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About Isabelle​ ​O’Connell

About Isabelle​ ​O’Connell

Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.isabelleoconnell.com

Since​ ​her​ ​Carnegie​ ​Hall​ ​debut​ ​recital​ ​in​ ​2002,​ ​pianist​ ​Isabelle​ ​O’Connell has​ ​developed​ ​an​ ​international​ ​career​ ​as​ ​soloist​ ​and​ ​chamber​ ​musician that​ ​has​ ​taken​ ​her​ ​around​ ​the​ ​United​ ​States,​ ​Canada,​ ​Japan,​ ​Australia, New​ ​Zealand​ ​and​ ​Europe,​ ​to​ ​venues​ ​such​ ​as​ ​Lincoln​ ​Center,​ ​the​ ​Kennedy Center,​ ​Chicago​ ​Cultural​ ​Center,​ ​Cleveland​ ​Museum​ ​of​ ​Art,​ ​Detroit​ ​Art Institute,​ ​the​ ​Gilmore​ ​Keyboard​ ​Festival,​ ​St​ ​David’s​ ​Hall,​ ​Cardiff​ ​and​ ​the National​ ​Concert​ ​Hall,​ ​Ireland.

Isabelle​ ​is​ ​co-founder​ ​of​ ​Grand​ ​Band,​ ​a​ ​piano​ ​sextet​ ​described​ ​by​ ​the​ ​New York​ ​Times​ ​as:​ ​​”six​ ​of​ ​the​ ​finest,​ ​busiest​ ​pianists​ ​active​ ​in​ ​New​ ​York’s contemporary-classical​ ​scene”.​​ ​Isabelle​ ​has​ ​performed​ ​as​ ​concerto​ ​soloist with​ ​the​ ​National​ ​Symphony​ ​Orchestra​ ​of​ ​Ireland.​ ​She​ ​has​ ​also​ ​performed with​ ​Crash​ ​ensemble,​ ​Alarm​ ​Will​ ​Sound,​ ​Da​ ​Capo​ ​Chamber​ ​Players,​ ​the ConTempo​ ​and​ ​New​ ​Zealand​ ​String​ ​Quartets​ ​and​ ​is​ ​a​ ​member​ ​of​ ​the Friends​ ​of​ ​MATA​ ​ensemble.

Composers​ ​she​ ​has​ ​worked​ ​with​ ​include​ ​John​ ​Adams,​ ​John​ ​Luther​ ​Adams, Morton​ ​Subotnick, Meredith​ ​Monk,​ ​Julia​ ​Wolfe,​ ​Michael​ ​Gordon,​ ​Kevin Volans,​ ​Donnacha​ ​Dennehy,​ ​Dan​ ​Trueman,​ ​Bunita​ ​Marcus,​ ​amongst​ ​many others.

Isabelle​ ​has​ ​recorded​ ​for​ ​the​ ​Diatribe,​ ​Innova​ ​and​ ​Lyric​ ​fm​ ​labels.​ ​Her debut​ ​solo​ ​album​ ​RESERVOIR​ ​released​ ​in​ ​2010​ ​features​ ​solo​ ​piano​ ​music by​ ​nine​ ​contemporary​ ​Irish​ ​composers​ ​and​ ​for​ ​this​ ​The​ ​New​ ​Yorker​ ​hailed her​ ​as​ ​”the​ ​young​ ​Irish​ ​piano​ ​phenom”.​ ​She​ ​recorded​ ​Kevin​ ​Volans’ Concerto​ ​for​ ​Piano​ ​and​ ​Winds​ ​with​ ​the​ ​RTE​ ​NSO​ ​in​ ​2014.

A​ ​Fulbright​ ​scholar,​ ​Isabelle​ ​holds​ ​degrees​ ​from​ ​the​ ​Manhattan​ ​School​ ​of Music​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Royal​ ​Irish​ ​Academy​ ​of​ ​Music.​ ​She​ ​is​ ​currently​ ​on​ ​the​ ​piano faculty​ ​at​ ​Bard​ ​College,​ ​NY.

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