Cillian O’Breachain

Cillian O’Breachain holds a Masters in Music Performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he studied Violin under the tutelage of Chris George. He has also studied Baroque Violin with Huw Daniel, Traditional Fiddle with Alisdair McCullough and Conducting with Alasdair Mitchell. He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Music Education, majoring in violin performance under the tuition of Maeve Broderick.

As an orchestral violinist, Cillian has performed and recorded with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, the RTE Concert Orchestra and with Camerata Ireland with whom he has toured Spain, France, Finland, South America, China and India. Cillian has also performed with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Irish National Opera, Scottish Opera and with Wexford Festival Opera where in 2018 he was awarded the Liam Healy Bursary.

Cillian is a faculty member at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, coordinating the Beginner Group Violin classes, teaching violin and conducting. As a conductor, Cillian has performed in concerts with Trinity Orchestra, Kirkos Ensemble, Offbeat Ensemble, Co-Orch., Wexford Gateway Orchestra, St. Agnes’ Late Starters Orchestra, DYO Concert Orchestra, the RIAM Chamber Orchestra and Dublin Orchestral Players. Cillian has also conducted the Orchestra of the Irish National Youth Ballet between 2014 and 2018. He is currently conductor of the DYO Intermediate Orchestra, St. Agnes’ Chamber Orchestra, the RIAM Junior and Divertimenti String Orchestras and rehearsal conductor for the DYO Symphony Orchestra.