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ChamberFest DUBLIN 19 April - 2 May 2021
WELCOME
Collaboration is one of ‘Visions and Dreams’ features a group of
the most important “dream songs” chosen by the musicians,
aspects of a musician’s and movements from Messiaen’s powerful
life. Our chamber Visions de l’Amen performed by Rachel
music partners offer us O’Hara and Laoise McMullin under the
different perspectives guidance of their coach, Thérèse Fahy, who
that challenge us, gave the Irish premiere of the work in 1990.
feed our creativity
and inspire us to form The rise of recorded performance has been
united visions. In this past year of global of incredible value to the arts, yet there
pandemic, in-person musical interaction is no substitute for the experience and
has been one of the biggest losses to our excitement of performing live. 12 of the 15
musical lives. With the immense energy, concerts will be livestreamed, interspersed
adaptability and commitment of our with backstage mini-interviews to allow
students and chamber music coaches, audiences to feel closer to the performers,
chamber music activity at RIAM has while also serving a practical function of
continued. allowing cleaning and ventilation between
performances.
ChamberFest Dublin 2021 features almost
40 chamber music groups in 15 concerts ChamberFest Dublin could not take place
streamed from the Royal Irish Academy of without an enormous amount of work
Music, National Gallery of Ireland, Museum that goes on behind the scenes. Our
of Literature Ireland and St Stephen’s fantastic team at RIAM has worked tirelessly
Church “The Pepper Canister”. Highlights with a problem-solving determination
include works by 6 female composers, a to allow music making and chamber
historical performance research event and music performance at RIAM to continue.
a chamber music masterclass with RIAM In addition, we are hugely grateful to
faculty Christopher Marwood from the an anonymous donor for supporting
Vanbrugh Quartet. The festival culminates ChamberFest Dublin 2021, and to The John
in a performance by RIAM’s exploratory Pollard Foundation and the National Gallery
group, Ensemble Interforma. of Ireland for supporting the performance
by Ensemble Interforma. It is with huge
The programming of ChamberFest Dublin pleasure that we present such an exciting,
is a collaborative process, with students collaboratively produced two-week
forming their own chamber music groups, chamber music festival to audiences joining
researching and choosing repertoire us from their homes.
under the mentorship of their coaches.
‘Impressions from Bohemia’ presents works
Prof. Sarah Sew
by Dvořák and Smetana, including a version
Head of Strings and
of Smetana's Piano Trio with double bass
replacing the cello, arranged by final year Chamber Music
bachelor’s bassist, Alex Felle. Royal Irish Academy of Music
AT A GLANCE
MON 19 APR THURS 22 APR MON 26 APR FRI 30 APR
Opening Concert: Lunchtime Event Historical Lunchtime Concert: Evening Concert
Organ Room, RIAM, 7.30pm Performance Presentations: Board Room, RIAM, 1pm Pepper Canister Church, 7.30pm
Bacewicz / Ewald / Beethoven Organ Room, RIAM, 1pm Mozart / Mendelssohn / Dvořák / Rossini Rheinberger / Villa Lobos / Ingoldsby /
Scordatura and “Cross-Tunings” in Folk Rouse / Cage / Skidmore
TUE 20 APR and Classical Traditions TUE 27 APR
Biber / Tartini / “Three Forks of Cheat” SUN 2 MAY
Lunchtime Concert: Discovering Early Italian Violin Sonatas Lunchtime Concert:
Organ Room, RIAM, 1pm Cima / Castello / Fontana Board Room, RIAM, 1pm Closing Concert ‘Re: Form’: National
Borodin / Krommer / Gershwin Simplifying Bass lines in Baroque Schumann / Reger / Beethoven Gallery of Ireland, 7.30pm
Music
Evening Concert: ‘Impressions from Handel WED 28 APR Ensemble Interforma
Bohemia’:
Organ Room, RIAM, 7.30pm Evening Concert: Organ Room, RIAM, Lunchtime Concert: J Strauss II arr. Brett Dean / Walshe /
Smetana / Dvořák 7.30pm Board Room, RIAM, 1pm Stravinsky / Clyne
Rota / Keal / Piazzolla Poulenc / Beethoven / N Boulanger /
WED 21 APR Debussy
FRI 23 APR
Lunchtime Concert: Evening Concert:
Organ Room, RIAM, 1pm Chamber Music Masterclass with Pepper Canister Church, 7.30pm
Jolivet / Poulenc / Piazzolla Christopher Marwood: Board Room, Loeillet / Telemann / Beethoven / Purcell
RIAM, 11am
Early Evening Concert: THURS 29 APR
MoLI, 5pm Lunchtime Concert: Organ Room,
Schubert / Bruch / Gál RIAM, 1pm Evening Concert ‘Visions and
Poulenc / Saint-Saëns / Labor Dreams’:
Organ Room, RIAM, 7.30pm
Early Evening Concert: Schubert / Grieg / Gounod / Fauré /
MoLI, 5.00pm Roger Quilter / Messiaen
Debussy / Shostakovich / Brahms /
Mendelssohn / Ravel / Chausson /
Purcell
Monday 19 April Opening Concert 7.30 pm Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Bacewicz: String Quartet No 1 New Wave Quartet Erin Hennessey, violin Abigail Prián Gallardo, viola Inana Garis, violin Albert Espina, cello Ewald: Brass Quintet No 1 Op 5 Irish Chamber Brass Glen Carr, trumpet Kieran Sharkey, trombone Nathan McDonnell, trumpet Adam Buttimer, tuba Niamh Huethorst, horn Beethoven: Adagio - Allegro con brio from Septet in E-flat Major Op 20 Jisun Min, violin Jarlath Mulholland, clarinet; Arianna Ciommiento, viola Eunsuh Park, bassoon Alice Romano, cello Niamh Huethorst, horn Carlos Eduardo Gomes, double bass
Tuesday 20 April
Lunchtime Concert Evening Concert
‘Impressions from Bohemia’
1.00 pm
Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music 7.30 pm
Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music
Borodin: Allegro moderato and Notturno: Andante
from String Quartet No 2 in D Major Smetana: Moderato assai and Allegro, ma non agitato
Tatyana Wearen, violin Lucy Varney, viola
from Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15
Kevin Meehan, violin Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello
Ella Nagy, piano
Inana Garis, violin
Krommer: Allegro Moderato, Romanza and Rondo Alex Felle, double bass
from Oboe Trio in F Major
Gershwin arr Matthew Manning: “I Got Rhythm” Smetana: Allegro vivo - Appassionato and Allegro moderato a la
Holly Chilton, oboe; polka from String Quartet No 1 in E Minor “From my life”
Maria Jose Rojas Cruz, oboe
Quartet Agharta
Ben Gannon, oboe
Jisun Min, violin Abigail Prian Gallardo, viola
Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello
Dvořák: Finale: Vivace ma non troppo
from String Quartet in F Major Op 96 “American”
Iveagh Quartet
Claire O’Connor, violin Charlotte von Kietzell, viola
Chloe O’Connor, violin Elena O’Connor, cello
Dvořák: Allegro ma non tanto
from Piano Quintet in A major Op 81
Kah Mun Ong, piano Arianna Ciommiento, viola
Jisun Min, violin Alice Romano, cello
Erin Hennessey, violin
Wednesday 21 April
Lunchtime Concert Early Evening Concert
1.00 pm 5.00pm
Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI)
Jolivet: Sonatine for Flute and Clarinet Schubert: Allegro and Andante con moto
Meadhbh O’Rourke, flute from String Quartet No 14 in D Minor D810
Patrick Burke, clarinet
“Death and the Maiden”
The Nova Quartet
Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano FP 43
Inana Garis, violin Arianna Ciommiento, viola
Ben Gannon, oboe
Tatyana Wearen, violin Alice Romano, cello
Eunsuh Park, bassoon
Chuhan Jin, piano
Bruch: Andante, Allegro con moto and Andante con moto
Piazzolla: Cinco Piezas for Violin and Double Bass from 8 Pieces Op 83
Jisun Min, violin Holly Chilton, oboe
Carlos Eduardo Gomes, double bass Albert Espina Carpi, cello
Chuyun Hu, piano
Gál: Trio for Oboe, Violin and Viola Op 94
Trio Zoticus
Maria Jose Rojas Cruz, oboe
Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin
Abigail Prian Gallardo, viola
Thursday 22 April
Lunchtime Event Evening Concert
1.00 pm 7.30pm
Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music
Historical Performance Presentations Rota: Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano
Aleyna Tunca, violin
Scordatura and “Cross-Tunings” in Folk and Baroque Traditions Daniel Boon, piano
Erin Hennessey, baroque violin Kim O’Brien, flute
Matthew Breen, harpsichord
Biber: Rosary Sonata No 2 in A Major, “The Visitation” (completed c. 1676, Keal: Ballade
published 1905) Abigail Prian Gallardo, viola
Tartini: Pastorale in A Major, B A16, Grave and Allegro (c.1731) Chuhan Jin, piano
“Three Forks of Cheat” from the playing of the Hammons Family, West Virginia,
recorded in 1947 Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango
Jack Kennedy, guitar
Discovering Early Italian Violin Sonatas Jisun Min, violin
Jenna Raggett, baroque violin
Matthew Breen, harpsichord
Cima: Sonata Prima for Violin and Violine from the collection of Concerti
Ecceliasticci (Milano 1610)
Castello: Sonata Prima, Sonate Concertante in stil Moderno, Libro secondo
(Venice, 1629)
Fontana: Sonata Seconda (Venice 1641)
Simplifying Bass lines in Baroque Music
Alex Felle, double bass
Erin Hennessey, baroque violin
Jenna Raggett, baroque violin
Matthew Breen, harpsichord
Peadar O Loinsigh, baroque cello
Handel: Trio Sonata in F major, Op 5 No 6 HWV 401
Friday 23 April
Chamber Music Masterclass with Early Evening Concert
Christopher Marwood
5.00pm
11.00 pm
Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI)
Board Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music
Debussy: Animé et très décidé from String Quartet in G minor Op 10
Performers to be announced Caoilfhinn Tan, violin Eve Quigley, viola
Jenna Raggett, violin Alice Romano, cello
Lunchtime Concert
Shostakovich: 5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
1.00 pm Fantasy Trio
Brendan Kennedy, piano
Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Jisun Min, violin
Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata FP 184
Brahms: Am Strande
Saint-Saëns: Allegretto and Allegro animato
Mendelssohn: Herbstlied
from Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major Op 167
Jarlath Mulholland, clarinet Chausson: La Nuit
JJ McNamara, piano Purcell: Let Us Wander
Caoimh Ella Lundy, soprano
Lauren McCann, soprano
Labor: Allegro, Scherzo: Allegro vivace and Andante
Heather Sammon, mezzo-soprano
from Piano Quintet in E Minor Op 3 Sophie Redmond Kehoe, mezzo-soprano
Frasier Hickland, piano Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello Xu Fei Han, piano
Jenna Raggett, violin Alex Felle, double bass Dean Kelly, piano
Inana Garis, viola;Monday 26 April Tuesday 27 April
Lunchtime Concert Lunchtime Concert
1.00 pm 1.00 pm
Board Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music
Board Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music
Mozart: Piano and Violin Sonata in E minor K304
Emma O’Brien, piano Schumann: Romanzen Op 94
Ben Gannon, oboe
Leila Clarke-Carr, violin
Tanya Massey, piano
Mendelssohn: Nos I, II and V from Six Childrens Pieces arranged for
Wind Quartet Op 72
Reger: Larghetto from Serenade Op 141a
The Ventus Quartet
Beethoven: Serenade in D major Op 25
Ciara Corrigan-Margetts, flute Maria O’Dea, bassoon
Trio Primo Michael Noonan, flute
Margot Maurel, clarinet, Cecily O’Brien, horn Leila Clarke-Carr, violin Lucy Varney, viola
Dvořák: Terzetto in C Major Op 74 Poulenc: Oboe Sonata FP 185
André Stokes, violin Ben Gannon, oboe
Xinyi Hu, violin Tanya Massey, piano
Eve Quigley, viola
Rossini: Quartet No 1 in F Major
The Ventus Quartet
Ciara Corrigan-Margetts, flute; Maria O’Dea, bassoon
Margot Maurel, clarinet Cecily O’Brien, hornWednesday 28 April
Lunchtime Concert Evening Concert
1.00 pm 7.00 pm
Board Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music The Pepper Canister Church
Beethoven: Variations in E-flat Major on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe Loeillet: Sonata No 1 in A Minor
fühlen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte WoO46 Telemann: Canonic Sonata No 2 in F Major
Dáire Ní Chonaill, recorder
N Boulanger: Trois piecès Rachel Nolan, flute
Sonas Duo
Davide Forti, cello Beethoven: Six Minutes Wo09
Francesca De Nardi, piano Colla McParland, violin
Megan Churcher, violin
Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor Alex Felle, double bass
Caoilfhinn Tan, violin
Daniel Boon, piano Purcell: Excerpts from The Fairy Queen
Kevin Meehan, violin
Xinyi Hu, violin
Lucy Varney, viola
Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello
Carlos Eduardo Gomes, double bass
Dáire Ní Chonaill, recorder
Arthur Greene, harpsichordThursday 29 April Friday 30 April
Evening Concert ‘Visions and Dreams’ Evening Concert
7.30 pm 7.30 pm
Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music The Pepper Canister Church
Schubert: Nacht und Träume Rheinberger: Praeludium and Canzone
Grieg: Ein Traum from Suite for Violin and Organ Op 166
Gounod: Sérénade Aleyna Tunca, violin
Gounod: La Siesta Arthur Greene, organ
Fauré: Après un rêve
Roger Quilter: Three Duets Villa Lobos: Choros No 2
Caroline Behan, soprano Ingoldsby: Deuce
Aimée-Rose Willett, soprano Meadhbh O’Rourke, flute
Doireann O’Carroll, piano Patrick Burke, clarinet
Messiaen: Amen de la Création, Amen de l’agonie de Jésus, Rouse: Ku-ka-ilimoku
Amen du désir and Amen des anges, des saints, du chant Cage: Second Construction
des oiseaux from Visions de l’Amen Skidmore: Ritual Music
Laoise McMullin, piano RIAM Percussion Ensemble
Rachel O’Hara, piano Emily Gatchell, percussion
Chi Hui Ho, percussion
Rónán Scarlett, percussion
Cormac Horan, percussionSunday 2 May Closing Concert ‘Re: Form’ 7.30 pm Shaw Room, National Gallery of Ireland Ensemble Interforma Sarah Sew, director J Strauss II arr Brett Dean: Die Fledermaus Jennifer Walshe: Zussamen i Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat (Dumbarton Oaks) Anna Clyne: Within Her Arms
Ensemble Interforma First and foremost, a good arrangement can open a work to a different and wider audience.
Editing in the reduction from large to small enables performances with much less effort
and much simpler means. The famous arrangements in the Schönberg-Kreis (Association
for Private Musical Performances, Vienna, 1918-22) are still the best examples of this and are
among my favourite arrangements, especially “Das Lied der Waldtaube” from Schönberg’s
Ensemble Interforma is made up of a core 15 players of flexible instrumentation, with Gurrelieder, arranged for mezzo-soprano and small ensemble. Such arrangements have
artistic leadership from violinist, Sarah Sew. The group focuses not on the individual, certainly made this music audible and tangible for many more people (in a time without
but on the group as a collective, looking outward at open collaboration, crossing recordings and radio broadcasts) and cast an interesting light on the “chamber music” of
even great symphonic works such as Mahler’s symphonies, even if they certainly reach their
boundaries and art form. The group explores repertoire from all periods, focusing on
tonal limits.
works that compel, provoke and inspire.
Since my student days, I’ve always learned a lot from working on other pieces. Not only
Tonight’s concert, entitled “Re:Form”, is based on an organic approach to re-forming about the instrumentation but also about the form and architecture of the music. A lecturer
traditional ensembles combined with a future looking reform of “traditional” ideals at the Conservatory in Brisbane (where I studied) always encouraged me to do this, with
of instrumentation. The programme features 4 works with an equal male:female the words, “Always remember, when you arrange a work, the original becomes part of one’s
composer ratio. Johann Strauss II’s orchestral overture to Die Fledermaus is own piece”. You fully immerse yourself in someone else’s way of thinking and composing.
transformed into a chamber music work in Brett Dean’s reduction for the same As far as “confronting” or “flattering” is concerned, it is particularly important to me that
instrumentation as Schubert’s iconic Octet in F. Stravinsky uses the spirit of Bach’s
one should always remain “true” to the spirit of the original. Interestingly, I originally
Brandenburg Concertos for his modern-day concerto grosso, Dumbarton Oaks.
included a few small musical “gags” in my Strauss arrangement (e.g. short, unprepared
Ensemble Interforma is delighted to work directly with composer, Jennifer Walshe, quotations from other well-known pieces). In the end, however, it worked much better
and stage director, Tom Creed, on Zusammen i, scored for a group of 10 performers without this, ie “straight”.
without specified instruments. The concert finishes with Anna Clyne’s, Within Her
Brett Dean
Arms. The work democratises the traditional string orchestra — rather than more
upper voices tiering down to less lower voices, the instrumentation is egalitarian with
equal numbers of first violins, second violins, violas, cellos and basses. I played Bach very regularly during the composition of the concerto and I was greatly
attracted to the Brandenburg Concertos. Whether or not the first theme of my first
Ensemble movement is a conscious borrowing from the third of the Brandenburg set, however, I do not
know. What I can say is that Bach would most certainly have been delighted to loan it to me;
to borrow in this way was exactly the sort of thing he liked to do.
Sarah Sew, director/violin Albert Espina, cello Igor Stravinsky
Erin Hennessey, violin Alex Felle, bass
Inana Garis, violin Carlos Eduardo Gomes, bass
Jisun Min, violin Aura Stone, bass* Within Her Arms is music for my mother, with all my love.
Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin Meadhbh O’Rourke, flute Earth will keep you tight within her arms dear one—
André Stokes, violin Jarlath Mulholland, clarinet So that tomorrow you will be transformed into flowers—
Abigail Prián Gallardo, viola Eunsuh Park, bassoon This flower smiling quietly in this morning field—
Arianna Ciommiento, viola Niamh Huethorst, horn This morning you will weep no more dear one—
For we have gone through too deep a night.
Eve Quigley, viola Cecily O’Brien, horn
This morning, yes, this morning,
Zoë Stedje, cello I kneel down on the green grass—
Peadar O’Loinsigh, cello *Guest musician And I notice your presence.
Flowers, that speak to me in silence.
The message of love and understanding has indeed come.
—Thich Nhat Hanh
Anna ClyneChamberFest Dublin Prize 2021 Biographies - Strings
The Royal Irish Academy of Music is delighted to announce an exciting
new chamber music prize. One of the groups participating in the 2021
iteration of ChamberFest Dublin will be offered a concert engagement
at the Hugh Lane Gallery as part of its prestigious Sundays@Noon series.
The concert will be recorded and broadcast, with additional documentary
footage and radio interview, in collaboration with Near FM and a fee of
€1000 will be extended to the selected group for their performance at
Sundays@Noon. All chamber music groups performing at ChamberFest
Dublin 2021 will be considered and selection for the final round will
be made by the Head of Chamber Music in consultation with external Aleyna Tunca André Stokes Caoilfhinn Tan
chamber music examiners. Selected groups will be announced on
Violin Violin Violin
Friday 30 April and invited to compete in the Final, which will be held on
Wednesday 5 May 2021 in the RIAM Organ Room. Aleyna Tunca is a Turkish André Stokes is a violinist Caoilfhinn Tan is currently
violinist based in Ireland. As in his 2nd year of study at studying with Sarah Sew
an experienced orchestral the Royal Irish Academy at the Royal Irish Academy
ChamberFest Dublin Prize 2021 is presented
player, Aleyna has of Music. Having started of Music. She holds a
in partnership with Sundays@Noon at the performed with numerous playing at age 5, he has Diploma in Teaching and
Hugh Lane Gallery. orchestras, including the performed both as an Performance from the
Turkish-German Symphony orchestral musician and RIAM and a Diploma in
Orchestra in Bonn, as soloist with the DYO Performance from the
Greek-Turkish Symphony Symphony Orchestra, of ABRSM. Since learning to
Orchestra in Greece, and which he was leader in play the violin from the age
the International Symphony 2019/2020. of 4, she has won numerous
Orchestra in Bremen. She commendations and prizes
made her solo début in nationally in the Feis Ceoil .
Saint Yuhanna Cathedral As an enthusiastic chamber
Basilica in 2016 in Izmir. musician, she has toured
Aleyna acted as leader of extensively around Ireland
the Dokuz Eylul Academic and Europe and Asia
Symphony Orchestra, and with the Young European
Kordon Rotaract Chamber Strings Chamber Orchestra
Orchestras from 2015-2017. and the National Youth
Orchestra of IrelandColla McParland Erin Hennessey Inana Garis Jenna Raggett Jisun Min Kevin Meehan
Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin
Colla McParland is a Erin Hennessey performs Inana Garis is a dedicated In her final year, Jenna Jisun Min was born and Kevin is a RIAM BMusPerf
second-year student as a soloist and chamber and enthusiastic student studies with Sarah Sew brought up in South Yr2 student of Mia Cooper
studying on the Bachelor musician across the United of classical music and is and Maeve Broderick, and Korea. She studied violin at and Claire Duff. Recently
in Music Performance States and Ireland and is currently in her final year also studied on Erasmus KNUA (The Korea National accepted into the IYBO,
degree. He hopes to go on deeply invested in reviving of her bachelor’s degree with Ernst Kovacic at the University of Arts) in Seoul he is leader of an RIAM
to study and work in the the music of under- in violin performance and University of Performing where she graduated Baroque Ensemble.
field of chamber music represented composers. is applying for a master’s Arts, Vienna. A keen Preliminary Conservatory, Previously leader of WIT
and is interested in a broad She has recently received degree to further her chamber musician, Jenna Bachelor and Master of Art. Orchestra, he premiered
repertoire ranging from the Gaiety Bursary to studies. In the future, she is has performed at West Jisun Min has performed as an orchestral work by
Haydn and Beethoven perform and record two looking forward to pursue Cork Chamber Music concert master of Western Greg Scanlon, with solo
Quartets to the chamber unperformed works: Ina her dream job of playing in Festival masterclasses in Symphony Orchestra, composed for Kevin.
transcriptions of early Boyle’s Phantasy for violin a professional symphony 2018 & 2019. Jenna has Korea Youth Symphony Amongst other groups,
twentieth century songs. and chamber orchestra and orchestra and exploring any recently participated in solo Orchestra, Crossover he’s also performed with
Verdina Shlonsky’s Sonata new projects or ideas that masterclasses with Carmine Orchestra and the Seoul Wexford Sinfonia.
for violin and piano. may present themselves Lauri and Maighreád Symphony Orchestra in
throughout the journey. McCrann. She studies South Korea. She was
Baroque violin with Claire awarded the Colin Staveley
Duff, leader of IBO. Memorial Award for
Strings in the 2020 Maura
Dowdall Competition.
She was a finalist at
the 2017 International
Beethoven Chamber
Music Competition (Poland
Luslawice, Penderecki
Center), and was awarded
first prizes at The Strad
Competition in Seoul, and
the Seoul Philharmonic
Competition, and was a
prizewinner of MBC Busan
Music Competition. She
is currently studying for a
Recital Artist Diploma of
the RIAM with Professor
Fionnuala Hunt.Klaudija Antonia Leila Clarke-Carr Megan Churcher Tatyana Wearen Xinyi Hu Abigail Prian
Đikić Violin Violin Violin Violin Gallardo
Violin Leila Clarke-Carr comes Viola
Megan Churcher is Tatyana Wearen studies Xinyi Hu is from China.
from a very artistic and a violinist based in with Maeve Broderick and Before coming to Dublin,
Klaudija Antonia Đikić creative background Abigail is a Spanish violist
Dublin. After spending Mia Cooper at RIAM. She is she learned the violin with
studies with Professor and has been studying who studied the Viola
her transition year in currently in her 3rd year of Prof. Bing Xia in Sichuan
Sarah Sew at RIAM. She is violin since she was 7. Performance Degree
Denmark, studying at the Bachelor performance Conservatory of Music in
currently in her third year of She is currently a third in Málaga (Spain) and
the classical music school degree. Tatyana has Chengdu. Xinyi is now
the Bachelor Performance year student at RIAM on Eisenstadt (Austria). She is
Orkesterefterskolen, Megan performed for the Greek studying the Diploma
degree. Klaudija Antonia the Bachelors in Music currently on an internship
was eager to further President in Farmleigh in Music Teaching and
has performed with many Performance degree, with at the RIAM. She has
develop her musicianship 2020 with a chamber Performance in Royal Irish
ensembles here in Ireland Sebastian Liebig. Leila has performed with a lot of
and to continue to create ensemble from Leeson Academy of Music with Mia
and abroad. She won been awarded at the Feis orchestras from South
music with people. She is Park School of Music and Cooper.
second prize at Croatian Ceoil and Newpark Music Spain as well with chamber
currently in her first year won the High Achievers
Music Competition. Festival and won first place music groups. She enjoys
of her bachelor’s degree in Cup in LPSM on three
at the DIT Junior Repertoire. the use of electronic
music performance, where occasions. She has been a
She has performed with devices in the performance,
she studies with Joanne member of the National
the DIT Sinfonia Orchestra, to emphasize the pedal
Quigley. Youth Orchestra of Ireland
RIAM Symphony Orchestra, loop and the improvisation.
and led the DYO Concert
SinfoNua, the Irish Baroque Orchestra in Madrid and
Orchestra, the Vanbrugh has performed here in
Junior Quartet and the RTÉ Ireland and abroad.
Con Tempo Junior Strings
Quartet.Arianna Eve Quigley Lucy Varney Albert Espina Alice Romano Davide Forti &
Ciommiento Viola Viola Carpi Cello Francesca De
Viola Eve Quigley studies viola Lucy Varney studies with Cello Alice Romano is an Italian Nardi
with Rosalind Ventris at Rosalind Ventris at the cellist currently studying Cello & Piano
Arianna Ciommiento is an the Royal Irish Academy RIAM where she is currently Albert Espina is an student at the RIAM in Dublin. She
Italian viola player, she is of Music. She has been in second year of the in his 3rd year of a BA studies at the “G. Tartini”
20 years old and attends course. Born in Spain, he Davide Forti and Francesca
a member of a number BMus degree. Last year conservatory in Trieste, De Nardi have been
the last year of Bachelor at of courses including the she completed a DipMus won the Graduation Prize where she graduated for
“Conservatorio J. Tomadini” in cello speciality when he performing together
Camerata Ireland Academy, in violin and viola. Lucy the bachelor under the since 2016 and have been
in Udine (Italy), studying the Royal Concertgebouw has performed both in finished pre-college music guidance of Pietro Serafin
with Lorenzo Nassimbeni. education. Starting his awarded many national
Orchestra Young and the Ireland and abroad, with and she is now studying and international prizes,
She is currently on her National Youth Orchestra of numerous ensembles. Lucy music education at the age with Federico Magris for the
Erasmus period here in of eight, he has received most recently the Elsner
Ireland. She is also an avid enjoys studying historical master. She is the cellist of Memorial Cup at the Feis
RIAM, under the guide chamber musician. performance and features cello lessons from Marina the “Virtuoso Quintet”.
of Robin Panter. She has Sanchís and Adrian Van Ceoil 2021.Davide holds a
on the soundtrack of the Master’s from Conservatorio
performed in many Italian 2021 award-winning Irish Dongen.
orchestras over the years, G. Tartini (Trieste, Italy)
short film ‘Waiting’ and also graduated as
including the National
Orchestra of Italian Recital Artist from RIAM
Conservatories, where she is (distinction). He is a
principal viola since 2018. multiple prize winner in the
Feis Ceoil solo competitions.
Francesca holds a Master’s
in piano from Conservatorio
G. Tartini (distinction), in
violin from RIAM and in
medical biotechnology
from University of Udine
(Udine, Italy). They teach
at the DKIT and for Music
Generation Louth.Peadar Ó Alex Felle Carlos Eduardo Jack Kennedy Iveagh Quartet
Loinsigh Double Bass Gomes Classical Guitar
The members of the
Cello Alex has since 2019 played Double Bass Jack Kennedy is a classical Iveagh Quartet are Claire
regularly as an extra with guitarist and music teacher O’Connor, Chloe O’Connor,
Cellist Peadar Ó Loinsigh the RTÉ Concert Orchestra Carlos Eduardo Gomes based in Waterford, Ireland. Charlotte von Kietzell
has performed in the and Ulster Orchestra. He was born in São Paulo, he In 2018, he won the senior and Elena O’Connor. The
National Concert Hall, The also has an interest in studied double bass with classical guitar Feis Ceoil quartet was formed in
National Opera House, historical performance Max Ebert (SP School of competition and was also 2017 and has performed in
Wexford, and is currently practice, playing with Music) and Gunter Klaus awarded the Briget Doolan many concerts including
a mentor of the National various early music (HMDK Frankfurt am Main). Memorial Cup in the same in Áras an Uachtaráin,
Symphony Orchestra. His ensembles and taking He developed intense year. Jack is a final year Dublin Castle and Trinity
studies have led him to part in the Irish Baroque pedagogical carrier at Masters in Performance College. The quartet has
perform in masterclasses Orchestra Apprenticeship Projeto Guri and Baccarelli student at the RIAM. participated in a number
with Mischa Maisky, scheme. He is studying Institute in Brazil and
of masterclasses with
Raphael Wallfisch, the with Séamus Doyle was member of Radio TV
musicians such as Daniel
Emerson Quartet and Orchestra, São Pedro Opera
Rowland, the Contempo
the Vogler Quartet. He House and Piracicaba
Quartet and the Vanbrugh
is currently a student of Symphony Orchestra.
Quartet. The quartet has
Christopher Marwood.
won a number of prizes
including in Feis Ceoil.Wind, Brass & Percussion
Michael Noonan Rachel Nolan Ben Gannon
Flute Flute Oboe
Michael Noonan is currently Rachel is an Irish flute Ben Gannon made his solo
in his second year of the player studying with début in Carnegie Hall
Ciara Corrigan- Kim O’Brien Meadhbh BMus Performance degree Ríona Ó Duinnín. She has in 2017. He is a winner of
Margetts Flute O’Rourke where he is studying flute
with Susan Doyle. Michael
played in many different
chamber group and is also
many awards including
the Trench Award 2020
Flute Kim O’Brien is a flautist Flute has studied part-time flute a keen orchestral and solo and was a finalist in the
studying with William with Susan since the tender performer. Rachel recently Irish Freemasons Young
Ciara Corrigan-Margetts Dowdall at the RIAM Meadhbh O’Rourke is a 1st age of 6 and has since won the McCullough Cup Musician of the Future 2019.
is a first year flute student Dublin. She is currently Year MMus and scholarship played with numerous and RTÉ lyric fm €1,500 He has performed with the
on the BMus Performance in her second year of the student studying with ensembles around Ireland. award in this years Feis RTÉ́ Concert Orchestra and
course at RIAM. Originally Bachelors Degree in Music Professor William Dowdall. Michael was lucky enough Ceoil. She is en route to Ulster Orchestra.
from West Sussex in Performance. Kim has She has freelanced with to play in Dublin Castle completing a bachelor
England, Ciara moved to performed in venues across orchestras and ensembles for President Michael D degree in music education.
Dublin in September to the globe both as a soloist such as RTÉ National Higgins’ inauguration. .
pursue her musical studies. and in youth orchestras, Symphony Orchestra, Michael is sought after as
Before attending the such as Donegal, Leuven RTÉ Concert Orchestra a pit orchestra musician
Academy Ciara also was and Portugal. and Crash Ensemble. and has played at many
an avid oboe player, before She completed her musicals.
deciding to concentrate on undergraduate study at
her development in flute the Royal Conservatoire of
playing. Scotland and also studied
in the Netherlands.Holly Chilton Maria Jose Rojas Jarlath Margot Maurel Patrick Burke Eunsuh Park
Oboe Cruz Mulholland Clarinet Clarinet Bassoon
Holly Chilton is an Irish Oboe Clarinet Margot Maurel is an 18 Patrick is a clarinettist/ Eunsuh Park was born in
oboist in her final year of year old clarinettist from bass clarinettist based Seoul. He studied at the
a BA at RIAM. Holly has Maria Rojas is currently Jarlath Mulholland is France. She studied at in Dublin. He completed Yon-Sei University in South
performed concertos by finishing her last year currently studying clarinet the conservatory of Aix en his undergraduate Korea and continued his
Haydn and Albinoni with as a Bachelor in Music and saxophone as a Masters Provence for 10 years with studies in RIAM in 2015 studies at the University
the Accora Orchestra in Performance student at student at The Royal Irish Daniel Paloyan, acquiring and completed MMus in of Music and Performing
Ireland and France. She has the Royal Irish Academy of Academy of Music under a solid musical foundation Performance at the Royal Arts Stuttgart, the HFM
also performed with RIAM Music under the tutelage the mentorship of John and gaining a love for Conservatoire of Scotland University of Music
Philharmonia, SinfoNua, of RTÉ NSO principal oboist Finucane, Paul Roe, and music from a young age. in 2018, following which he Saarbrücken and the
and with KMH Symphony Matthew Manning. Ken Edge. He has been Margot has enjoyed playing returned to Ireland where University of Music Freiburg
Orchestra while on working as a professional in many orchestras, and he currently balances in Germany with Mark
Erasmus in Stockholm. She regularly performs musician for over 18 has had several soloist a busy freelance and Engelhardt, Guilhaume
around Ireland in chamber years and has a wealth of opportunities. She is now teaching schedule. Santana and Diego Chenna.
music ensembles and performing experience in her first year of the BMus Eunsuh was Principal
wind quintets, as well as having played in most Performance in RIAM, Bassoon with Seoul Youth
being a member of the major theatres and concert under the tutelage of John Philharmonic orchestra
SinfoNua Orchestra since venues throughout Ireland. Finucane. and the Yong-In National
2017. Maria joined the RTÉ He has also spent time Police Orchestra in South
NSO Mentoring Scheme performing in the UK, Korea. He has performed as
in 2019/2020 and has been Germany, France, Finland a Guest Principal Bassoon
mentored by members and the Czech Republic. player with the Homburger
of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, KT
Symphony Orchestra and Jarlath prides himself Chamber Orchestra and
Concert Orchestra, London as being a multi- the Feriburg Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra, Berlin instrumentalist and is a Orchestra in German and
Phil, NDR Elbphilharmonie highly sought after clarinet, South Korea.
Orchestra, Finish National saxophone and keyboards Eunsuh has joined as
Opera, Lucerne Symphony session musician/recording a member of the HRM
Orchestra and the CBSO. artist. He also works as an Chamber Music with
audio technician/studio partners Guilhaume
engineer and has worked Santana, Johannes
on a lot of major festivals Gmeinder, Ludwig
throughout the country. Rast, Mario Blaumer
and Wolfgang Harrer in
Saarbrücken.Maria O’Dea Cecily Montague Niamh Huethorst Glen Carr Nathan Adam Buttimer
Bassoon O’Brien French Horn Trumpet McDonnell Tuba
Maria has been playing French Horn Niamh studies with Cormac Glen Carr recently Trumpet Adam Buttimer is a first
bassoon for over 8 years Ó’hAodáin and Bethan completed his Bachelor year student in the BMus
under the guidance Cecily Montague-O’Brien is Watkeys at RIAM. Niamh in Music Performance at Nathan McDonnell is a Performance degree. He is
of John Hearne and is currently studying for her is a multi-prize Feis Ceoil the Royal Irish Academy of Dublin based trumpeter originally from Tipperary.
currently completing a Diploma in Music Teaching winner, having won the Music and is continuing to from Co. Wicklow. He His musical career began
Diploma in Music Teaching and Performance at the Senior Brass Recital at Feis study on the Professional is currently attending at age five when he started
and Performance. She Royal Irish Academy of Ceoil in 2019. Most recently, Mentorship programme the RIAM and is in his taking piano lessons and
has played in numerous Music, where she is being Niamh has successfully with his teacher Colm 3rd year of a bachelor began learning tuba at age
orchestras over the years, mentored by Cormac obtained a place on Byrne. Glen is already in in music performance ten. He’s played with the
including the National Ó hAodáin and Bethan the Ulster Orchestra demand as a freelance degree. Nathan is currently National Youth Orchestra,
Youth Orchestra of Ireland Watkeys. She has been a Professional Experience trumpet player and has studying under David CSM symphony Orchestra
and the Ulster Youth member of the National Scheme for 2021/2022. worked with numerous Collins and Colm Byrne. and Clonmel Concert Band
Orchestra. Youth Orchestra of Ireland Irish orchestras. An avid just to name a few.
and the Irish Youth Wind chamber musician, Glen
Ensemble. has much experience in the
genre having performed
with various brass
ensembles throughout his
degree.Dáire Ní Chonaill Kieran Sharkey Chi-Hui Ho Cormac Horan Emily Gatchell Rónán Scarlett
Recorder Euphonium Percussion Percussion Percussion Percussion
Dáire Ní Chonaill is an Kieran Sharkey is a Dublin Taiwanese percussionist, Cormac Horan has recently Emily Gatchell is currently Rónán started his
Irish recorder player who based tenor and bass Chi-Hui HO commenced graduated with a BA in in the fourth year of percussion studies from
specialises in Early Music. trombonist from Donegal. her percussion studies Music Performance and the Bachelors in Music the age of 7 with Monica
Dáire plays solo, in chamber He is a recent BMus with Dr. Pei-Ching WU. is currently studying with Performance at the Royal Bonnie and later with Prof.
groups, and accompanying graduate from TU Dublin She is currently a student Richard O’Donnell, doing Irish Academy of Music. She Richard O’Donnell at The
operas and vocal groups specialising in Music of Richard O’Donnell. At a Professional Mentorship is originally from Florida Royal Irish Academy of
around Ireland. Dáire also Performance with his tutor home in Taiwan, she was course. Cormac has been and moved to Ireland Music.
provides workshops on Jonathan Clifford. He is a member of Jumping a member of the RIAM to study percussion and
Baroque instruments and currently studying with Percussion Group percussion ensemble is a student of Richard He is a member of the
performance for Tutti Music Christopher Nery on the and Lecturer of the Ju for 5 years performing in O’Donnell. Last year she Defence Forces School of
Ireland. Professional Mentorship Percussion Instructor NYU, Lehman College and took part in the Erasmus Music and in his final year
course in the Royal Irish Teaching System before her Queens College on various scheme and studied for of the Masters degree at
Academy of Music. studies at RIAM. occasions. two semesters at the the RIAM. Over the years he
Royal College of Music in has spent time performing
Stockholm studying with with various orchestras
Daniel Berg and Joakim and ensemble such as
Anterot. Emily is part of the The National Symphony
RIAM Percussion Ensemble Orchestra of Ireland, The
performing concerts in Irish Chamber Orchestra,
Dublin as well as NYC and The Irish Baroque
has been a member for 4 and Crash Ensemble.
years. The ensemble has Since joining The RIAM
performed in venues such Percussion Ensemble he
as NYU, Lehman College has also performed as
and Queens College. soloist with the the group
in Ireland (NCH), USA and
Columbia.Keyboard
Dean Kelly Daniel Boon Doireann
Piano Piano O’Carroll
Dean Kelly is a 27 year old Daniel is a Dublin-based Piano
pianist from Dublin. He pianist. He is currently
Brendan Chuhan Jin Chuyun Hu started his lessons at age studying at the Royal Doireann O’Carroll is a
12 with Breda Walsh and Irish Academy of Music. twenty-five year old pianist
Kennedy Piano Piano
entered the RIAM at age 16 Daniel’s first instrument from Tralee. She studied at
Piano to to study with Anthony was trombone which he the Kerry School of Music
Chuhan Jin, from China, Chuyun Hu, an Erasmus in Tralee from the age of
began learning piano at exchange student at the Byrne. He is currently in began playing at age 10.
Brendan Kennedy recently the DipMus course and He decided to transition to four. Eventually she moved
the age of four. She is an Royal Irish Academy of on to study with Eleanor
completed the Masters undergraduate student Music, graduated from the will be starting the BA in piano at age 15. Although
in Music Performance September. taking to piano quite late, Malone at the MTU Cork
at The Royal Academy of Royal Northern College of School of Music where she
programme at the Royal Music in Aarhus/Aalborg, Music with a Bachelor of Daniel has been engrossed
Irish Academy of Music in it ever since. graduated with a First Class
with Søren Rastogi and Music (with Honours) in Honours BMus degree
studying under the Jakob Bahr. After which she 2019. She has been dividing
tuition of Lance Coburn. majoring in Performance
went to The Academy Of her time between piano and Conducting. Doireann
Brendan has enjoyed Music In Krakow, Poland, tuitions and music research.
success in competitions is now in her first year of
with Mariusz Ciołko. In 2020, the Masters in Performance
both nationally and She is a graduate student
internationally and has at the Royal Irish Academy
at the Royal Irish Academy of Music under Professor
had wide experience in of Music, with Anthony
instrumental and vocal Thérèse Fahy.
Byrne.
accompaniment.Ella Nagy Emma O’Brien Frasier Hickland JJ McNamara Kah Mun Ong Laoise McMullin
Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano
Ella Nagy has appeared Emma is a 20 year old Pianist Frasier Hickland At 22 JJ has won national Born in Malaysia, in 2018 Originally from Galway,
as a soloist with the RTÉ pianist living in Louth and currently studies with and international awards, Kah Mun joined the Royal Laoise is currently in her
NSO in a concert which has been playing piano Professor Anthony Byrne performed the concerti of Irish Academy of Music third year of her Bachelor
was broadcasted live on since 2008. In 2013 she was at the RIAM. He has been Tchaikovsky and Chopin in to study on the Master in of Music Performance in
Lyric FM where she also fortunate to be awarded a featured on both BBC the NCH and made his solo Music Performance and is RIAM, studying piano under
received a standing ovation. Scholarship with the RIAM, Radio Ulster and BBC Radio début at the Clandeboye currently continuing her Professor Thérèse Fahy.
Past winner of the RIAM- allowing her to progress 3 ‘In Tune’, and frequently Festival in 2019 & the NCH piano studies with Hugh Laoise has won prizes at
hosted Maura Dowdall her piano studies under collaborates with Northern on October 30th 2019. Tinney after completing competitions including
Competition and presently the wonderful Professor Ireland Opera. Recently, JJ studies with Hugh the program. Kah Mun ESB Feis Ceoil and Sligo
in her final year, Ella plays a Réamonn Keary. She has he won the John Benson Tinney and is studying for has also played chamber Feis Ceoil, and enjoys
wide range of both solo and just recently graduated Memorial Cup at the Feis his Masters at The Royal music and collaborated performing music from a
chamber music repertoire. with a Diploma in Music Ceoil. Academy of music in as an accompanist with wide range of genres.
Teaching and Performance London this September. individuals, choir and ballet.
and is now currently in her
first year of the BMusPerf
degree.Rachel O’Hara Tanya Massey Xu Fei Han Arthur Greene Matthew Breen
Piano Piano Piano Organ Organ
Rachel O’Hara is a 21 year Tanya Massey, a student of Born in Malaysia, XuFei Arthur Greene is an A recent RIAM graduate,
old pianist from Enniskerry, Professor Réamonn Keary, started learning piano at organist, pianist and Matthew Breen studied
Co. Wicklow. She is a is currently in her final year a young age. She scored harpsichordist from Kildare, organ with David Adams.
student of Prof. Thérѐse of BA studies at the Royal a distinction in ATCL Ireland. He is currently His varied career as an
Fahy and is in her 3rd year Irish Academy of Music. piano examination in 2016 studying a masters in organist, harpsichordist
of the Bachelor of Music She comes from a family and LTCL examination performance playing the and jazz pianist sees
Performance degree. of musicians and enjoys in 2018. An enthusiastic organ at The Royal Irish him perform regularly in
Rachel is a consecutive first playing live gigs with them. music learner, XuFei took Academy of Music under concerts and festivals of all
prize winner at the Feis course in Overseas Masters Dr David Adams. He genres, throughout Ireland.
Ceoil, winning the Esposito Winter Piano Academy at studied music (majoring Matthew has been Organist
Cup (2018), Nordell Cup Yehudi Menuhin School, in composition) in Trinity and Choir Director at St
(2019) and Heneghan Cup UK 2016 and participated College Dublin for his Patrick's Church in Dalkey
(2021). in summer festival in undergraduate degree and since 2016 and has been
Euro Music Festival and there held the position of awarded the Senior Organ
Academy in Halle, Germany college organ scholar for Scholarship at Liverpool
2018. XuFei got accepted three years. Cathedral for 2021-22.
in RIAM and began her
Diploma in Music Teaching
and Performance course in
2020.Vocal
Heather Sammon Lauren McCann Sophie Redmond
Mezzo-soprano Soprano Kehoe
Heather Sammon is a 22-year-old Soprano Lauren Mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano from McCann gained a first-class
Aimee-Rose Caoimh Ella Caroline Behan Kildare. She has recently honours in her BA Music Sophie is on the Diploma
graduated from Maynooth Performance Degree at in Music Teaching and
Willett Lundy Soprano
University where she Queen’s University Belfast Performance course in
Soprano Soprano studied Music and Irish. She in 2020. She is currently the Royal Irish Academy
is currently studying for a undertaking her Diploma of Music. She studies
Caroline Behan is a Masters
American Soprano, Aimée- Caoimh-Ella is a 19 year old Diploma in Music Teaching in Music Teaching and voice under the tuition
in Music Performance
Rose Willett, is a MMus Perf soprano from the north and Performance under Performance at the Royal of Imelda Drumm. She
student studying with
(Vocal Studies) student at of Ireland. She is currently Sylvia O Brien. Irish Academy of Music with has completed her
Mary Brennan and
the RIAM. Most recently, studying on the Diploma vocal tutelage from Lynda undergraduate degree
Dearbhla Collins. Previous
Willett was seen “on stage” in Music Teaching and Lee. Lauren is looking in Music and English in
Productions for the RIAM
in Pergolesi’s La Serva Performance course at forward to taking part in University College Dublin,
include, Serpina La Serva
Padrona directed by Sinead the Royal Irish Academy this year’s ChamberFest. where she received choral
Padrona, Giunone La
O’Neill and Owen Gilhooly. of Music and studies scholarship for two years.
Calisto, Chorus The Fairy
Some career highlights voice with Lynda Lee. In She has performed in
Queen, Chorus Il Ballo delle
include: soprano soloist for September of this year, venues from the National
Ingrate, Ensemble Woman
the Shepaug Friends of Caoimh-Ella is going to Concert Hall to Carnegie
Banished. Notable
Music open sing of Handel’s the Royal Conservatoire Hall.
engagements include, ESB
Messiah; soprano soloist of Scotland to study Feis Ceoil Young Platform
for Concert Choir of NECT for a Bachelor of Music Series, John Field Room,
(CCNECT) Handel’s Messiah, (Performance). NCH September 2016 and
and soprano soloist for 2018, ‘Evening of Song’
Johannes Brahms’ Neue for the John McCormack
liebeslieder Op. 65 also Society, Mansion House,
with CCNECT. Aimée-Rose June 2018.
currently resides in Dublin,
Ireland and is studying
under soprano Mary
Brennan and repetiteur
Dearbhla Collins.36/38 Westland Row
Dublin 2
00 353 1 6325300
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