Apr
26
to May 5

Switzerland / Thun - GAIA Festival

Repertoire to include:


Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major K. 414
Elgar Piano Quintet
Kahn Serenade Op. 73 for oboe, viola and piano


with Gwendolyn Masin violin,
Wouter Vossen violin,
Minna Pensola violin,
Antti Tikkanen violin,
Tomato Akasaka viola,
Benedikt Klöckner cello,
Sandro Meszaros cello,
Ivan Polyomov oboe

More information here.

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May
18
to May 26

Ireland / Galway - Cellissimo

A major new cello festival on the edge of Europe presented by Music for Galway.

incorporating Songs of Travel, a series of concerts shining a light on migration, climate change and increasing empathy.

May 18th - 7.30pm Opening concert, Leisureland:

Djuro Zivkovic New concerto for cello, piano and orchestra
with Jakob Koranyi cello and the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins

May 20th, 8.00pm -Town Hall Theatre

Ambassador Evening with Catherine Cotter and announcing the new Cellissimo Ambassador - to include Shostakovich cello sonatas and other short works.

May 21st, 8.00pm, Town Hall Theatre:

Lasse Thoresen: New work for soprano and piano trio
Beethoven Selected Irish songs for soprano and piano trio
with Rachel Croash soprano, Bogdan Sofei violin, Jakob Koranyi cello

May 23rd, 5.30pm Town Hall Theatre
Brahms Sonata in E minor for cello and piano
Piatigorsky Hungarian piece
with Natalie Clein cello

Full details announced in February at www.cellissimo.ie

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Jun
2
4:00 PM16:00

Ireland / Blackwater Valley Opera Festival

As Chairman of the Jury of the Clara Haskil Competition in Vevey, Switzerland in 2023, Finghin has been invited to present a concert at the BVOF. The concert will be performed by the winner of that competition, the young Malaysian pianist Magdalene Ho, who will perform solo and also with the French cellist Marc Coppey. The concert will take place in Dromore Yard.

More information about this event here.

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Jun
14
to Jun 18

Sweden / Fairplay Chamber Music

Schumann Piano Quartet Op. 47
with Nurit Stark violin
Asbjorn Norgaard viola
Torleif Thedéen cello

 Chopin Ballade No 4 Op. 52
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel with Jakob Högström baritone

 Clara Wieck-Schumann Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann Op. 20
Robert Schumann Papillons Op. 2

 Mozart Sonata for Two Pianos K. 448 with Daria van den Bercken piano

 Amy Beach Romances
Lasse Thorseen “Every Minute Opens Doors”
with Guro Kleven Hagen violin
Jakob Koranyi cello
Berit Norbakken soprano

 Part of the Songs of Travel project, Creative Europe Cooperation Project led by Music for Galway. More info here.

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Jun
22
to Jun 25

Norway / Valdres Sommersmyfoni

Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel with Jakob Högström baritone

Clara Wieck-Schumann Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann Op. 20
Robert Schumann Papillons Op. 2

 Amy Beach Romance
Lasse Thorseen “Every Minute Opens Doors”
with Guro Kleven Hagen violin
Jakob Koranyi cello
Berit Norbakken soprano

Schumann Piano Quartet Op. 47
with Nurit Stark violin
Asbjorn Norgaard viola
Torleif Thedéen cello

Part of the Songs of Travel project, Creative Europe Cooperation Project led by Music for Galway.

All programme and ticket information here

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Jul
21
4:00 PM16:00

France / Chopin Festival Nohant

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Chopin Three Nocturnes Op. 9
Clara Wieck-Schumann Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann Op. 20
Schumann Papillons Op. 2
Mendelssohn Three Songs without Words|
Chopin Four Mazurkas Op. 17
Chopin Ballade No. 4 Op. 52

This festival takes place at Georges Sand’s property in Nohant, central France. More information here.

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Apr
19
to Apr 21

France / Evosges - Schubertiade en Bugey

Organised by John Whibley, Holidays with Music - a chamber music festival in a tiny French village in the Bugey, between Lyon and Geneva.

Music by Schubert and more with
Katharine Dain soprano
Magnus Johnston violin
Tom Hankey violin
Scott Dickinson viola
Alice Neary cello
Pierre Doumenge cello
Daniel Broncano clarinet

All details here

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Mar
17
5:00 PM17:00

Ireland / Dublin, NCH - Stanford Series Part 3

Schumann selected songs                                
Stanford  Three selected songs from “Cushendall”                
Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata (1919)                        
Stanford Blarney Ballads                                 
Stanford String Quartet No. 6 Op. 122 (1910)

with Benjamin Russell baritone 
Sharon Carty mezzo soprano  
Andreea Banciu viola
ConTempo Quartet

Part three of a three-concert series curated by Finghin at the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall, Dublin to mark the centenary of the death of Charles V. Stanford. More information here.

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Mar
10
3:00 PM15:00

Ireland / Dublin, NCH - Stanford Series Part 2

Stanford A Fire of Turf (seven songs)  
Rebecca Clarke / Muriel Herbert Selected Songs
Stanford Clarinet Sonata op. 129 (1911)  
with Benjamin Russell baritone
Sharon Carty mezzo-soprano
John Finucane clarinet

Part two of a three-concert series curated by Finghin at the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall, Dublin to mark the centenary of the death of Charles V. Stanford. More information here

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Mar
3
3:00 PM15:00

Ireland / Dublin, NCH - Stanford Series 1

Reinecke Flute Sonata “Undine” Op. 167
Stanford A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster
Brahms FAE Scherzo (1853)
Frank Bridge Three Idylls for string quartet (1906)
Stanford Fantasy No. 1 in G minor (1921)    

with Ríona Ó Duinnín flute 
Sharon Carty mezzo-soprano
Contempo Quartet
John Finucane clarinet

Part one of a three-concert series curated by Finghin at the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall, Dublin to mark the centenary of the death of Charles V. Stanford. More information here

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Feb
29
8:00 PM20:00

Switzerland / Lausanne, Salle Paderewski

Programme from new Claves CD “The Bright Day is Done”

Chaminade Aubade
Schubert/Godowsky Guten Morgen
Amy Beach A Hermit Thrush at Morn
Gerald Barry Midday
Field Midi
Eric Sweeney Evening; The Lighthouse at Hook Head
Debussy Soirée dans Grenade
Liszt Harmonies du Soir
Bartók Musiques Nocturnes
Robert Schumann In Der Nacht
Clara Schumann Notturno
Chopin Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2

More information here

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Jan
25
to Feb 4

Ireland / Tour with Ficino Ensemble

Penderecki Sextet with the Ficino Ensemble on tour around Ireland

25 January Derravaragh Music Association - Tullynally Castle, Co. Westmeath
27 January Birr Theatre, Co. Offaly
28 January Music in Kilkenny - Concert Hall, Thomastown
31 January Siamsa Tire Tralee, Co. Kerry
1 February Source Arts Centre Thurles, Co. Tipperary
2 February West Cork Chamber Music Bantry - St Brendan’s Church, Bantry, Co. Cork
3 February Triskel Arts Centre Cork
4 February Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin

Funded by the Arts Council

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Oct
20
7:00 PM19:00

Georgia / Tbilisi - Tengiz Amirejibi International Music Festival

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Chaminade Aubade
Schubert/Godowsky Guten Morgen
Amy Beach A Hermit Thrush at Morn
Gerald Barry Midday
Field Midi
Eric Sweeney Evening; The Lighthouse at Hook Head
Debussy Soirée dans Grenade
Liszt Harmonies du Soir
Bartók Musiques Nocturnes
Robert Schumann In Der Nacht
Clara Schumann Notturno
Chopin Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2

Concert takes place in the Great Hall of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire in Georgia

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Sep
22
to Sep 24

Ireland / New Ross, Co. Wexford - New Ross Piano Festival

Marian Ingoldsby “The Light that Frightens us” - Dunbrody Suite - new commission by New Ross Piano Festival and Domaine Forget, Canada
Rachmaninov Vocalise (cello and piano arrangement)
Mozart Sonata in C minor K. 457
Berg Sonata Op. 1
Chopin Nocturnes Op. 9 Nos. 1 and 2
Schubert Trio in E flat Op. 100
with Mirijam Contzen violin and Alexander Chaushian cello

This is the 17th New Ross Piano Festival, of which Finghin Collins is co-founder and Artistic Director. More information here.

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Jul
9
3:00 PM15:00

Canada / Domaine Forget de Charlevoix

John Field Nocturne No. 5 in B flat and “Midi” 
Stanford Four songs from A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster
Eric Sweeney Evening: The Lighthouse at Hook Head, from the Ros Tapestry Suite

Marian Ingoldsby”The Light that Frightens us” - Dunbrody Suite Part One (2023) 
François Vallières  Dunbrody Suite Part Two  (2023)

The Dunbrody Suite has been co-commissioned by Domaine Forget and the New Ross Piano Festival in Co. Wexford, Ireland. It receives its world premiere at this concert

Beethoven from 25 Irish Songs WoO 152. #1 Return to Ulster, #5 Massacre of Glencoe , #9 The Soldiers Dream, #14 Dermot and Shelagh
Frank Martin Trio on Irish Folk Tunes

with Meagan Milatz piano
Allyson McHardy mezzo-soprano
Isabella d'Éloize-Perron violin
Cameron Crozman cello

Supported by Culture Ireland

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Jul
5
7:30 PM19:30

Canada/ Ottawa - Music and Beyond Festival

 John Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat major - Finghin
Philippe Gaubert: Trois Aquarelles- Finghin, Cameron, Isabella
Vaughan Williams: Four Studies in English Folk Song - Meagan, Cameron
Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose Suite, piano 4-hands) - Finghin, Meagan
John Field: "Midi" - Finghin
Marian Ingoldsby: "The Light that Frightens Us" - Dunbrody Suite Part One (2023) - Finghin
François Vallières: Quasi-Nocturne - Dunbrody Suite Part Two (2023)- Meagan

The Dunbrody Suite has been co-commissioned by Domaine Forget and the New Ross Piano Festival in Co. Wexford, Ireland with support from the Arts Council of Ireland

Frank Martin: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises (16') - Isabella, Cameron, Meagan

with
Meagan Milatz, piano
Isabella d'Éloize-Perron, violin
Cameron Crozman, cello

Supported by Culture Ireland

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Jul
4
7:30 PM19:30

Canada / Montréal - Conservatoire de Montréal

 John Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat major - Finghin
Philippe Gaubert: Trois Aquarelles- Finghin, Cameron, Isabella
Vaughan Williams: Four Studies in English Folk Song - Meagan, Cameron
Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose Suite, piano 4-hands) - Finghin, Meagan
John Field: "Midi" - Finghin
Marian Ingoldsby: "The Light that Frightens Us" - Dunbrody Suite Part One (2023) - Finghin
François Vallières: Quasi-Nocturne - Dunbrody Suite Part Two (2023)- Meagan

The Dunbrody Suite has been co-commissioned by Domaine Forget and the New Ross Piano Festival in Co. Wexford, Ireland with support from the Arts Council of Ireland

Frank Martin: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises (16') - Isabella, Cameron, Meagan

with
Meagan Milatz, piano
Isabella d'Éloize-Perron, violin
Cameron Crozman, cello

Supported by Culture Ireland

Presented by Concerts noncerto

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