Supported by:

Deidre Reddy - Violin
Age: 23

Deirdre Reddy aged 23, began her violin and piano studies at the age of four. She won the junior prize-winner cup for violin at the Newpark Music Festival when she was 12. She has performed in Finland with the Leeson Park School of Music Orchestra and also worked with Géza and Csaba Szilvay, originators of the renowned Colourstrings method.

In 2001 Deirdre began studying with Brian McNamara at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. She has won prizes at the Feis Ceoil and also the Ita Beausang Cup in DIT as well as being a runner up in the 2006 Top security music competition. Deirdre took part in the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland's mentoring scheme in 2010 under Principal Conductor Alan Buribayev. In 2010 she also performed as a soloist with the DIT symphony orchestra under conductor David Brophy. Deirdre has just completed her final year of the DIT Bachelor of Music in performance with first class honours.

She performed in the semi-final of the Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year 2010 competition and is very much looking forward to playing again this year.