The B# Piano Competition is a new piano competition that started in 2023. Its aim is to provide an opportunity for young pianists (under 15) to showcase their skills, passion, and talent in a friendly competition environment.
2024
1st place Solo u15 – Chloe (14)
1st place Etude u12 – Freddy (11)
1st place Sonatina u12 – Emily (9)
1st place Solo u11 – Aileen (9)
1st place Sonatina u9 – Tangtang (7)
1st place Solo u7 – Charlie (6)
2nd place Repertoire u15 – Angela (12)
2nd place Solo u15 – Angela (12)
2nd place Sonatina u15 – Freddy (11)
2nd place Sonatina u12 – Ryan (11)
2nd place Solo u11 – Emily (9)
VHC Repertoire u12 – Yan (11)
VHC Sonatina u12 – Aileen (9)
HC Etude u12 – Juno (11)
HC Solo u9 – Tangtang (7)
C Solo u15 – Hannah Rose (13)
C Sonatina u15 – Casey (13)
C Sonatina u15 – Ailish (14)
2023
Adjudicator’s Award – Stacey (8)
1st place Etude u12 – Yan (10)
1st place Sonatina u12 – Freddy (10)
1st place Solo u9 – Coco (8)
1st place Sonatina u9 – Coco (8)
1st place Etude u9 – Coco (8)
1st place Repertoire u9 – Emily (8)
1st place Repertoire u9 – Stacey (8)
1st place Solo u13 – Angela (11)
1st place Repertoire u15 – Chloe (13)
1st place Etude u15 – Chloe (13)
2nd place Etude u15 – Hannah Rose (12)
2nd place Sonatina u15 – Ailish (13)
2nd place Solo u13 – Casey (12)
2nd place Repertoire u12 – Freddy (10)
2nd place Sonatina u12 – Anni (10)
2nd place Solo u11 – Yan (10)
2nd place Sonatina u9 – Anna (8)
2nd place Duet u11 – Emily (8) & Coco (8)
2nd place Solo u7 – Tangtang (6)
VHC Solo u11 – Anni (10)
HC Sonatina u12 – Angela (11)
C Solo u11 – Juno (10)
Piano Festival - Piano Academy of Ireland
2022
1st place – Junior Repertoire u12 – Coco (7)
1st place – Sonatina u12 – Yan (9)
1st place – Piano Solo u12 – Ethan (9)
1st place – Piano Duets u10 – Marco (9) & Leo (7)
2nd place – Piano Solo u10 – Yan (9)
2nd place – Piano Solo u8 – Leo (7)
3rd place – Sonatina u12 – Angela (10)
3rd place – Piano Solo u10 – Ethan (9)
2021
1st place – Junior Repertoire u12 – Ethan (8)
1st place – Sonatina u12 – Coco (6)
1st place – Solo u8 – Emily (7)
2nd place – Sonatina u12 – Emily (7)
2nd place – Solo u8 – Coco (6)
2020
Bronze – Under 12 Competition – Ailish (10)
Silver – Under 10 Competition – Beatriz (9)
Bronze – Under 8 Competition – Emily (6)
Bronze – Under 6 Competition – Emily (6)
Bronze – Under 6 Competition – Eabha Rose (5)
Feis Maitiu
2024
1st Place Piano Unconfined Solo u10 – Emily (9)
2023
1st Place Piano Unconfined Repertoire u12 – Emily (8)
1st Place Piano Confined Repertoire u12 – Stacey (8)
1st Place Piano Unconfined Solo u8 – Emily (8)
2nd Place Piano Confined Repertoire u12 – Coco (7)
3rd Place Piano Unconfined u13 – Chloe (13)
3rd Place Piano Confined Repertoire u12 – Freddy (11)
2022
1st Place Piano Confined Repertoire u12 – Emily (7)
1st Place Piano Unconfined Solo u11 – Allen (11)
2nd Place Piano Unconfined Solo u9 – Nicole (8)
RIAM Competitions
2024
HC Joe Byrne Cup u11 – Stacey (9)
2023
2nd Place Sheila Rumbold Cup u9 – Stacey (8)
2022
2nd Place Joe Byrne Cup u12 – Ethan (9)
Newpark Music Festival
2023
1st Place Piano Solo u8 – Coco (8)
HC Piano Solo u10 – Stacey (8)
EPTA Ireland
2022
HC 5th Class Competition – Casey (11)
TUDublin Competitions
2022
2nd Place Under 10 Competition
2020
1st Place Under 8 Competition
Personal Piano Achievements
Piano Competitions
Competitions - Feis Ceoil, Dublin
2015 – 1st place in Kitty O’Callaghan Trophy
2015 – 1st place in Junior Piano Duets (A)
2016 – Commended in Junior Piano Solo (A)
2016 – 1st place in Junior Concerto Competition
2018 – Finalist in Nordell Cup
2019 – Finalist in Anthony Glavin Trophy and Awards
Competitions - EPTA, Dublin
2014 – 1st prize in Second Year competition
2015 – 2nd prize in Third Year competition
2016 – 1st prize in Fourth Year competition
2018 – 1st prize in Sixth Year competition
Competitions - DIT Music Competitions, Dublin
2013 – 1st prize in Piano Duets u14
2013 – VHC in Piano Solo u14
2014 – 2nd prize in Piano Duets u16
2014 – VHC in Piano Solo u16
2015 – 1st prize in Piano Duets u18
2016 – 1st prize in Ita Beausang Competition for Concerto playing
2016 – 1st prize in Piano Solo u18
2017 – 1st prize in Lucy Donelly cup for piano accompaniment
2017 – 1st prize in Mai Byrne trophy for sonata playing
2018 – 1st prize in Marie Jones senior competition
2019 – 1st Prize in Senior Sonata Cup
2019 – 2nd prize in Senior Repetoire competition
2019 – 1st prize in Tomas O Suilleabhan Cup
Competitions - Others, Dublin
Kilcoole Music Festival, Wicklow
2016 – 1st prize in Piano Solo u21
Sutton Park Young Musician Festival, Dublin
2014 – 2nd prize in Piano Solo u15
2015 – 1st prize in Piano Solo u18
Newpark Music Festival, Dublin
2012 – 2nd prize in Piano Solo u14
Piano Masterclasses
Masterclasses - Dublin
2015 – William Fong, winner of the first prize, gold medal and Rosa Sabater prize at the Concurso Internacional de Piano in Jaén, Spain.
2016 – Ronan O’ Hora, Head of Advanced Performance Studies at the Guildhall School of Music.
2016 – Pavel Nersessian, winner of the 1991 Dublin International Piano competition.
2016 – Barry Douglas, winner of the gold medal in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986, the first non-Russian pianist to do so since Van Cliburn in 1958.
2017 – Denis Yavorsky, top pianist at the Chopin Festival in Poland and one of Ukraine’s leading pianists.
Notable Awards
Awards - Sandford Park School, Dublin
2011-2018 Music Scholarship
Awards - DIT, Dublin
2011 – DIT ‘Talent Scholarship’
2017 – Senior certificate DIT
2018 – Advanced certificate DIT
2018 – Best overall Advanced student DIT
Awards - West London College of Music - London
2016 – DipLCM in Performance
Awards - Trinity College London - London
2019 – LTCL with Distinction
Personal Clarinet Achievements
Clarinet Competitions
Competitions - Feis Ceoil, Dublin
2012 – 1st place in Junior Clarinet (B)
2013 – 2nd place in Junior Clarinet (A)
2014 – 2nd place in Junior Clarinet (A)
2016 – 2nd place in Junior Clarinet (A)
Orchestral Experience
Orchestras - Dublin & New York
2011 – Principal Clarinetist in DIT Wind Band
2012-2015 –Principal Clarinetist in DIT Concert Band
2016-2018 – 1st Clarinetist in NYOI
2018-2021 – 1st Clarinetist in Trinity Orchestra
2019 – 1st Clarinetist in French Woods Wind Band, New York
2019- 1st Clarinetist in French Woods Symphony Orchestra, New York