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Finghin Collin photo by Colm Hogan
I had the great good fortune to pass through Gonzaga Finghin Collins studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with
during the paricularly enlightened reign of Patrick Pots. John O’Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique
He and his fellow staf were constantly supporive of my Merlet. Winner of the RTE Musician of the Future Compeiion
in 1994 and the Classical Category at the Naional Entertainment
burgeoning performing career. Perhaps the most illustraive Awards in 1998, he achieved major internaional success by taking
example of the prevailing aitude of encouragement came irst prize at the Clara Haskil Internaional Piano Compeiion in
during Third Year, when I had to miss most of my Junior Cert Switzerland in 1999. Since then he has developed a lourishing
exams in order to undertake a concert tour of (the then) internaional career playing in Europe, the United States and
the Far East with renowned orchestras including the Chicago
Czechoslovakia. Throughout my six years, Gerry Murphy Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Seoul
was a hugely inspiraional music teacher; his fresh insights Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal
and clear explanaions were always a joy, as were the Philharmonic Orchestra, Roterdam Philharmonic Orchestra,
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gulbenkian Orchestra and the
various visits to the Naional Concert Hall and trips abroad. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In September 2010
Paricipaion in the choir and in the opera all added to my he assumes the role of Associate Arist with the RTE Naional
broader musical educaion. Beyond the sphere of music, Symphony Orchestra of Ireland for the three seasons 2010/11,
I was also lucky that I could study a variety of languages, 2011/12 and 2012/13. During this period, among other aciviies,
he will perform Mozart’s 23 piano concertos with the Orchestra,
which, ater music, are my great passion in life. To be direcing many of them from the keyboard. In June 2010 Finghin
able to take Lain, Greek, French and German at Leaving records works for piano and orchestra by Stanford with the RTE
Cert level alongside English, Irish and that most universal Naional Symphony Orchestra, for Swiss label Claves Records.
of languages, Music, was a richness which coninues to His previous recordings for Claves of Schumann solo piano works
have won widespread acclaim, including “Editor’s Choice” in the
nourish me to this day. October 2006 issue of Gramophone Magazine.
Finghin is Arisic Director of the New Ross Piano Fesival. He
acknowledges the support of The Arts Council and Music Network
Finghin Collins through the Music Capital Scheme 2008.
Class of 1995 See ww.inghincollins.com for more.
I had the great good fortune to pass through Gonzaga Finghin Collins studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with
during the paricularly enlightened reign of Patrick Pots. John O’Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique
He and his fellow staf were constantly supporive of my Merlet. Winner of the RTE Musician of the Future Compeiion
in 1994 and the Classical Category at the Naional Entertainment
burgeoning performing career. Perhaps the most illustraive Awards in 1998, he achieved major internaional success by taking
example of the prevailing aitude of encouragement came irst prize at the Clara Haskil Internaional Piano Compeiion in
during Third Year, when I had to miss most of my Junior Cert Switzerland in 1999. Since then he has developed a lourishing
exams in order to undertake a concert tour of (the then) internaional career playing in Europe, the United States and
the Far East with renowned orchestras including the Chicago
Czechoslovakia. Throughout my six years, Gerry Murphy Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Seoul
was a hugely inspiraional music teacher; his fresh insights Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal
and clear explanaions were always a joy, as were the Philharmonic Orchestra, Roterdam Philharmonic Orchestra,
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gulbenkian Orchestra and the
various visits to the Naional Concert Hall and trips abroad. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In September 2010
Paricipaion in the choir and in the opera all added to my he assumes the role of Associate Arist with the RTE Naional
broader musical educaion. Beyond the sphere of music, Symphony Orchestra of Ireland for the three seasons 2010/11,
I was also lucky that I could study a variety of languages, 2011/12 and 2012/13. During this period, among other aciviies,
he will perform Mozart’s 23 piano concertos with the Orchestra,
which, ater music, are my great passion in life. To be direcing many of them from the keyboard. In June 2010 Finghin
able to take Lain, Greek, French and German at Leaving records works for piano and orchestra by Stanford with the RTE
Cert level alongside English, Irish and that most universal Naional Symphony Orchestra, for Swiss label Claves Records.
of languages, Music, was a richness which coninues to His previous recordings for Claves of Schumann solo piano works
have won widespread acclaim, including “Editor’s Choice” in the
nourish me to this day. October 2006 issue of Gramophone Magazine.
Finghin is Arisic Director of the New Ross Piano Fesival. He
acknowledges the support of The Arts Council and Music Network
Finghin Collins through the Music Capital Scheme 2008.
Class of 1995 See ww.inghincollins.com for more.
