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. Following a very successful début at the BBC Proms in August 2008, the past season has brought him to the major musical centres of the world.... read more

 

Finghin Collins acknowledges the support of The Arts Council and Music Network through the Music Capital Scheme 2008.  

FROM THE REVIEWS 

"The Swiss label Claves has struck gold with Finghin Collins, the Irish pianist who won the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in 1999. Vol 1 was glowingly reviewed in these pages and, while Vol 2 was given to another pianist, Claves has returned to Collins for Vol 3, a selection of works mostly from the late 1830s, in performances that are likely to be received equally favourably. Collins plays Schumann in a refreshingly direct, unfussy manner, with a warm-hearted tone full of telling touches and refined rubato."

Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone Magazine, September 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2009/10 SEASON 

- Solo recital début in the National Concert Hall's Irish Times Celebrity Concert Series, Dublin

- Débuts with the Sinfonie Orchester Wuppertal, the Anhaltische Philharmonie and the Wonju Philharmonic

- Return visits to the Northern Sinfonia, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Ulster Orchestra and the RTE National Symphony Orchestra

- Major recital tour of Korea with Han-Na Chang, cello

NEW ROSS PIANO FESTIVAL 2010

The next New Ross Piano Festival will take place from Thursday September 23rd to Sunday September 26th 2010 in St. Mary's Church, New Ross, Co. Wexford. Full details will be announced on the Festival's website later in the spring. 

Latest News

15th December 2009 NEW DOWNLOADS ON iTUNES WITH LPO 19th October 2009 DETAILS ANNOUNCED OF KOREAN TOUR WITH HAN-NA CHANG 9th September 2009 FINGHIN APPOINTED ASSOCIATE ARTIST WITH RTE NSO

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"Intermezzo" from Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26.

Schumann - Complete Works for Piano, Volume 3 - Claves Records

New Release March 2009.

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