Mark Shanahan

Mark Shanahan is an Irish conductor[1] and conducting teacher.

Biography

Mark Shanahan was born in Manchester, where he attended Chetham's School. He later attended the University of London and studied conducting at the Royal Academy of Music with the Sir Henry Wood Scholarship.[2] While still studying at the Royal Academy of Music he won the first prize of the first NAYO Conducting Competition.

Mark Shanahan is active as an opera and orchestral conductor, and he has been associated with the English National Opera. Mark Shanahan has conducted operas in theatres such as La Fenice, Théâtre Graslin, Nationale Reisopera, Opera North, Grange Park Opera, Opera Ireland, English Touring Opera, Marseilles Opera and the Frankfurt Opera.[3]

Guest conducting engagements include concerts at halls such as the Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Centre and Royal Albert Hall with orchestras including the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria.[3] He is also Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and Artistic director of the Forest Philharmonic Orchestra.[3]

Shanahan is a guest professor of conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, guest conductor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a Visiting conducting Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.[4][5]

References
  1. "The Musical Team". Hackney Singers. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  2. "Biography". markshanahan.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  3. "Mark Shanahan – Conductor NSSO". National Schools Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  4. "NSSO - 2000 course". National Schools Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. "Fellows and Honorary Members". Royal Northern College of Music.


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