Biography of Sylvia O’Brien The Irish soprano, Sylvia O’Brien, was a choral scholar at Trinity College Dublin and sang in the choirs of both the Anglican Christ Church Cathedral and the Roman Catholic St. Theresa’s Church in Dublin, before making her operatic debut in 2004 as the Governess in Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the …
Raphaela graduated top of her class with a record-breaking First Class Honours Degree from the Concervatory of Music and Drama, DIT, under the tutelage of Anne-Marie O’Sulivan. She furthered her studies in Belgium where she graduated top of her class with a distinction from Flanders Opera Studio. Raphaela’s most notable roles to date are ‘Bradamante’, …
Eoin Hynes is a music graduate of N.U.I. Maynooth and D.I.T Conservatory of Music and Drama. He studied voice with Emmanuel Lawler. While a student at D.I.T Eoin won the Louis Ely O’Carroll Conservatory Gold Medal on two occasions, the Lieder Cup, French Song, La Scala, and the Ruth Mervyn Cup. A multiple prize winner …
David Scott was born in Dublin and studied voice with Emmanuel Lawler in the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, graduating with a First Class Honours Bachelor of Music Degree. His operatic roles include Jupiter in ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ (Gleeson Theatre), Aeneas in ‘Dido and Aeneas’, (Opera Antiqua) and he recently sang Marcello (La …
Alla and Ivan Kondrashin A husband and wife performing duo, they both graduated from Yekaterinburg State Theatre Institute. They work in the Moscow Children’s Theatre and also direct plays for their performances. They have directed 5 plays and are very successful. Many of their performances have received awards, including a Moscow Government award for the …
Monica Loughman Ballet About Monica Monica Loughman is Ireland’s best-known and most accomplished ballerina. She is Artistic Director of Monica Loughman Ballet, Ireland’s Ballet Company, which stages main-scale ballet at The Convention Centre Dublin and throughout Ireland. She also established Ireland’s first full-time professional ballet training Academy in 2012. Monica travelled to Russia at the age …
Helene Hutchinson-Murray (soprano) Previously a scholarship student at DIT Conservatory Of Music And Drama under the tutelage of Edith Forrest and Colette McGahon-Tosh. She attained a distinction FTCL diploma from Trinity Guildhall London. A multiple 1st prizewinner at many national competitions in Ireland, she looks forward to singing for the 4th year at the 2017 festival …
Owen Lorigan is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music where he completed both BA in Music Performance and MMus in Performance. He subsequently was awarded an Arts Council Bursary to continue his studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow. He has performed extensively around Ireland as well as in Australia, Cyprus, Germany, …
Dr. Fionnuala Moynihan is widely acknowledged as one of Ireland’s leading Concert Pianists. She was the first person to be awarded a Doctorate in Music Performance from the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Dublin City University in 2009. She has a particular affinity with the works of both baroque and classical composers. Fionnuala …
Deirdre Moynihan Soprano «Moynihan’s singing goes straight to the heart. Unfailingly beautiful in tone.» — International Record Review As a soprano soloist Deirdre Moynihan has performed with many operatic, orchestral, choral and chamber music groups both on the International stage and throughout Ireland. Her music career to date has seen her perform in Canada, U.S.A, …
