Owen Lorigan is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music where he completed
both BA in Music Performance and MMus in Performance. He subsequently was
awarded an Arts Council Bursary to continue his studies at the Tchaikovsky
Conservatoire in Moscow.
He has performed extensively around Ireland as well as in Australia, Cyprus,
Germany, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Russia, UK and USA. He has also performed
with the Irish National Symphony Orchestra and Hibernian Orchestra at the National
Concert Hall, Dublin, and University Concert Hall, Limerick.
He has also performed with many chamber music groups and singers, and has a keen
interest in contemporary music. He has performed in the Composers' Choice Series at
the NCH, at the Sligo Contemporary Music Festival, and with the Crash Ensemble.
As well as giving masterclasses, he has adjudicated at various music festivals and is
also an examiner for the RIAM Local Centre.
Currently Chairman of EPTA Ireland (European Piano Teachers' Association), he has
a large number of students at his piano studio in Dublin.