The Office of Public Works in association with the Dublin Philharmonic Society present their annual showcase concert of talented young musicians in the Ballroom at Farmleigh House on the evening of Saturday 27th September. This year’s presentation will feature an Autumn double-bill of two outstanding performers.

Ai Lin Sun (piano)

Ai Lin will perform the following works:

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"

• Frédéric Chopin - Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
• Maurice Ravel - Jeux d’Eau
• Franz Liszt - Grandes Étude de Paganini No. 3 in G-sharp minor "La Campanella"

Ai Lin Sun is a 18-year-old pianist from Dublin, currently studying with Prof. Hugh Tinney at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Since beginning piano at age 10, she has won numerous national and international awards, including 1st prize in the Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Award 2024.
A frequent winner at Feis Ceoil, Ai Lin has received 1st prizes across multiple categories and performed at the 2022 Winners’ Gala Concert. At just 15, she won 1st prize in the senior Huban Cup and Patrick Brennan Award in 2023.
Ai Lin has performed at venues including the National Concert Hall, Dublin City Hall, the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and the Royal Festival Hall in London. She has appeared in the Boyle Arts Festival, RIAM Young Artists Series, and on RTÉ Lyric FM.
Ai Lin was awarded the Fellowship (FTCL) diploma from Trinity College London in Piano Performance at age 17.
Eva Kavanagh (soprano)

Accompanied by Orlaith Sharkey (piano), Eva will sing works by Schubert, Strauss, Amy Marcy Beach, Mozart, Donizetti, Mahler, Sanderson, Puccini and Lehár
Eva is a 21-year-old Irish soprano currently completing her BMus in Vocal Performance at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, where she studies with Professor Kathleen Tynan and is coached by Dearbhla Collins. In 2025, she made her operatic debut in the title role of Rosina in Haydn’s La Vera Costanza—her first full opera and leading stage role. She has also performed as Fiordiligi in scenes from Mozart’s Così fan tutte.

Eva is the first-ever recipient of the Bríd Phelan Emerging Talent Award from the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and was awarded the Canto al Serchio Award following her finalist appearance at the 2024 Birr Festival of Music.

A multiple prizewinner at Feis Ceoil, Ireland’s national classical music competition, her awards include the Plunket Greene, Young Cup, Thomas Moore, Merchant Cup, and Junior Vocal Recital competitions. In 2024, she won the Irene Sanford Singing Competition, where she was also awarded the Best Performance of German Lied, and received the John McCormack Bursary.

She has appeared as a soloist at the National Concert Hall, on RTÉ Lyric FM, and at international festivals such as Appuntamenti con la Lirica in Barga, Italy. A profile in Independent.ie, a national Irish news outlet, praised her as “renowned for her versatile talent… and recognised for her outstanding vocal ability.”

Eva continues to develop her craft through masterclasses with artists including Anna Devin, Robin Tritschler, and Jorge Chaminé, and through international training programmes such as the Winterlied Academy in Germany and the Daniel Ferro Vocal Programme in Tuscany. Most recently, she was offered a place by the Montserrat Caballé Foundation to take part in a week of masterclasses in Barcelona with celebrated tenor Jaume Aragall, who performed at La Scala and alongside Montserrat Caballé.

Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Tickets cost €17, including booking fee, and are available from Eventbrite

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