World renowned pianist performing in Mayo this evening

The internationally acclaimed and world renowned pianist John O’Conor will be appearing at the Twin Trees Hotel & Leisure Club, Ballina, this evening (Friday).

The event, which starts at 7.30 p.m., is presented by Ballina Lions Club as a fundraiser for the Alzheimer Society of Ireland of Ireland and other Lions Club charities.

John O’Conor, regarded as one of the most important pianists in the world, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, in 2018 by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, and is considered the foremost interpreter of Beethoven living today.

A Steinway Artist, he is chair of the Piano Division at Shenandoah University in Virginia, professor of piano at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, distinguished visiting artist at the TU Dublin Conservatoire of Music and visiting professor at Showa University in Japan.

For his services to music he has been decorated Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, awarded the Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst by the Austrian government, the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan, and has received many other awards.

He will be visiting Ballina fresh from a performance in Seoul, South Korea, and en route to a forthcoming performance in New York.

Tickets (€20 adult, €10 child) are available from the Ballina Arts Centre box office at (096) 73593 or online at https://ballinaartscentre.ticketsolve.com.