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08/10/2026

✨Three countries. Three remarkable women. One brand-new opera! 🎶

Visionaries: An opera in three acts, brings the lives and legacies of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Christine de Pizan, and Maria Skłodowska Curie to the stage in a new work of music, drama, and storytelling.

From medieval courts and literary imagination to scientific discovery, VISIONARIES takes audiences on a musical journey through three extraordinary lives. Now, for the first time in Ireland, we host this collaborative creation with orchestra, chamber choir, principal singers, and musicians from across Europe. A night not to miss!!

📅 Friday, 30 October
🕐 19:00
📍 Concert Hall, East Quad, Grangegorman, D07 XFF2
🎟️ Free Admission – All Welcome!
🔗 Book Now ->
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Created through BRAVO, an Erasmus+ collaboration between partner institutions in Ireland, Italy and Hungary. We are delighted to finally share this ambitious new production in celebration of the achievements, boldness, and resiliance of visionary European women. This project is co-funded by the European Union.

TU Dublin / OT Baile Átha Cliath

07/10/2026

Join us for a rare opportunity to experience Brahms magnificent, brooding, and tempestuous Piano Quintet, in its fascinating earlier version for two pianos.

📅 Tuesday, 20 October
🕐 13:00 – 14:00
📍 Concert Hall, East Quad, Grangegorman, D07 XFF2
🎟️ €10 / €5 Concession (plus booking fee) – Free for TU Dublin Staff and Students!
🔗 Ready to book? Find the link on our About page!

Performed by Conservatoire Lecturers Andreas Ioannides and Marianna Prjevalskaya - Concert Pianist, this special concert offers a chance to hear this extraordinary work in an intimate chamber setting.

Programme

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Two Pianos in F minor, op. 34b

Andreas Ioannides, Piano I
Marianna Prjevalskaya, Piano II

06/10/2026

A huge congratulations to our soloist, Anthony Vala, for his stunning performance of Paul Creston’s Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra at our first TU Dublin Philharmonic concert of the season! 🎷✨

We’ll be back in December for our next concert - stay tuned! In the meantime, a huge Bravo! to our outstanding players, incredible support and technical teams, and, of course, our wonderful audience, who brought such energy and life to the Concert Hall on Saturday. ❤️

Pictured: A beaming Anthony Vala alongside Maestro David Brophy.

01/10/2026

Contemporary Composition Perspectives - Semester 1 schedule has landed!

Join us for three guest lectures featuring composers Linda Buckley, Evis Sammoutis, and Garrett Sholdice, offering insights into their work, creative processes, and approaches to contemporary composition.

Free admission - all welcome!
No booking required.

🎶 Guest Lecture by Linda Buckley:
‘Overview of Work 2023–2026’
📅 Thursday October 15th, 4pm-6pm, Room EQ-111

🎶 Guest Lecture by Evis Sammoutis:
‘Composition as Collaborative Praxis’
In partnership with the Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival
📅 Thursday November 26th, 4pm-6pm, Room EQ-111

🎶 Guest Lecture by Garrett Sholdice:
‘Always trying to focus, always trying to refine: some reflections on music by Garrett Sholdice’
📅 Thursday December 3rd, 4pm-6pm, Room EQ-111

29/09/2026

Join us on October 6th for a fascinating lecture-recital with Thomas Ranjō, introducing the history, music and performance traditions of the Satsumabiwa, the traditional Japanese lute associated with the samurai.

Originating in Kyushu in southern Japan, Satsumabiwa combines narrative, sung or recited text, and instrumental interludes. Its narratives, sometimes described as “noble tales,” retell the lives of tragic and heroic figures, evoke the emotions associated with the passing of the seasons, and express in song the moral ideals traditionally associated with the samurai.

In this special lecture recital, Thomas Ranjō will explore the instrument’s history and musical traditions through discussion and live performance.

📅 Tuesday, 6th October
🕐 13:00 – 14:00
📍 Organ Room, East Quad, Grangegorman, D07 XFF2
🎟️ Free Admission – All Welcome!
🔗 Ready to book? Head to the link in our About section.

Come and discover the distinctive sound, history and storytelling tradition of one of Japan’s remarkable musical instruments.
🎶🎓

Thomas Ranjō began studying Satsumabiwa with the late master Fumon Yoshinori (1911–2003) in 1995 and has since performed and lectured internationally. Most recently, he completed a tour of Japan with Irish harpist Tríona Marshall, supported by Culture Ireland

25/09/2026

🎹 One Hand. Five Continents.

We’re delighted to welcome renowned French pianist Maxime Zecchini to TU Dublin Conservatoire, in collaboration with our colleagues at Alliance Française.

Maxime will perform his ambitious La Main Gauche, Voyage sur les 5 continents: a remarkable work written entirely for the left hand. Join us on October 5th for an extraordinary musical journey spanning five continents!

📅 Monday, 5th October
🕢 19:00
📍 Concert Hall, East Quad, Grangegorman
🎟️ Booking via Alliance Française Website

Maxime Zecchini is a French pianist recognised as one of the world’s few specialists in the repertoire for the left hand alone. A prize-winner at numerous international competitions, he trained at the highly renowned Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and subsequently at the Accademia di Imola in Italy. He pursues a career as a soloist that has taken him to perform in over 80 countries, in prestigious venues such as the Philharmonie de Paris and Carnegie Hall in New York. Passionate about this unique repertoire, he works actively to rediscover and enrich it through concerts, recordings and research. He is the first pianist in the world to have recorded a 10-volume discographic anthology dedicated to these works. His playing combines virtuosity, poetic sensibility and artistic commitment.

24/09/2026

TU Dublin Conservatoire BMus student Oliver Hayes in Masterclass with Jess Gilliam. What a wonderful opportunity to learn from an outstanding saxophonist! Big congrats Oliver!!

23/09/2026

🎷 Introducing our soloist for TU Dublin Philharmonic: An Exhibition of Sound!

We’re thrilled to welcome Anthony Vala to the stage this Saturday for Paul Creston’s exhilarating Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra; a work of rhythmic energy, lyricism and virtuosity that showcases the remarkable expressive range of the saxophone.

Anthony Vala is a fourth-year saxophonist at the TU Dublin Conservatoire, studying under Brendan Doyle and Kevin Hanafin.

An experienced soloist and ensemble musician, Anthony has performed throughout Ireland, including a lunchtime recital at Boyle Arts Festival, the Feis Ceoil Gala Concert at the National Concert Hall, and several lunchtime recitals within the Conservatoire. Some of his competition success includes winning the TU Dublin Concerto Competition, First Prize in the Senior Saxophone competition in Feis Ceoil, and competing as a semi-finalist in the Freemasons Young Musician of the Year Competition in 2025. Anthony was also one of two music students awarded the Jones Engineering Scholarship this year. As an ensemble musician, Anthony has worked with the National Symphony Orchestra, Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, and the TU Dublin Philharmonic, serving as the principal saxophonist in their 2025 to 2026 season.

Anthony has a keen interest in contemporary music and is a member of the TU Dublin Contemporary Music Ensemble, and of the Faba Trio. Through these two ensembles, Anthony has performed several world and Irish premiers of works, with the aim of expanding the repertoire and brining new music to a wider audience.

✨Get ready for an unforgettable performance this Saturday! Limited tickets remaining –> https://tudublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173693535

21/09/2026

🎹✨ An Evening Celebrating the Piano ✨🎹

Join us for a special evening of music featuring teachers from our Keyboard Department and third-level students, as they come together to celebrate the colour, imagination, and sheer delight of piano ensemble playing.

From four hands at one piano to an impressive six, eight and even twelve hands, the evening promises a wonderful showcase of collaboration, musical imagination, and shared energy. The programme will feature works by Saint-Saëns, Beethoven, Brahms, Fazıl Say, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, and Grieg.

📅 Friday, 2nd October
🕐 19:00 – 20:30
📍 TU Dublin Concert Hall, East Quad, Grangegorman, D07 XFF2
🎟️ Pay What You Can
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Come along to enjoy an evening of inspiring performances, experience the piano in a different way, and discover the musical opportunities and community at the heart of our Conservatoire.

17/09/2026

What better way to begin the academic year than an inspiring conversation with Daryl McCormack?

Internationally celebrated actor and TU Dublin Conservatoire alumnus Daryl McCormack revisited our Drama Department for first-year Induction Day. Daryl spoke of his experiences as a student; his career path; the differences the actor experiences between the various dramatic mediums; his preparation process; and provided an abundance of sage advice for the students. It was an absolute pleasure to have you back Daryl!

Since graduating from our Drama Department in 2014, Daryl has appeared in Peaky Blinders, Bad Sisters, The Woman in the Wall, and the star-studded blockbuster Wake Up, Dead Man (A Knives Out Mystery) alongside Glenn Close, Daniel Craig, Josh Brolin, Josh O'Connor and Andrew Scott. We look forward to seeing him as Mr. Bingley in Pride and Prejudice this Autumn on Netflix!

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