Ana graduated from State University of Arts, Chisinau, Moldova, having specialised in music education. She continued her studies with Siobhán Kilkelly at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. Ana holds Associate and Licentiate Diplomas in Performance from the London College of Music and a Diploma of Pianoforte Performance, LLCM, from the University of West London.
Joshua studied piano with Dr. David Mooney at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, graduating with a BMus performance degree in 2016. He also has a performance diploma from the Trinity College of Music London.
Seán Fogarty is a pianist and teacher from Thurles. He began piano at the age of 7, and studied Composition with the Royal Irish Academy of Music at the age of 17. He recently completed an MMus in Performance with TU Dublin, having previous attained his BMus there specializing in Pedagogy. A prize-winner at Feis Ceoil and in-house competitions, he has studied piano under Pádhraic O’Cuinneagain and Peter Tuite. Seán has a keen interest in chamber music and less explored corners of the piano repertoire, as well as in pedagogical music.
Kim Shepherd is an Irish pianist, based in Dublin She graduated with a BMus (Pedagogy) from TU Dublin Conservatoire where she studied piano with Siobhan Kilkelly and organ with Simon Harden. She has competed in many piano competitions throughout Dublin, notably gaining 1st prize in the ESB Feis Ceoil Senior Pianoforte Duet and gaining 2nd prize in the ESB Feis Ceoil Trimble Cup. She also has experience performing both in Ireland and abroad.
Kim has been teaching since 2015. She has taught and acted as musical director at various schools, festivals and camps in Ireland and abroad, including French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in New York.
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Irish born & bred, Rita Bowens holds an honours Bachelor of Music degree from WIT, a Performance Diploma from the Royal Irish Academy of Music & an honours Masters Degree in Performance where she studied under Dr. David Mooney. She has performed extensively throughout Ireland & has vast experience on the competition circuit, including the Feis Ceoil.
For the last 15 years she has been working in a private national school in Dublin where she is solely responsible for implementing the Music curriculum of children ranging from 4-12 years of age. This will be Rita’s fourth year with the Pianos Plus School.
Eléna Esposito, recently graduated from the TU Dublin Conservatoire with a First-Class Honours degree in performance. Throughout her studies she had the opportunity to participate in masterclasses with distinguished pianists such as John O’ Conor, Prisca Benoit, Finghin Collins and Phillippe Cassard. In 2021, she received her Licentiate diploma with Trinity College London while studying at Cheethams International Summer School with Katya Apekishiva, Peter Donohoe, and Tamás Ungár.
Upon graduating, Eléna participated in the Wexford Factory young artist programme, in association with Wexford Festival Opera, where she received lessons with répétiteur Carmen Santorro and was the assistant pianist in the Opera, Armida. Building on from her experience, she was also selected as one of the student répétiteurs for the Irish premiere of Jonathan Dove’s opera, Mansfield Park at TU Dublin.
Eléna served as the chairperson of the TU Philharmonic Society from 2020-2022. A noteworthy achievement was an online event titled ‘A Celebration of Women in Music’, which featured interviews, panel discussions, and performances with established women in the music industry. During her time as chairperson the society won, ‘Best Event’, ‘Best Course Related Society’, and ‘Most Improved Society’.
Born in China and moved to Ireland at the age of 6. Undergraduate specialised in Pedagogy in piano at TU Dublin Conservatoire. Kaiwen studied under Alison Thomas for piano and Simon Harden for organ.
Participated in Organ Scholarship to Netherlands 2019 for a course at the Orgelpark, Amsterdam and masterclasses with Matthias Havinga Professor for Organ at the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam. Also achieved 1st place in 2016 CDTEB music competition in solo piano.
‘Teaching is exciting for me as I want my students to enjoy the process of exploring music and this beautiful instrument. I believe everyone should have an opportunity to experience music and that it could them bring them a pleasant experience. Experienced in teaching both younger age and mature students. I am student-oriented and I think everyone is different. I will try my best to make the lessons engaging and fun!’
As a Member of TU Dublin Basketball club winning team in Division 2 Colleges Basketball League Kaiwen is well familiar with coaching methods towards young students who enjoys playing in formal or informal settings, all types of music, with special interest in contemporary classical music.