Throughout its 150-year history, the Academy has nurtured and developed the talents of many of Ireland’s finest musicians who have gone on not only to enrich Irish musical life in all its forms but also to act with great success as musical ambassadors abroad.
In recent years students of the Academy have garnered prizes from some of the world’s most prestigious competitions including the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, the China International Vocal Competition, the Leeds International Piano Competition and the AXA Dublin International Piano Competition.
On the international stage former Academy students are currently members of such leading orchestras as the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonia Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, as well as opera houses from the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden to La Scala, Milan.