Dr Fionnuala Moynihan is widely acknowledged as one
of Ireland’s leading concert pianists. She has a particular affinity with the
works of baroque, classical and early romantic composers.
Fionnuala is a celebrated arranger of Irish airs and melodies of all genres for solo piano.
In 2010 Fionnuala performed the Complete Piano Sonatas of
Mozart from memory in the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, in a series of five
recitals. She is the first pianist to have undertaken the formidable challenge
of performing this cycle in its entirety in Ireland. Since then, Fionnuala has
performed seven complete piano sonata series performing the complete cycles by
Mozart, Haydn, Clementi and Schubert.
Fionnuala has given
solo recitals, chamber music recitals and concerto performances throughout the
UK, France, Holland, Italy, Israel, U.S.A, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Russia,
Poland, Japan, Holland and Hungary as well as extensively and regularly in
Ireland.
Fionnuala performs regularly with flautist Kieran Moynihan
whom she has a successful flute and piano duo and regularly performs with
leading Irish and international artists.
In 2009 Dr Fionnuala
Moynihan became the first person to be awarded a Doctorate in Music Performance
from the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Dublin City University. Prior to
this, Fionnuala studied with scholarships at the Birmingham Conservatoire, The
Paris Conservatoire and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. A
prolific award winner, her awards include the John Field Prize at the Dublin
International Piano Competition, the prestigious Maura Tessier Bursary and the
Rena Menasche Award at the Tel Hai Piano Festival, Israel.
Her debut CD ’The
Ivory Lady’ was launched in January 2015. This CD is a classical-trad fusion CD
and showcases Fionnuala’s love for both the classical and traditional music
genres. She recorded a recital of sonatas by Muzio Clementi for The Lyric
Concert on RTE Lyric FM Radio. Her latest CD, ‘Melodies of Nations’, with
oboist Sanja Romic, was released on the Hedone Label.
Fionnuala holds the
permanent position of University Pianist and Performance Coach at the National
University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Contact: info@fionnualamoynihan.com
X: @finnmoynihan
