David Vesey
Pianist
David Vesey is an award-winning traditional musician, pianist and music educator.
David graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2021 from the MTU Cork School of Music, graduating as the highest placed student. While in Cork, David won the Advanced Recital competition in the conservatoire and was a recipient of an MTU Arts Office Bursary. He then studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) as an 1848 scholar, completing the Master’s in Music Performance with Distinction.
David has won national prizes for both classical and traditional Irish music. In 2021, David won the Audrey Chisholm award at the Birr Festival of Music. He has had success at Feis Ceoil, winning first prize in the John A. Piggott Cup (2021) and Hamilton Harty Cup (2022). David was awarded the prestigious Lucien and Maura Teissier Bursary for young Irish pianists at RIAM in 2023.
David has performed internationally at venues such as the National Concert Hall (Dublin), International Sommerakademie at the Universität Mozarteum (Salzburg), and Saline Royale Academy (France).
His experiences as a traditional musician have shaped his journey. He is a member of the Comhaltas National Folk Orchestra of Ireland and past member of the Comhaltas Concert Tours. He is an All-Ireland Fleadh Champion and has performed on radio and TV. David has worked as a staff member with the Meitheal Trad Summer School and has taught at the Scoil Éigse summer school at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. He obtained a TTCT teaching diploma for traditional Irish music from Comhaltas and was a recipient of the Mícheál Ó hÉidhin medal for distinction in the SCT exams.
David’s first album “Carolan Reflections”, was released in late 2024 to acclaim, and he has since released several singles, which are available on all platforms.
A boundary-crossing musician, David promotes traditional Irish and classical music in his performances, recordings and teaching.