Harry O'Connor

Harry graduated from the MTU Cork School of Music in 2021 with a First Class Honours BMus (Hons) degree. He is currently undertaking an MSt in Music (Composition) at the University of Oxford.

He has had his music performed at concerts in Ireland and the UK by professional ensembles and soloists alike. In 2019 his 'Fantasy for Piano Solo' received its first performance by concert pianist Santa Ignace, and later that year his 'Pathetic Fallacy' for string ensemble was premiered by the Scotia Ensemble. The former piece was shortlisted in the Classic Pure International Vienna Composition Competition 2019. In 2020 his work 'Introduction and Dance for Piano Solo' won the New Ross Piano Festival composition competition, and was subsequently performed at the 2021 festival by Finghin Collins. The same year, his 'Fantasy for Piano Solo' was selected for the final round of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra’s 2020 Call for Scores in Los Angeles, USA.

In October 2023, his piece '3 Old Irish Miniatures' was performed by Jonathan Eyers and Thomas Eeckhout, and in November his piece 'Atlantic Dawn' was performed by postgraduate music students at the University of Oxford. In February 2024, his piece 'Summer Idyll' was performed by Castalian String Quartet. Harry became a member of the Irish Composer’s Collective in 2023.

Harry was selected as the winner of the 2023/24 Irish Heritage Composition Bursary with his piece 'Diptych: Two Winds' for solo piano.