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Mary Dullea is from Cork, Ireland and studied at the Royal College of Music, London on the Edith Best Scholarship. Her Masters degree in Contemporary Music Studies is from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Much in demand as a soloist and chamber musician, Mary has performed throughout Ireland, England, Europe, USA, Hong Kong, China and South Africa at festivals including Brighton, Huddersfield, Corsham, Aldeburgh, Petworth, Leeds Fuse, Reggello (Italy), Musica Viva (Portugal) and National Arts Festival (South Africa) and was the Irish pianist at EU 12 and 15 piano extravaganza concerts in Paris, Brussels and Luxembourg.
A sought-after interpreter of new music, Mary’s expansive repertoire covers the standard piano literature as well as an ever-increasing amount of 20th- and 21st- century compositions, many of which are dedicated to her.
She has commissioned and premiered works from composers as varied as Toshio Hosokawa, Edison Denisov, Salvatore Sciarrino, Michael Nyman, Donnacha Dennehy and Deirdre Gribbin – notably with the Fidelio Trio. Her many broadcasts include BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, RTHK Radio 4, Lyric FM, Radio New Zealand and WNYC. In 2004, she was piano lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and multiple performances throughout South Africa included a concerto appearance with the KZNPO.
Mary’s CD releases with Darragh Morgan (violin) include Opera NMC D108, thirty-nine pages by Paul Whitty on Divine Art, a Simon Mawhinney portrait disc for Altarus and soon to be released, the complete music for violin and piano by Michael Finnissy for Mode Records. Recent Fidelio Trio releases on NMC include Bulb, Irish piano trios by Kevin Volans, Deirdre Gribbin, Ed Bennett and Donnacha Dennehy and Bartlebooth, the music Joe Cutler which also features Mary as soloist and on Delphian Records, Metamorphoses, the chamber music of Haflidi Hallgrimsson. A further CD of premiere recordings of Scottish Piano Trios by Judith Weir, Nigel Osborne and Sally Beamish will be released in early 2010 on Delphian Records.
Mary is currently researching, commissioning, performing and recording works for the piano that incorporate the use of the inside and the outside of the instrument and completing a PhD in Performance at the University of Ulster. Her most recent recitals have been collaborative with visual artist, Julia Bardsley and this performance will continue on tour throughout the UK and Ireland in 2010.
Mary has been the curator of Soundings (annual new music festival) at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London since 2008 which included a recital at the Wigmore Hall, London with The Fidelio Trio in December 2009 (live music highlights of 2009 www.musicalcriticism.com). She has recently been the recipient of a bursary award from The Arts Council of Ireland and is on the teaching staff of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
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