Pianist Seán Morgan-Rooney, originally from County Down, has a varied performing career as a soloist and chamber musician. In the past year, he has travelled to Iceland to perform contemporary music with the Caput Ensemble, to Japan to perform with his violin duo partner Bas Treub, and to Canada to develop his own interdisciplinary performance project at the Banff Centre. Seán’s early studies were with John O’Conor at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. He completed his Bachelor’s with Professor Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and his Master’s and Artist Certificate with David Kuyken at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He has also studied privately with Yossi Reshev in Berlin. He is a former participant of the IMS Prussia Cove, the Banff Centre’s Piano Programme and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Seán is the winner of several prizes for his playing. In 2015 he won the Brennan Prize for the highest placed Irish competitor at the 10th Dublin International Piano Competition. Following this, he released a début album and appeared as a concerto soloist with several of Ireland’s major orchestras, including the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra. He is a past winner of the Royal Academy of Music’s Else Cross Prize for contemporary music and was a past finalist of the Dutch Classical Talent Award in the Netherlands. Seán also composes his own music, with a focus on piano with electronics and song composition. In 2021, he received a major grant from the Irish Arts Council to write a new collection of art song based on sean-nós melodies, to be published and recorded this year. He will also release his second solo album, “A Few Reflect the Heart,” which combines the music of Ravel with the pianist’s own compositions for piano and electronics. Seán currently lives in Amsterdam.