Finghin Collins set to perform at St Peter’s
FOR Finghin Collins’s first solo recital in the Drogheda Classical Music Series on Friday, March 9 (7.30pm), he will perform a programme of Field Nocturnes and Preludes by Rachmaninov and Chopin. A fitting close to the 2017/18 Series.
One of Ireland’s most successful musicians, Dubliner Finghin was born in 1977 and studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with John O’Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique Merlet. Winner of the RTÉ Musician of the Future Competition in 1994 and the Classical Category at the National Entertainment Awards in Ireland in1998, he went on to achieve major international success by taking first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland in 1999.
Since then he has developed a flourishing international career that takes him all over Europe, the United States and the Far East.
The Series is funded by the Arts Council and Louth County Council and is in partnership with Droichead Arts Centre.
St. Peter’s Church of Ireland will host the performance.
St Peter’s Male Voice Choir
Founded in 1956, the internationally acclaimed St. Peter’s Male Voice Choir, Drogheda and Musical Director Edward Holly present a concert of Irish favourites to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on this holiday weekend at the Droichead.
So ’Come into the Parlour’ for a magical evening of wonderfully crafted choir arrangements and solo performances of famous Irish songs.
There are two shows, Friday March 16 and Sunday March 18th. Ticket details from the Droichead.