2012

May 4-6: "Music in Drumcliffe" Festival with the Vogler Quartet, Malwina Sosnowski, Stefan Fehlandt and Nicolas Altstedt, Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo

 

April 28: Gala concert, featuring solo and duo performances (with flautist Charlotte Bletton), Castlecoole, Co. Fermanagh

April 27: Concert with the Cappa Ensemble, Guilford Music Society [more details]

April 20-21: Duo recitals with Sir James Galway, Switzerland

April 12: Beethoven Concerto No.5 with the Teatro Colon Orchestra / Jorge Uliarte at the Ushuaia International Festival

April 11: Solo recital at the Ushuaia International Festival, Argentina

April 1: Ergodos concert 'I Call to You', The Model, Sligo

 

March 31: Mozart Concerto K.466 with Studio Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Hall, Belfast

March 25: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

March 2: Song recital with Patricia Rozario (soprano), Westminster School, London

 

February 26: Concert for Belfast Music Society with Ensemble Avalon [more details]

February 18: Duo recital with Michael Collins, Alnwick Music Society [more details]

February 10: Private solo recital, Glasgow

February 8: Solo recital, Dundalk Institute of Technology [more details]

February 4: Concert with Cappa Ensemble, Kilkenny

February 2: Concert with Cappa Ensemble, Cork [more details]

 

January 26: Solo recital, City Halls, Waterford [more details]

January 25: Live performance on BBC Radio 3 'In Tune' with Michael Collins

January 22: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, Trinity College, Dublin

 

Recent engagements (2011)

December 12-13: BBC Radio recording, London

December 11: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

December 1: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, Cork [more details]

 

November 26: Private solo recital, Belfast

November 25: Duo recital with Anna Wolstenholme (flute), Emmanuel College, Cambridge [more details]

November 24: Ergodos concert, Castalia Hall, Kilkenny [more details]

November 20-23: CD recording for Ergodos 'I Call to You', Castalia Hall, Kilkenny

November 20: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

November 17: Private concert, New York, NY

November 16: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, Irish Arts Center, New York, NY

November 15: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, Princeton University, NJ [more details]

November 13: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, Washington Conservatory of Music, DC [more details]

November 3: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Folly Theatre, Kansas City, MO [read review]

November 1: Private concert, New York, NY

 

October 26: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, Tullamore, Co. Offaly [more details]

October 24: Concert with Ensemble Avalon, St. Iberius' Church, Wexford [more details]

October 22: Solo recital, Belfast Festival at Queen's, featuring works by Liszt, Grainger and a premiere performance of Philip Hammond's 'Miniatures and Modulations' - Rosemary St First Presbyterian Church [more details]

October 20: Prokofiev Concerto No.4 (for the left hand) with Gérard Korsten / Irish Chamber Orchestra, University Concert Hall, Limerick [more details]

October 15: Concert with Cappa Ensemble, Anaverna House, Ravensdale, Co. Louth [more details]

October 14: Concert with Cappa Ensemble, Con Brio Series, Methodist Church, Sligo [more details]

October 10: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Symphony Hall, Osaka, Japan

October 5: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Sapporo, Japan

October 2: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Seoul Arts Center, South Korea

 

September 26: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan

September 22: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China

 

August 20: Rachmaninov Concerto No.2 with Ulster Youth Orchestra / Garry Walker, Ulster Hall, Belfast (recorded for BBC Radio) [more details] [read review]

August 19: Rachmaninov Concerto No.2 with Ulster Youth Orchestra / Garry Walker, Guildhall, Derry [more details] [read review]

August 7: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Walled City Festival, Derry

 

July 22-31: Recitals with Sir James Galway, Charlotte Bletton and Jim Walker, Weggis, Switzerland

July 20: Lunchtime recital with Charlotte Bletton, Rosemary St Church, Belfast [read review]

July 11: Rachmaninov Concerto No.1 with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Jorge Uliarte at the Orvieto Ushuaia Classica Festival

July 10: Solo recital, Orvieto, Italy [view photos]

July 3: Duo recital with Charlotte Bletton (flute) at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

 

June 8: Schumann Introduction and Allegro op.134 with Ulster Orchestra / Paul Murphy, Ulster Hall, Belfast [more details]

May 13-15: Wexford Chamber Music Festival, Greenacres Gallery and St Iberius' Church, with Ensemble Avalon and special guest artists Patricia Rozario (soprano) and Michael d'Arcy (violin)

May 7: Family concert at Wigmore Hall, London with Michael Collins, featuring the premiere of Luke Bedford's "Igor, the Bird Who Couldn't Sing" [more details]

 

April 30-May 1: CD recording for Chandos Records with Michael Collins (clarinet), Potton Hall, Suffolk

April 20: Solo recital, Buenos Aires, Argentina (supported by Culture Ireland)

April 18: Solo recital, Rosario, Argentina (supported by Culture Ireland)

April 16: Rachmaninov Concerto No.1 with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Jorge Uliarte at the Ushuaia International Festival, Argentina (supported by Culture Ireland)

April 14: Solo recital at the Ushuaia International Festival, Patagonia, Argentina (supported by Culture Ireland)

April 8: Solo performance at RTE Lyric fm / Music Network's 'Love Live Music' at the Sugar Club, Dublin [watch video clip]

 

March 21: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Naples Philharmonic Center, Naples, Florida

March 19: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston, Texas

March 17: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

March 16: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Kravis Centre, West Palm Beach, Florida [read review]

March 6: Duo recital with Stefan Hoskuldsson (flute), Royal Academy of Music, London [more details]

March 4: Rachmaninov Concerto No.1 with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Matthew Wood, National Concert Hall, Dublin [click for more details] [read review]

 

February 10-11: Schools concerts for Camerata Ireland in Northern Ireland

February 5: Chamber concert with Jack Liebeck (violin), Michael Collins (clarinet) and Guy Johnston (cello) in Kingston Parish Church featuring works by Stravinsky, Debussy, Bartok and Messiaen [more details]

February 2: Duo recital with Michael Collins, University of York [more details]

 

January 27: Private concert at Sotheby's, London

January 24: Performance with James Galway on BBC Radio 3's 'In Tune' with Sean Rafferty

January 23: Concert with Ensemble Avalon at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin [read review]

 

(2010)

January 14: Trio concert with Ensemble Avalon in Sligo "Con Brio" series [more details]

January 15: Trio concert with Ensemble Avalon in Navan, Co. Meath [more details]

January 17: Solo recital in Stranraer, Scotland [more details]

February 10: Schumann's Introduction and Allegro appassionato with Carlos Kalmar / Ulster Orchestra in the Ulster Hall, Belfast [more details]

February 20: Trio concert with Michael Collins (clarinet) and Jonathan Morton (violin) in Portici, Italy

March 7: Duo recital with Michael Collins in Harrogate Festival [more details]

March 13: Schumann's Introduction and Allegro appassionato with Ciaran Crilly / Dublin Orchestral Players [more details]

April 17: Solo piano music by Chopin at a special memorial service for the Polish Prime Minister, Goverment Buildings, Stormont

April 18: Masterclass with four local pianists, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart

April 21-25: Moving on Music solo recital tour of Northern Ireland [more details]

April 21: Solo recital in QUB Harty Room, Belfast

April 22: Solo recital in Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart

April 23: Solo recital in Island Arts Centre, Lisburn

April 24: Solo recital in Market Place Theatre, Armagh [more details]

April 25: Solo recital in Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick [read review]

April 30: Charity concert in Castlecoole, Fermanagh

May 12: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester [read review] [more details]

May 16: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow [more details]

May 17: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Music Hall, Aberdeen [more details]

May 19: Duo recital with Sir James Galway in Southend

May 22: Duo recital with Sir James Galway, Symphony Hall, Birmingham [read review] [more details]

May 23: Duo recital with Sir James Galway in Milton Keynes

May 27: Charity concert, Langham Hotel, London

June 9: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich Concerto No.2 with John Finucane / Hibernian Orchestra, National Concert Hall, Dublin [more details]

June 10-12: Recording session with Michael Collins (clarinet) for Chandos Records, Potton Hall, Suffolk

June 20: Solo recital at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin in their 'Sundays@Noon' series

June 25: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with Matthew Wood / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Lighthouse, Poole [more details] [read review]

June 28: Solo recital in Wigmore Hall, London featuring works by Mozart, Ian Wilson, Liszt, Brahms and Rachmaninov [more details] [read review]

July 2: Charity concert, Buckden, Cambridgeshire

July 3: Solo recital, Clare College, Cambridge

July 25-30: Duo recitals with Stefan Hoskuldsson, Davide Formisano and Sir James Galway, Weggis, Switzerland

September 2: Recording session for Lorelt label, Philip Hammond solo piano music

September 22: Solo lunchtime recital, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester [more details]

September 24: Private concert with Ensemble Avalon, Trinity College, Dublin

September 28: Solo lunchtime recital, Chichester Cathedral

October 9: Rachmaninov Concerto No.1 with Studio Symphony Orchestra, St. Bride's Hall, Belfast

October 11: Short performance at NI Opera launch in Belfast

October 15: Early morning Chopin performance at NIR Central Station to mark the opening of the Belfast Festival at Queen's [view photo]

October 17: Duo recital with Michael Collins for BBC Radio 3, City Halls, Glasgow [more details]

Music Network concert tour of Ireland with the Cappa Ensemble [tour details]

November 1: Cloughjordan, Tipperary

November 2: The Coach House, Dublin Castle [book tickets] [read review]

November 3: City Hall, Waterford

November 4: Killorglin, Kerry

November 5: Newbridge, Kildare

November 6: Navan, Meath

November 7: Clifden, Galway

November 8: Castlebar, Mayo

November 11: Duo recital with Michael Collins, Peebles Music Society

November 12: Duo recital with Michael Collins, Kelso Music Society [more details]

November 13: Duo recital with Michael Collins, Dundee Chamber Music Society [more details]

November 26: Mozart Concerto No.23 in A major K.488 with Hallé Orchestra / Eduardo Patel, King George's Hall, Blackburn [more details]

November 27: Duo recital with Michael Collins, Alnwick Music Club

December 3-5: Ensemble Avalon Winter Chamber Festival, Wexford

December 3: Opening concert at Greenacres Gallery, Selskar, 8pm with Michael d'Arcy (violin) and Ensemble Avalon in works by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Schubert

December 4: Lunchtime recital, 1pm with Patrcia Rozario (soprano) and Michael McHale (piano) in St Iberius' Church, Main Street featuring songs by Schubert, Strauss and Britten

December 4: Evening concert, Greenacres Gallery, 8pm with Patricia Rozario, Michael d'Arcy and Ensemble Avalon in works by Bach, Ravel, Shostakovich and a world premiere of Benedict Schlepper-Connolly's new piano trio "A space of life between"

December 5: Final concert, Greenacres Gallery, 3pm with Ensemble Avalon and Michael d'Arcy featuring works by Mozart, Schubert, Liszt and Shostakovich

December 17: Broadcast concert for Swiss Radio DRS in Zurich with Sir James Galway

(2009)

January 11: Concert in the ‘Sundays at Noon’ series, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

January 18: Concert in the ‘Sundays at Noon’ series, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin [read review]

January 27: Drogheda International Concert Series with Ensemble Avalon

January 30: Music Network trio recital in Anaverna House, Co. Louth

February 22: Concert in the ‘Sundays at Noon’ series, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

February 28: Lunchtime recital in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

March 1-3: Recording session for Louth Contemporary Music Society

March 6: Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody with Ulster Orchestra and Kenneth Montgomery, Ulster Hall, Belfast [read review]

May 30, 31 Duo recitals with Sir James Galway in Barnstaple, Devon [read review] and Truro, Cornwall

June 13, 14: Performances of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Wexford Sinfonia

July 1: Chamber concert in Sheffield City Hall, with members of the Hallé orchestra featuring Brahms’ Horn Trio and Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds

July 8: Duo recital with Lynda O’Connor (violin) in Wexford

July 16: David Walter Hall’s Cross Road Blues at the Hackney Empire: first public performance with Michael’s newly-commissioned score for choir and six-piece ensemble

July 19,20: Recitals with Sir James Galway and Michael Cox, Lucerne, Switzerland

August 1: Solo performance at Tanglewood Festival, Massachusetts

September 2: BBC studio recording with Ulster Orchestra

September 4: Franck's Symphonic Variations with Ulster Orchestra in Ulster Hall, Belfast. click here for information and booking details

September 6: Afternoon recital at the 2009 King’s Place Festival with Michael Collins (clarinet) featuring works by Schumann, Matthews and Britten. click here for more information and booking details [read review]

September 15: Solo recital in Chichester Cathedral

September 17: Private concert in Dublin

September 20:  Afternoon concert at Camerata Ireland’s Castletown Festival, Co. Kildare with Ensemble Avalon featuring trios by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich [read review]

October 3: Mozart “Jeunehomme” Concerto K.271 with Studio Symphony Orchestra, Elmwood Hall, Belfast

October 13: 20 minute solo set at 100 Club, Oxford St, London. visit London Limelight for more information

October 15: Duo recital with Michael Collins, Eaton Square, London. click here for more information and booking details

October 17: Duo recital with Michael Collins, Banstead Arts Festival Society, Surrey

October 18: Duo recital with Eimear McGeown, flute at the Ulster Hall, Belfast for BBC Radio. click here for information and booking details

October 29: Duo recital with Michael Collins in Aberdeen for BBC Radio 3 [read review]

November 12: Live performance and interview on BBC Radio 3 "In Tune" programme [view photo]

November 15: Mozart “Jeunehomme” Concerto K.271 with Hallé / Rory MacDonald in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester click here for information and booking details [read review]

November 16: Duo recital with Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin) of contemporary Irish music at King’s Place, London. click here for information and booking details [read review]

November 18: Mozart “Jeunehomme” Concerto K.271 with Hallé / Rory MacDonald in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester click here for information and booking details

November 19: Mozart “Jeunehomme” Concerto K.271 with Hallé / Rory MacDonald in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester click here for information and booking details

November 28: Andante from Mozart Concerto No.21 with David Brophy / RTE Concert Orchestra at Sir James Galway's 70th birthday concert in Dublin

November 30: Live performance on Radio 3 "In Tune" programme

December 1: Andante from Mozart Concerto No.21 with the London Mozart Players at Sir James Galway's 70th birthday concert at the Anvil, Basingstoke

December 2: Andante from Mozart Concerto No.21 with the London Mozart Players at Sir James Galway's 70th birthday concert at Fairfield Halls, Croydon

December 5,6: The 2nd Ensemble Avalon Winter Chamber Festival in Wexford

December 14: Recording session, Potton Hall, Suffolk

December 15: Christmas charity concert in Chelsea, London

 

(2008)

November 28-30: Ensemble Avalon Winter Chamber Festival in association with Music for Wexford

November 11: Duo recital with Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin) in Bantry House, Co.Cork
October 18: Performance at BBC Radio 3’s ‘Pianothon’ event at Victoria Square, Belfast
October 18: Duo recital with Eimear McGeown (flute) in the Belfast Festival at Queen’s for BBC Radio Ulster
October 13: Duo recital with Ciaran McCabe (violin) for Newtonabbey Music Club
September 11: Chamber music in CSM Curtis Auditorium, Cork with Ensemble Avalon and Cian O’Duill (viola)
September 9: Brahms chamber music concert in Limerick with Ensemble Avalon and Cian O'Duill (viola)
August 22: Clandeboye Festival gala concert, performing Saint-Saëns' Carnaval des Animaux with Camerata Ireland and David Quigley (piano)
August 18: Evening concert at the Clandeboye Festival; performances with Barry Douglas, Richard Watkins and Michael Collins, as well as the première of 'Midnight Shadows' for solo piano, written for Michael by Belfast composer Philip Hammond
August: Concert tour with Takuo Yuasa and the Ulster Youth Orchestra performing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini including dates in Derry (7), Belfast (8), Berlin (12) and Kassel (14)
July 23: Lunchtime piano trio recital, Rosemary St Church, Belfast
July 23: Fauré piano trio with Ensemble Avalon in National Concert Hall, Dublin
July 13, 15: Chichester and King’s Lynn Festivals with Sir James Galway
July 4: Special concert for the 'Friends of the Belfast Music Society', performing a selection of works by Chopin, Field and Liszt on an antique Pleyel piano
July 1: Début concerto performance with the RTE NSO in the National Concert Hall, Dublin performing Franck’s Symphonic Variations
June 12: Solo recital in Leighton House, London

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