Artist Spotlight – Stan O’Beirne

Stanislaus studies with Dr Andreas Ioannides in TU Dublin under the Music Excellence programme.

He has performed on national and international television/radio. In Ireland, he has performed  at the National Concert Hall, Farmleigh House, the National Gallery of Ireland and Christ Church Cathedral. Internationally, he has performed at venues such as the Roman Baths in Bath, Muziekcentrum in Enschede, Netherlands and The Royal College of Music, London.

Stanislaus was Gran Prix winner of the John Field International Competition in 2017 and has received numerous first prizes in festivals including the ESB Feis Ceoil, Feis Shligigh and Newpark Music Festival. He loves to partake in many masterclasses with pianists from around the world, including John O’Conor, Barry Douglas, Sofya Gulyak, Anne-Marie McDermott and Joanna McGregor. He was selected to participate in the 2020, 2021 and 2024 NCH International Master Course as well as in the Camerata Academy in 2022.

Stanislaus received first prize in the prestigious Frank Maher Classical Music Awards 2021, which lead to features in various national press outlets. In 2022 he was awarded the Founders Cup in Gonzaga College SJ – specially awarded to acknowledge the achievement of personal excellence in some area of life. He was awarded the Ad Astra Scholarship in UC Dublin, where he studied Engineering.

He was selected to be documented in a 60-minute documentary as part of Canadian documentary series entitled ‘Enfants Prodiges’, with series 1 aired in early 2019 on TV5 and TV5 World channels. The programme included a masterclass with renowned pianist, Finghin Collins, at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

Other appearances in media include article appearances on numerous occasions in national news outlets including The Irish Times and The Irish Independent, as part of the ‘First Person’ series.

Stanislaus performs as resident pianist at two of the most popular and well-respected Dublin establishments – the 5-Star Merrion Hotel and The Bank Bar & Restaurant.

Stanislaus runs a recording and composing business on Fiverr.com, where he records and composes music in all styles, both solo and as part of a group. He is now one of the top sellers worldwide on the platform with well over 200 orders completed in over 30 countries. He has also recorded and released Classical Piano Favourites with the Doppio Movimento label,  and has featured in numerous video games, albums and radio shows as a result, amassing over 250,000 streams of his recordings  and compositions.