Top pianist Tiffany a finalist in Classical Music Awards
Tiffany Qiu (17) from Market Street, Dundalk, a sixth year student at St. Vincent’s Secondary School in Seatown Place, was one of only seven finalists at the 2018 Top Security Frank Maher Classical Music Awards held at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin recently.
The Classical Musical Awards are Ireland’s largest competition for secondary schools with a €5,000 top prize.
Tiffany plays the piano and performed two pieces on the night, ’ Voiles from Preludes Book 1’ by Debussy and ‘ La Campanella’ by Paganini/Liszt.
She was thrilled to be presented with a €300 bursary by Emmet O’Rafferty, chairman of the Top Security Group as were each of the other finalists.
The winner of the €5,000 top prize was pianist Kevin Jansson, a sixth-year student at Presentation Brothers College in Cork.
Emmet O’Rafferty said ‘ There were top class performances from all the finalists on the night, which gave our judges the unenviable task of selecting the winner. Tiffany now joins the growing line of extremely talented young musicians who have taken part in this competition and I wish her the very best in her future career.’