Holohan and Chopin
Droichead Arts Centre presents Holohan and Chopin
‘ Fields of Blue and White ‘ is Michael Holohan’s first full-length CD. The eminent Irish pianists John O’ Conor and Therese Fahy will focus on a wide range of the composer’s piano music. The recital and launch will include works which have been commissioned by The National Concert Hall and the AXA Dublin International Piano Competition. The pianists will also perform piano duets and a number of pieces by Chopin, commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Polish composer’s birth.This concert, which is being presented by Droichead Arts Centre is also funded by the Louth County Council and the Drogheda Borough Council. An event not to be missed!
Date: 1 June 2010
Time: 8pm
Venue: St Peter’s Church of Ireland, Drogheda
Tickets : 20 euro. (Ticket price includes a complimentary CD).
Biographies
Michael Holohan
Michael Holohan was born in Dublin in 1956 and has lived in Drogheda for the past twenty seven years, close to the Prehistoric and Early Irish Christian sites of the Boyne Valley which have been a constant source of inspiration to him as a composer. He studied music in Ireland and France. He has won numerous prizes for his compositions and his music has been performed and broadcast both in Ireland and abroad. In 1999 he was elected to Aosdana, Ireland’s state- sponsored academy of creative artists.
Therese Fahy
Therese Fahy is a Professor of Piano and Director of Chamber music at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. A former student of John O’ Conor she is now one of Ireland’s foremost pianists and enjoys an active performing career both in Europe and the USA. She has an affinity with French music and has been critically acclaimed for her performances of the piano music of Debussy, Ravel and particularly the great 20th Century French composer, Olivier Messiaen.
John O’Conor
The Irish pianist John O ‘ Conor has earned a worldwide reputation as a masterful interpreter of the Classic and early- Romantic repetoires. In 1973 he was unanimously awarded First prize at the International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna and in 1975 he won First Prize at the Bosendorfer Competition. He premiered Michael Holohan’s ’ Listoke Preludes’ in Drogheda in 2002 and also performed his piano piece ’Monaincha’ in Bejing. He has toured the world in recital and concerto appearances and makes regular visits to Europe, Japan, Korea and China. He has been decorated by both the French and Austrian Governments for his services to music.
