Niya Morrissey

Pianist

Artist

Niya Morrissey is an Irish pianist, who over the years has performed in major music venues in Malta, Switzerland, Greece, Germany and Russia, to name a few.Closer to home, Niya’s shared her passion for music in Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Katherine Brennan Hall of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, St Anns Church, University College Dublin’s O’Reilly Hall and Little Museum of Dublin.Multiple prize – winner Niya is the recipient of the
University College Dublin Music Scholarship in 2011. Niya has also
received awards in Chisholm and O’Hea competitions in RIAM’s annual Pianofest, along with the Nordell and Benson Senior Piano competitions at Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil in 2015 and 2016.

Art

In her Alma Mater, that is Royal Irish Academy of Music, Niya was the finalist of the 2015 Maura Tessier Piano Bursary. She also participated in the Irish Round of the Dublin International Piano Competition in 2014 and 2017. Niya has performed her debut solo recital in Biel/ Bienne, Switzerland in February 2016. As well as performing solo repertoire, Niya possesses keen interest in chamber music and song accompaniment. In 2017 alone, Niya and her trio partners have given numerous performances of D. Schostakovich’s
Piano Trio no 2 in Royal Irish Academy of Music and most recently, at Belfast Arts Festival, as a part of their Chamber Music series.

Other highlights of 2017 include working with distinguished Romanian Soprano Corina Ignat, as a part of the French Music workshop curated by the renowned vocal coach and pianist Iain Burnside. Most recently Niya participated in masterclasses with distinguished artists such as Vanessa Latarche, John O’Conor, Fali Pavri, Aaron Shorr,
Therese Fahy , Hilary Coates, Ivan Ilic, Christian Favre, Iain Burnside, Christopher Elton, Joanna McGregor, Ronan O’Hora, Katja Avdeeva, Katya Apekisheva and Sara Bryans.As a part of the Culture Night September 2017, Niya was honoured to perform a solo recital in the Mansion House - official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Micheal MacDonncha. Niya is a graduate of Royal Irish Academy of Music and Trinity College Dublin, where she studied with renowned pianist and pedagogue, Lance Coburn.

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