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Duo Lyrica: music for flute and piano - 28/11/25, 1:10pm, Aula Maxima, UCC
Duo Lyrica: a musical pot pourri for flute and piano
Dr Fionnuala Moynihan (piano)
Kieran Moynihan (flute)
Join Duo Lyrica for a musical journey through great works, both old and new, for flute and piano. This recital will feature several beautiful arrangements of Schubert's Lieder by Theobald Bohm, alongside works by John Gibson, Debussy, Chopin and arrangements by Duo Lyrica of Irish melodies. A wonderful lunchtime recital showcasing beautiful works for flute and piano.
Website: www.fionnualamoynihan.com
Dr Fionnuala Moynihan (biography)
Fionnuala Moynihan is one of Ireland’s leading concert pianists, specialising in the works of baroque, classical and early romantic composers. Fionnuala is celebrated for her clarity of touch, her exploration of pianistic tones and colours, her innate musical understanding and musicianship.
Fionnuala has given solo recitals and concerto performances throughout Ireland, the UK, France, Holland, Italy, Israel, U.S.A, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Poland, Japan, Holland and Hungary.
One of Fionnuala’s main highlights was to perform the Complete Piano Sonatas of Mozart in the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, in a series of five recitals in 2010. She was the first pianist to have undertaken the formidable challenge of performing this cycle in its entirety in Ireland. Since then, Fionnuala has performed nine complete solo piano series performing the complete cycles by Mozart, Haydn, Clementi and Schubert.
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. Fionnuala studied 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. In April 2016 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 in June 2017.
Highlights for 2025 include performing the Complete Chopin Nocturnes in Triskel Arts Centre and the prestigious position of Artist in Residence in Ionad Culturtha, Baile Bhuirne, Cork.
Fionnuala currently holds the position of University Pianist and Performance Coach at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Website: www.fionnualamoynihan.com Twitter/X: @finnmoynihan
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Kieran Moynihan (Biography)
Kieran began his studies at the MTU Cork School of Music with Dr Evelyn Grant and graduated from London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1999.
Whilst in London he specialised in opera, performing with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Opera North and Scottish Opera. Symphonic engagements included BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with ballet companies such as English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Scottish Ballet and Ballet National de Cuba. Kieran has toured with major West End productions of The King and I, Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins and Les Misérables.
Since returning to Ireland in 2010, Kieran has worked with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Wexford Opera, Irish National Opera and Northern Ireland Opera. He continues to work with UK orchestras such as Scottish Ballet and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
Recent recitals include “Bach to Einaudi” with Dr Fionnuala Moynihan, performances with the Winds of Change woodwind quintet and Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto in Triskel Christchurch, Cork. Upcoming performances include recitals with Trio Lyrica in Triskel Christchurch and the Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, the world premiere of John O’Brien’s opera “Morrigan” and performances in the Cork Opera House as part of the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra.
CDs include recordings with Placido Domingo, Altan, Sharon Shannon, “Les Misérables Live!”, the Ficino Ensemble and Irish National Opera while film soundtracks include the Oscar nominated “Room”.