Comórtas Bonn Oir Seán O Riada

Seoladh Comórtas Bonn Óir Seán Ó Riada sa bhliain 2009 agus ó shin i leith tá sé ag dul ó neart go neart. Tá an comórtas oscailte d’aon duine ó aon áit ar domhan.  Reachtáiltear é via an suíomh idirlínne Cuireadh Chun Ceoil agus trí RnaG.  Is don ceoltóir is fearr ar uirlis áirithe an comortas.  Is féidir leis an iomathóir clárú ar an suiomh idirlinne. Ansan ní mór don iomathóir 5 fuaimrian a sheinnt gan tionlacan is iad a lódáil ar an suíomh. Tá sé seo go léir saor in aisce.  Craoltar píosaí ceoil gach seachtain ar Raidió na Gaeltachta,  agus bíonn ceolchoirm bheo ina mbíonn na 15 iomaitheoir deireanach páirteach ar siúl, beo ar aer, ó óstán i gCorcaigh ar thús na bliana. Bronntar Bonn Óir agus Sparán a bhfuil luach €2500 orthu ar an mbuaiteóir.  Níl ach uirlis i gceist in aghaidh na blaina: 2012 – An Fidil, 2011 – Feadóga, 2012 – Cláirseach nó Píob, 2013 – na uirlisí giolcaigh miotail (Boscaí ceoil, concairtín 7rl) 2014 tharnasi chun an Fidil agus mar sin de.

The Seán  Riada Gold Medal competition was launched in 2009 and has been gathering strength every year since. The competition is open to anyone anywhere in the world. It is for the best Irish Traditional Musician on a particular instrument in a given year.  It is organised via the  internet site Cuireadh Chun Ceoil and music from the competitors is broadcast in season on RnaG and world wide vie the internet.  The competitor may enter for free and must upload 5 files of themselves playing unaccompanied. The final 15 are chosen by adjudicators and they are brought, in January of the following year, to Cork city where they compete live on radio.  The Gold Medal and a purse of €2,500 is awarded to the winner.  One instrument is the chosen disepline every year and these are on a rota: 2010 – The fiddle, 2011 – The flutes and whistles, 2012 – The Harp and the Pipes, 2013 – The metal reed instruments (Accordian, concertina etc.) 2014 back to the fidil and so on.