RIAM Philharmonia conducted by Fiona Monbet

Bringing together some of Ireland’s finest musicians, joined by a growing body of international students making the Academy their musical home, these spirited musicians have welcomed such distinguished maestri as Kerem Hasan, Chloé van Soeterstède and Peter Whelan in recent years. 

Working at the frontiers of several musical genres, and bringing together jazz, symphonic music and traditional music, Fiona Monbet pairs Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony with an electrifying new work by this innovative artist in quasi-rhapsodic symphonic form for orchestra, violin, accordion and double bass.A triumphant end to the RIAM Philharmonia 2026/2027 season under the artistic leadership of one of the conducting world’s most exciting and engaging musicians.

Programme

Fiona Monbet, conductor/violin

Dermot Dunne, accordion

Malachy Robinson, double bass

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 

Fiona Monbet: New Work for Violin, Accordion, Double Bass and Orchestra