Conor Linehan

Dr. Conor Linehan is a pianist, composer, and educator at the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) since 2008. He specializes in diverse musical styles, from baroque to contemporary, and has performed with major orchestras including RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the National Symphony of Ireland. His compositional work spans theatre, opera, and concert halls, with notable pieces like Roadshow (commissioned by Joanna MacGregor) and Intermezzo (2018 Dublin International Piano Competition). He has been Musician in Residence for Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown (2018) and collaborated with companies like Coiscéim Dance Theatre. His doctoral research (Trinity College Dublin) focused on orchestrations of late 19th/early 20th-century French piano music. As a teacher, his students have won prizes at the Dublin Feis Ceoil and Henle Beethoven competitions.

Performances & Commissions:

• 2023 Irish Tour with Claudia Boyle/Niall O’Sullivan (Music Network)
• RTÉ Radio 1 broadcast of Mícheál Ó’Súilleabháin’s Oíche Nollaig
• Premiere of Don Ray’s Piano Concerto (Albany Label)
• Adaptations: Schubert’s Winterreise for theatre, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf for dance

Awards:

• Two Irish Theatre Awards (2010 & 2023)
• Five ITA nominations total
• National Symphony of Ireland collaborations

Teaching & Curation:

• Developed contemporary Irish piano syllabus for the Contemporary Music Centre
• Teaches improvisation modules at RIAM
• Guided prize-winning students in major competitions