| Andrew Synnott | |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Occupation: | Composer |
Andrew Synnott is an Irish composer.[1] In 2017 he became the first living Irish composer to have an opera staged at Wexford Festival Opera with the premiere of Dubliners. Wexford commissioned two further operas from him; La cucina, premiered at the festival in 2019 and What Happened To Lucrece, premiere Wexford 2020. Synnott is also active as a conductor, including conducting from the piano his own reduction of The Tales of Hoffmann for Irish National Opera in 2018.[2] He has conducted many opera performances in Ireland and abroad and has conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTE Concert Orchestra and the National Chamber Choir of Ireland.