King House

Military Road
Boyle. Ireland
F52 HN50

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Junior Pianists

Anita Han (13) and Ryan Keogh (12), both study the piano at TUDublin Conservatoire of Music and Drama with Shirin Goudarzi-Tobin and the cello at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with Miriam Roycroft. They began their piano duet collaboration in 2018 and since then, they have achieved remarkable success at both international and national piano duet competitions. In 2022, Anita and Ryan teamed up with two other talented young pianists to participate in the highly regarded eight-hand piano performance at the Late Late Toy Show.

 

Liam Ryan is a pupil of Dr David Mooney in TU Dublin Conservatoire. He has completed his ATCL piano diploma & also holds a DipAbrsm for cello. He is a multiple prizewinner for both piano and cello. This year he was the recipient of the John Benson Memorial Cup in the Feis Ceoil and winner of TU Dublin’s Petrof Cup. He has enjoyed masterclasses with renowned pedagogues Barry Douglas and Prisca Benoit. This September Liam will perform in Westport’s Chamber Music Festival.

 

Tiantian Gao is 9 years old and studies the piano with Shirin Goudarzi-Tobin at the TuDublin Conservatoire. As a five year old, Tiantian won first prize at the Liszt International Youth Piano Competition in Shanghai/China, and since then she has continued to enjoy success at competitions internationally and in Ireland.

Her most recent awards include Platinum & Young Virtuoso Award in the 4th WPTA Singapore International Piano Competition as well as Platinum Award in Trinity International Music Competition and the first prize in VII. Danubia Talents International Music Competition. She has also won many national competitions in Ireland.