"The first concert in the new season featured the pianist Finghin Collins in works by Schumann, Berg and Beethoven. Collins is an admirable force in Irish musical life, not just for his thrilling performances at home and abroad, and the range of his commitments to various bodies - he is artistic director of New Ross's piano festival, musician in residence in South County Dublin, artist in residence in Waterford IT, but because of his outstanding support in all areas of Irish music life. Collins has been a force for what appears a considerable time, yet it is just nine years since he hit the headlines when he won the Clara Haskil International Competition in Switzerland.
        During his career his dynamic talent and self-belief have always been obvious, but now, as he enters what are considered the prime years of a pianist's career, he has acquired an authority born not of acclaim but of hard-earned achievement.
        Those lucky enough to be in the Hugh Lane for the opening concert of the gallery's centenary year are unlikely to forget Collins's magnificent performance of Beethoven's titanic Appassionata sonata. For all I know, even the crowd in Manet's adjacent masterpiece, La Musique aux Tuileries, may have joined in the cheers when Collins thundered out those final tempestuous chords that drive the work to its frenzied finale. A case of one masterpiece appreciating another?"

O'Riordan, Sunday Business Post, January 20th 2008

Since taking first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey, Switzerland in 1999, Irish pianist Finghin Collins enjoys a flourishing career that embraces Ireland, Europe, the United States and Asia. Engagements in the 2007/08 season include performances in the major musical centres of the world including Vienna, Milan, Madrid, Valencia, London, Washington DC and his native Dublin... [more]

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July 22nd 2007
FINGHIN ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF SECOND NEW ROSS PIANO FESTIVAL
Six pianists, four singers, a string trio and a double bassist to make the trip to County Wexford this September for a weekend feast of piano music and more...


June 17th 2007
FINGHIN PROGRAMMES THREE CHAMBER CONCERTS AT DUBLIN'S NATIONAL CONCERT HALL
Read about three evenings of "Summer Chamber Classics" at the NCH featuring Finghin Collins and friends....


January 23rd 2007
MAJOR IRISH TOUR WITH DUTCH SOPRANO LENNEKE RUITEN
Catch Lenneke and Finghin at one of their six Lieder recitals in castles, churches and theatres around Ireland...


November 5th 2006
SCHUMANN CDS ARE EDITOR'S CHOICE IN GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
And lots more outstanding reviews in the UK and France for this double album...


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