Donal McHugh

Biographie

Pianist Donal McHugh, from Co. Clare, Ireland, graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2014 (BMus Hons in performance) with tutors Norman Beedie and Graeme McNaught. He then spent four years freelancing as a musician in Glasgow – performing, teaching and accompanying. As well as regular classical recitals (both solo and chamber music) he also gained a reputation playing with the many jazz big bands in the city. Donal has taken part in seminars on Grieg’s music a number of times in Bergen, Norway (most recently Autumn 2017). This included the opportunity to perform on Grieg’s own piano in Troldhaugen. In 2016 he led the piano course in Summer Music on the Shannon which also included numerous performances and he was part of Enterprise Music Scotland’s Creative Exchange in 2015. In 2020 he completed an MA in Music (piano performance) at the CIT Cork School of Music with tutors Michael McHale and Michael Joyce. Memorable performances were Beethoven's third piano concerto (string quintet arrangement) as well as a live-streamed solo concert featuring Berg and Schubert. Also a keen composer, Donal has written works for solo piano and voice and piano as well as original jazz tunes and arrangements.

     
  Donal McHugh