Handprint Collection - World Premieres

Handprint is an exciting recital programme by Irish pianist, Thérèse Fahy, born of the realisation that much contemporary piano music seems to be composed for pianists with large hands. Thérèse has commissioned six major Irish composers to write new works for her, enriching the musical landscape by enhancing the piano repertoire with a highly innovative collection of piano pieces, the Handprint Collection, specifically designed for smaller hands - something which has never been done before.

National Concert Hall at 3:00 pm

The six commissioned pieces, together called The Handprint Collection, were written specifically with smaller hands in mind, with the intention of creating a body of work accessible to all pianists, regardless of hand size, while being no less technically and musically challenging. The six works will receive their premiere at 2014′s New Music Dublin festival in March at the National Concert Hall on 8 March

The concert will feature the world premières of pieces by Bill Whelan, Raymond Deane, Siobhan Cleary, Benjamin Dwyer, Grainne Mulvey, and Michael Holohan.