Philip Feeney

Philip Feeney studied composition with Robin Holloway and Hugh Wood at Cambridge University and with Franco Donatoni in Rome. He has written extensively for ballet and dance and is well known as a pianist, working with many companies including Northern Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Rambert, Acosta Danza, Adventures in Motion Pictures and the Martha Graham Dance Company. 

As a composer, he has collaborated with choreographers including Christopher Gable, David Nixon, Michael Pink, Didy Veldman, Michael Keegan-Dolan, Derek Williams, Adam Cooper, Sara Matthews and hip-hop artist Jonzi D. His music has been performed by companies as diverse as English National Ballet, Boston Ballet, Rambert, Cullberg Ballet, Scottish Dance Theatre, Bern Ballett, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, for which he wrote scores for the company’s critically acclaimed Giselle (2003) and award-winning The Bull (2005). 

Philip Feeney’s association with Northern Ballet in Leeds, England extends more than 25 years. He has written eight full-length scores for the company including Gableʼs Cinderella, Gableʼs and Pinkʼs Dracula and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Veldmanʼs A Streetcar Named Desire, Nixonʼs Hamlet and Cinderella as well as Marstonʼs Jane Eyre and Victoria.

In 2020, Philip Feeney collaborated with the American Ballet Theatre for the first time, arranging the music for Alexei Ratmansky’s Of Love and Rage premiere. This was based on Aram Khachaturian's score, including pieces from Gayaneh and will have its European premiere with the Vienna State Ballet in October 2025 under the title Callirhoe.

Performances with Philip Feeney

Saison 2025-26
Sun
04 Jan
19:00—21:30
Alexei Ratmansky
Ballett Main Stage

with Sinthia Liz, Alessandro Frola, Masayu Kimoto, Rinaldo Venuti, Conductor: Paul Connelly

Kallirhoe

Cast on Sunday 4. January 2026

Kallirhoe

Dionysios

Mithridates

König von Babylon

Königin von Babylon

Polycharmos

Hermokrates

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie

Musik

Aram Chatschaturjan

arrangiert von

Bühne & Kostüme

Umsetzung Kostüme

Sukie Kirk

Einstudierung

Ö1 U27
Mon
05 Jan
19:00—21:30
Alexei Ratmansky
Ballett Main Stage

with Cassandra Trenary, António Casalinho, Davide Dato, Alessandro Cavallo, Conductor: Paul Connelly

Kallirhoe

Cast on Monday 5. January 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie

Musik

Aram Chatschaturjan

arrangiert von

Bühne & Kostüme

Umsetzung Kostüme

Sukie Kirk

Einstudierung

Ö1 U27
Ballettzyklus »Titelheldinnen«

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Wed
07 Jan
19:00—21:30
Alexei Ratmansky
Ballett Main Stage

with Sinthia Liz, Alessandro Frola, Masayu Kimoto, Rinaldo Venuti, Conductor: Paul Connelly

Kallirhoe

Cast on Wednesday 7. January 2026

Kallirhoe

Dionysios

Mithridates

König von Babylon

Königin von Babylon

Polycharmos

Hermokrates

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie

Musik

Aram Chatschaturjan

arrangiert von

Bühne & Kostüme

Umsetzung Kostüme

Sukie Kirk

Einstudierung

Ö1 U27
Abo 12

Ticket information

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

26. November 2025Dialogues des Carmélites
07. Jänner 2026Kallirhoe (Ballett)
22. April 2026Der fliegende Holländer
06. Mai 2026Salome
03. Juni 2026Carmen
Mon
12 Jan
19:00—21:30
Alexei Ratmansky
Ballett Main Stage

with Laura Fernandez Gromova, Kentaro Mitsumori, Arne Vandervelde, Vladyslav Bosenko, Conductor: Paul Connelly

Kallirhoe

Cast on Monday 12. January 2026

König von Babylon

Königin von Babylon

Milda Luckuté

Polycharmos

Hermokrates

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie

Musik

Aram Chatschaturjan

arrangiert von

Bühne & Kostüme

Umsetzung Kostüme

Sukie Kirk

Einstudierung

Ö1 U27
Abo 15

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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

29. September 2025Tosca
15. Dezember 2025La Bohème
12. Jänner 2026Kallirhoe (Ballett)
13. April 2026Wozzeck
18. Mai 2026Der Rosenkavalier

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