Sopranos and family ensembles will compete in Feis Ceoil competition

Family ensembles, sopranos and harp and violin players are all gathering at Dublin's RDS for the latest competitions in the ESB Feis Ceoil. When the two-week event ends on Friday, some 5,000 young classical musicians from across Ireland will have competed in more than 180 individual music competitions. The National Concert Hall will host a gala concert on April 30th, featuring a selection of winners from the competitions. The latest results are as follows:

MONDAY
Junior Violoncello (A) – 1st: Grace Coughlan; 2nd: James O'Donovan; HC: Eric Sheeran-Purcell, Juliette Morrison. Junior Violoncello (D) – 1st: Marco Malinverno; 2nd: David Blake; VHC: Nicholas O'Neill; HC: Emily Brazil; C: Jayden Lamcellari.

Junior Violoncello (E) – 1st: Malcolm O’Loughlin; 2nd: Charlotte Finnegan Quirke; VHC: Cliodhna Maher. John Benson Memorial Cup – 1st: Cahal Masterson; VHC: Billy O’Brien; HC: Iuliu Teodor Radu; C: Jimmy Goeijenbier. Senior Pianoforte Solo – 1st: Jimmy Goeijenbier; C: Billy O’Brien, Jordan North Bagot, Chloe Power.

Junior Pianoforte Solo (E) – 1st: Nina Brennan; 2nd: Mark Glen Tomas; VHC: Keelan Reilly, Ruby Anne Lacey, Aoife O’Donovan; HC: Charlie McHugh, James Guerrero, Louis Ye; C: Ella Dempsey, Rachel Li, Jing Qi Wu, Linxi Gu, Genevieve Collins.

Junior Flute (A) – 1st: Fina Wurm; 2nd: Ruairí Kirwan; VHC: Liam Lonergan; C: Jana Mc Carthy-Kent, Clodagh Curran. Junior Flute (B) – 1st: Hannah Macaulay; 2nd: Lucy Yin; VHC: Pearl Nixon; HC: Martina O’ Connell; Daisy Ryan, Kim O’Brien; C: Sascha Santschi-Cooney, Kristina O’Brien, Isabelle Ni Fhloinn, Emily Appleby. Junior Flute (C) – 1st: Aisling Sun; 2nd: Eileen Cleary; VHC: Hugh Geraghty, Brenda Farren; HC: Angela Zhu, Aoife de hOra; C: Rachel Lynch.

SUNDAY
McCullough Cup – 1st: Sophie Creaner. Junior Clarinet (A) – 1st: Ian O'Shea; 2nd: Jason Yang; VHC: Muirine Robinson ; HC: Michael John Gillen; C: Emily Sullivan, Cathal Flanagan. Junior Clarinet (B) – 1st: Ruth Walsh; 2nd: Winifred Massey; VHC: Molly Crossen; HC: Oscar Robinson; C: Anna Bourguignon. Junior Oboe – 1st: Catherine Neenan; 2nd: Garreth Kelly.

SATURDAY
Plunket Greene Cup – 1st: Gemma Ní Bhriain; 2nd: Rebecca Rodgers; VHC: Rachel Croash, Tara McSwiney; HC: Deirdre McCabe, Lorna Breen, Louise Martyn; C: Nicole Robinson, Shauna Buckingham, Robyn Richardson, Aisling McCarthy, Eimhin Colgan, Eimear McCarthy Luddy, Jonathon Gannon, Maria McGrann, Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Sophie O' Carroll

Dramatic Cup and €5,000 Tony Quigley Awards – 1st: Gemma Ní Bhriain; 2nd: Ioana Pipelea; VHC: Rachel Croash, Laura Murphy, Sinead Ni Mhurchú; HC: Katie Hainbach, Fearghal Curtis, Muireann Mulrooney; C: Eoin Hynes, Sarah Shine, Rebecca Rodgers, Tara McSwiney, David Howes, Aoife O’Connell, Richard Shaffrey, Maria McGrann.

Girls Vocal Solo (B) – 1st: Stephanie Kinsella; 2nd: Orlaith Mulholland; VHC: Ella Flaherty, Ava Dodd, HC: Jennifer Moore; Emily Jane Doyle, Megan Ward, Eleanor Coleman, Caitriona O Sullivan, Ruth Fogarty; C: Aisling Gregg, Caroline Kane, Isabel Doyle, Dearbhla O Brien, Malina Rebeca Adascalitei, Lucy Cooney.

Classical Guitar – 1st: Freddy Walsh; 2nd: Anselm McDonnell; HC: Ross Madden. Guitar Bach Prize – 1st: Chien Buggle; 2nd: Andrew Olwill; C: Anselm McDonnell. Junior Classical Guitar (A) – 1st: James McNeill; 2nd: Oilbhe Nathan; HC: Eoghan Doody. Junior Classical Guitar (B) – 1st: Jake Kennedy; 2nd: Grace Gageby; HC: Alana McManus; C: Lucas Farren, Gavin Jones.

Junior Classical Guitar (C) – 1st: Martin Keane; 2nd: Kemeng Du; HC: Jonathan Wang. John A. Pigott Memorial Cup – 1st: Ellen Jansson. VHC: Elisabeth Meuleman. HC: Peter Regan.

Mabel Swainson Pianoforte Award – 1st: Gary Beecher; 2nd: Tamara Niekludow; VHC: Jonathan Morris. Senior Flute – 1st: Amy Gillen; 2nd: Emma Kenrick; VHC: Cian Ducrot; HC: Katie Hyland. Senior Clarinet – 1st: Cathal Killeen; 2nd: Patrick Burke.