"O'Riordan's music will fire the imagination of all those fascinated by life, language, and the distinct challenge
of expressing poetry and poetic themes in song."

PARMA Recordings

"Kirk O’Riordan is not strictly speaking a minimalist, yet he possesses that rare quality of capturing a
vivid musical landscape with Webern-like efficiency."

The Morning Call

"He haunts and provokes, excites and soothes."

American Record Guide

"Though writing diatonic music, O’Riordan deftly shifts expectation from harmony to gesture, beckoning the listener to hitch on for the ride."

Sound Meets Sound

Kirk O'Riordan’s music

has been referred to as “unapologetically beautiful” and is often praised for its uniquely “visual” qualities that depict a wide range of striking moods. His debut compact disk, Strange Flowers, was praised by Audiophile Audition as “one of the most impressive and beautiful collections of chamber music I have heard in awhile….This is all just so lovely and invokes exactly the emotions that good music should be able to induce in all of us." Gramophone Magazine praised O’Riordan as “a composer for whom imagery is a defining inspiration.…[he] is a deeply sensitive composer who savours going gently into the night.”