Summer Piano Master Classes With Thérèse Fahy
We invite advanced piano students of any age to apply for our summer piano master classes with Thérèse Fahy.
Applicants should submit a one-page resumé detailing age, music education, examinations taken, competition successes, prizes won, and recently performed repertoire.
All resumés must include full contact details including applicants’ email and phone (guardians contact details where under 18), and specify whether a 1hr or 40 minute session is requested.
Resumés should be emailed to education [at] nch.ie no later than Wednesday, 5th June at 5pm.
Fees:
€70 for 1hr individual tuition and observation of all sessions
€50 for 40 minutes individual tuition and observation of all sessions
€5 Observer day ticket
Dublin-born Thérèse Fahy, one of Ireland’s foremost pianists, enjoys an active performing and teaching career at home and abroad.
Recent engagements have included solo recitals, lecture-recitals and masterclasses in France, UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, USA, the Czech Republic, Holland, Israel, Ethiopia and Ireland, as well as serving on international competition juries in Europe and the United States.
As the only Irish pianist to specialise in the performance of French music, Thérèse has performed the complete works for solo piano by Debussy at Dublin’s Hugh Lane Gallery, while her performances of the solo works of Messiaen have been described by The Irish Times as a “tour de force”.
In 2018 she presented a major concert-series entitled ‘Ireland’s Tombeau to Debussy’ in Paris and in Dublin’s National Concert Hall, and had the honour of performing a solo recital at his birthplace, La Maison Natale de Claude Debussy, on March 25th, the exact 100th anniversary of the composer’s death.
As an internationally-sought teacher, and a regular international juror, Thérèse Fahy’s students have been First Prizewinners and Finalists in many international competitions, including the Shanghai International Piano Competition, Hammamatsu International Piano Competition, EU International Piano Competition, the Hong Kong International Piano Competition, the Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona (2012), the Beethoven Competition in Bonn (2013), César Franck Competition in Brussels (2016)