Supported by:

David Kenny - Viola
Age: 21

David Kenny is currently completing his fourth year of a BMus (Hons) degree at the Cork School of Music under Constantin Zanidache. He was a finalist at the Yamaha Young Musician Bursary 2009 and a semi-finalist in the Camerata Ireland Young Musician of the Year 2008. He has taken masterclasses with Yuri Bashmet, Nobuko Imai and Bruno Giuranna.

David has played with many orchestras including the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Symphonique de Jeunesse Musicales de Suisse. In 2010 David played with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra as part of their mentoring scheme. Since 2009 he has also been a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra. This year David won 1st prize at the annual CSM Vanbrugh Quartet Competition as part of a group performing Shostakovich's Piano Quintet. As a member of the Kappa Quartet he also took part in the West Cork Chamber Music Festival. David plays on a 2010 Bertrand Galen viola generously on loan from the Cork School of Music.