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Finghin Collins In Concert at University Concert Hall
Join one of Ireland’s most successful musicians, pianist Finghin Collins, for an intimate, afternoon concert presented by the Friends of University Concert Hall.
Finghin Collins In Concert at University Concert Hall
Join one of Ireland’s most successful musicians, pianist Finghin Collins, for an intimate, afternoon concert presented by the Friends of University Concert Hall.
With a beautiful programme featuring the music of Mozart, Brahms and Schubert this is the ideal way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
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Born in Dublin in 1977, Finghin Collins studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with John O’Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique Merlet. Winner of the RTÉ Musician of the Future Competition in 1994 and the Classical Category at the National Entertainment Awards in Ireland in 1998, he went on to take first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland in 1999. Since then he has continued to enjoy a flourishing international career that takes him all over Europe and the United States, as well to the Far East and Australia. In October 2017, the National University of Ireland conferred on him an honorary Degree of Doctor of Music.
In 2016 Finghin made his debuts in Turkey, China and Australia as well as performing throughout Europe. In 2017 he celebrated his 40th birthday with a solo recital at the National Concert Hall in Dublin as part of the Hall’s International Concert Season; other highlights included his debuts at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Zermatt Festival and return engagements with the RPO and in China. In 2018 Finghin made two appearances at the Wigmore Hall in London, participated in the Jury of the Dublin International Piano Competition, and performed in Ireland, the UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Cuba and Greece.
Over the past decade, Collins has developed a close relationship with Claves Records in Switzerland. A new Chopin recital CD was released in September 2017, a co-production between RTÉ lyric fm and Claves Records.
Finghin Collins has been Artistic Director of Music for Galway since 2013 and is also the founding Artistic Director of the New Ross Piano Festival.
“Of Finghin Collins as a soloist, little needs to be said that has not been said before: he is exceptionally fluent, exceptionally intelligent, exceptionally sensitive, responding to every possible nuance that Stanford prescribes.”
Piers Burton-Page, International Record Review
Programme: Mozart~ Sonata in A major K. 331 “Alla Turca”, Brahms ~ Vier Klavierstücke Op. 119, Schubert ~ Sonata in A major D. 959
University Concert Hall, Limerick
Sunday 3rd March, 3pm
Tickets: €15 / Conc. €10 / Friends of UCH Receive Complimentary Tickets
Booking: 061 331549 / www.uch.ie
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