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Adam McDonagh

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Pianist

BMus (Performance), MMus (Performance) in Répétiteur, MPhil in Music Studies (Cantab)

 

Irish pianist, Adam McDonagh is currently training as a répétiteur on the Young Artist Programme 2024/25 at the National Opera Studio, London.

He is a Samling Artist and graduated with a BMus (Performance) from DIT Conservatory Music and Drama, now TU Dublin Conservatoire, an MPhil in Music Studies from Cambridge University, and recently undertook an MMus (Performance) in Répétiteuring at TU Dublin Conservatoire supported by the inaugural Irish National Opera Répétiteur Scholarship.

As a member of the INO Studio 2023/24, he was Assistant Répétiteur for Faust, La bohème, Salome and La traviata, and he accompanied the Studio’s masterclasses with Ann Murray, Peter Whelan, Tara Erraught and Elīna Garanča.

Previous répétiteur experience includes productions of Handel’s Susanna (TU Dublin Conservatoire), Le nozze di Figaro (Glasthule Opera), L’elisir d’amore (Lismore Opera Festival), Suor Angelica (Empyrean Ensemble) and Owen Wingrave (Opera Collective Ireland). Adam’s upcoming engagements include répétiteur for Der Schauspieldirektor for Buxton International Opera Festival, and conducting the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for a recording for RTÉ LyricFM as a result of winning First Prize in the Feis Ceoil Orchestral Conducting competition. 

 

Research Interests and Expertise:

Performance practice, Artistic research, Artistic identity as a collaborative pianist, Répétiteur audition experience.

 

Professional Affiliations/Memberships:

ISM (Independent Society of Musicians)

 

Awards:
  • Michael McNamara Gold Medal (DIT BMus Performance)
  • Anne Leahy Award (DIT BMus Dissertation)
  • 1st Prize in 9th National CHMHE Musicology Competition for undergraduate dissertation
  • INO Répétiteur Scholarship to pursue MMus in Répétiteur (TU Dublin)
  • Robert Gardiner Memorial Scholarship (University of Cambridge)
  • Beament Prize (outstanding contribution to musical life in Queens’ College Cambridge)
  • 2nd Prize-winner in Concours International Léopold Bellan, Paris (Countertenor)
  • Winner of Joseph O’Mara Cup (Male-voice Operatic Aria) in Feis Ceoil 2023
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