Cork native is fulfilling a dream of performing Mozart

Cork-born virtuoso Fionnuala Moynihan is proud to be playing the complete cycle of Mozart’s piano sonatas for the first time in her native city, writes Cathy Desmond.

I’m in the plush lobby of the Westbury Hotel off Dublin’s Grafton Street, where a grand piano adds a cultivated air to the scene of silver teapots and lunching ladies. How apt that I am here to meet Fionnuala Moynihan, one of the younger generation of exciting Irish piano virtuosos.

Music is at the heart of Moynihan’s family. The youngest of seven children, all but one work as professional musicians. In fact, they share a platform together on occasional tours as a family ensemble.