Emerald Keys: Legends, Laureates, & Rising Stars

Emerald Keys: Legends, Laureates, & Rising Stars

For twenty years the Piano Academy of Ireland has shaped the musical lives of students across Dublin and beyond. To celebrate that milestone, the Academy presents Emerald Keys: Legends, Laureates, & Rising Stars — a gala anniversary concert at the John Field Room, National Concert Hall, on Saturday 27 June 2026 at 5:00 PM.

The evening is a true multi-generational reunion. Founders Rhona Gouldson-Chen and Dr Archie Chen are joined by internationally acclaimed pianist Lance Coburn and faculty artists Lina Butorina-Kiva, Tetyana Vlasyuk, and Anna Siampani. The next generation is represented by outstanding alumni and National Piano Festival prizewinners including Pei Lin Oisín Pu — First Prize winner at the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Children and Youth — alongside Joe O'Grady, Maeve Ashamar-Hora, and Evelyn Foran.

The programme moves through Gershwin, Debussy, Chopin, Prokofiev, Piazzolla, Yoshinao Nakada, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Dvořák, Liszt, and Brahms. Tickets from €20. On sale 10 June at nch.ie.