Booking available HERE from 10am Monday 26thMay
Colman Pearce – piano
Duo Chagall- Arun Rao – cello, Gillian Williams – violin
Bodley(1933-2023) : Sonata for violin and piano (1959)
Bodley : Prelude, Toccata and Epilogue (1963), for piano
Bodley : Dancing in Daylight (2014), Trio for violin, ‘cello and piano.
Pearce : (1938)- Canzone Lirica (2023), for ‘cello and piano
Pearce – Trio No. 2 (2025) for violin, ‘cello and piano (First Performance)
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About Colman Pearce
Born in Dublin. He studied piano with Gerard Shanahan and took an Honours B.Mus at the National University of Ireland. He later was a conducting student of Franco Ferrara in Hilversum and Hans Swarowsky in Vienna. As Conductor he held positions with the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra: Co-Principal Conductor 1978-1980, Principal Conductor 1981-1984. Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor 1984-1987. Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Music Director and Principal Conductor 1987-1999. Maestro Pearce guest-conducted extensively throughout the world. Since his retirement at the end of 2014, he has devoted himself to composition. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from DCU and he was honoured to be voted into membership of Aosdána in 2016.
Born in Dublin. He studied piano with Gerard Shanahan and took an Honours B.Mus at the National University of Ireland. He later was a conducting student of Franco Ferrara in Hilversum and Hans Swarowsky in Vienna. As Conductor he held positions with the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra: Co-Principal Conductor 1978-1980, Principal Conductor 1981-1984. Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor 1984-1987. Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Music Director and Principal Conductor 1987-1999. Maestro Pearce guest-conducted extensively throughout the world. Since his retirement at the end of 2014, he has devoted himself to composition. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from DCU and he was honoured to be voted into membership of Aosdána in 2016.
