Saturday 8th June 8pm

Programme:

Chopin Two Nocturnes Op. 48 / Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 / Chopin Barcarolle Op. 60 / Debussy L’Isle Joyeuse

INTERVAL

Schubert Sonata in B flat major D. 960

One of Ireland’s most successful musicians, Finghin Collins was born in Dublin in 1977 and, following initial lessons with his sister Mary, studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with John O’Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique Merlet.  His internatioanl career was launched by winning first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland in 1999. He has performed in recital and with major orchstras throughout Europe and the United States, as well in the Far East and Australia.  In October 2017, the National University of Ireland conferred on him an honorary Degree of Doctor of Music. http://www.finghincollins.com/