Gavin Maloney

Gavin Maloney is a Lecturer in Conducting and Analysis at the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM), Ireland's national conservatoire. He currently serves as Associate Principal Conductor of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and maintains long-standing collaborations with the National Symphony Orchestra and Choirs. His career spans prestigious institutions including the Danish National Opera and Lucerne Festival Academy under Pierre Boulez.

Education: Trained at Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester) and Mozarteum University (Salzburg). Early career highlights include winning the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra's Assistant Conductor position at age 21.

Artistic Focus: Specializes in contemporary music curation (directed NSO's Horizons series), ballet collaborations (produced Swan Lake with Ireland's national ballet company), and high-profile orchestral partnerships with artists like Maxim Vengerov (who called him 'a great maestro').

Recognition: Bryden Thomson Trust Fellowship recipient. Recordings on NMC/Lyric FM labels praised by Gramophone magazine. Extensive broadcast history across BBC, RTÉ, European Broadcasting Union, and North American/Australian radio networks.