand-new Crash-Course Workshop on Mixed Music, starting November 16th. Link in bio for the form with further details and to enrol!
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6 months ago
Running around in my back alley like a madman field recording for my new piece: “FEAR OF THE DARK” - premiering THIS FRIDAY, Halloween night, at the @akousma festival at @usine.c in Montréal. Link in bio for details and to get tickets. Watch the whole video with the sound on for a sneak preview! It’s going to be a wild night! #electroacoustic #acousmatic #darkelectro #industrial #spooky
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6 months ago
On November 13, 2025 I am so excited to premiere a new hour-long work written for me by composer and longtime collaborator James O’Callaghan. Presented in partnership with the Canadian Music Centre - Amor Fati, for solo piano and offstage electronics, unfolds in complete darkness. Over 60 minutes, sound emerges from the void without visual framing — unfolding in a space where attention shifts, time expands, and fate feels quietly present in each gesture. 🗓 Thursday, November 13 – 8 PM 📍 Canadian Music Centre (Toronto) 🎟 $15 arts workers/seniors | $20 general A work built through trust, risk, and learning to love our fate. We invite you to come listen in the dark. #WorldPremiere #AmorFati #JamesOCallaghan #CherylDuvall #CanadianMusicCentre #ImmersiveMusic #ContemporaryPiano #Electroacoustic #NewMusic #TorontoArts #LiveInTheDark
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6 months ago
A month ago my amazing friend @sopranoise and I got married! I always knew we were from the same alien planet, dear Sarah. What an amazing thing it is that we get to spend our time on this rock together. Here are just a few of the wonderful photographs that the incredibly talented @claytonkennedy.art took of the wedding!
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7 months ago