Ronan O'Hora
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The British pianist Ronan O'Hora has performed with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and English Chamber orchestras, Zurich Tonhalle, Netherlands Radio Chamber, Brno Philharmonic, Florida Philharmonic and Queensland Philharmonic. He has performed in every major country in Europe as well as in the USA, Canada, Australasia and South Africa, working with leading conductors such as Matthias Bamert, Hans Vonk, James Judd, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Bramwell Tovey and Edo de Waart. Born in Manchester in 1964, Ronan O'Hora studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Professor Ryszard Bakst.
He has won many awards, including the Dayas Gold Medal, the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians and the Stefania Niekrasz Prize, which is awarded every five years to an outstanding exponent of Chopin. Broadcasts on radio and television world-wide have included a televised recital for the Chopin Society in Warsaw, a televised performance of Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto with the Netherlands Radio Symphony, two programmes of chamber music by Mozart for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV, as well as over eighty concerts on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3.
Ronan O'Hora has made highly regarded recordings on the Tring International, Virgin Classics, Dinemic and Fone labels in a discography which extends to over thirty CDs. He was appointed Head of Keyboard Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in September 1999.
