RIAM Philharmonia conducted by Olivia Clarke

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. 

The dynamic British/Irish conductor Olivia Clarke opens the 2026/2027 season with Swedish composer Helena Munktell’s evocative Bränningar (Breaking Waves).Her fascinating programme also includes Jean Sibelius’ majestic Second Symphony and introduces Irish audiences to his Finnish compatriot, Cecilia Damström’s Tundo, dedicated to “all the refugees in the world”.    

Programme 

Helena Munktell: Bränningar Op. 19   

Cecilia Damström: Tundo Op. 49 (Irish première)

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 43