Born in Belfast in 1974, Darragh Morgan currently lives in south-east London. Following two sell-out performances at his Wien Modern debut in 1998 he quickly established himself as a soloist of new music; international festival appearances include Warsaw Autumn, Ars Musica Brussels, Lucerne Festival, Darmstadt, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Festival D’Automne Paris, Spitalfields, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh and BBC Proms Chamber Music.

Darragh has performed as a soloist in Prague, Malta, Nicosia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Italy, Switzerland, Holland and the USA. He has worked with many of the world’s leading contemporary music groups, including Ensemble Modern, the London Sinfonietta, Musik Fabrik, BCMG and the Remix Ensemble, and is a member of The Smith Quartet. He has appeared as concertmaster with orchestras including KZN Philharmonic of South Africa, the Cyprus Chamber Orchestra and English Touring Opera; he was featured as the orchestra leader in BBC Two’s acclaimed TV series, ‘The Genius of Beethoven’.

Darragh is a regular soloist with The Ulster Orchestra, recently featuring in the world premiere of Sir John Tavener’s Hymn of Dawn. He is a faculty member of Apple Hill Chamber Music, New Hampshire; he often coaches at The Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme and is on the staff of Goldsmiths College, University of London. Darragh’s many recordings have appeared on Deutsche Grammophon, Nimbus, Metier, Black Box and NMC.

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