Callan

19 October 2012

Born and raised in New York, Irish American soprano Aileen Itani now resides in Copenhagen. She was awarded the Annual Prize of the Danish Music Critic's Association in 2009. She is a regular guest soloist with the Royal Danish Opera and the Danish National Opera and has appeared as soloist with most of the major orchestras in Denmark. Aileen is especially active on the Danish contemporary music scene, enjoying an ongoing collaboration with FIGURA ensemble. She recently gave the world premiere of a new song cycle by Peter Bruun and is taking a leading role in a new opera by andy Pape for OresundsOperan in 2013. Finghin Collins was born in Dublin and studied with John O'Conor at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and with Dominique Merlet at the Geneva Conservatoire. He established his international reputation by winning the 1999 Clara Haskil International Piano Competition. Since then he has performed with leading orchestras. Finghin Collins has been Artistic Director of the New Ross Piano Festival since its inception in 2006

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