Mozart and me: Cork pianist Fionnuala Moynihan on her favourite composer 

Dr Moynihan returns to Triskel Arts Centre next week to play two concerts that will be available to view online 

Fionnuala Moynihan will play some of Mozart’s greatest hits next month at Triskel Arts Centre

Pianist Fionnuala Moynihan loves a mountain hike. When I speak to her by phone at her home in Dublin, she fizzes with enthusiasm as she recalls a trip to the Austria Tyrol which allowed her not only to delight in the natural wonders of the Salzkammergut but also to walk in the footsteps of one of her favourite composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

“It was so lovely to visit the home where he grew up and get a sense of what his life was like,” says Moynihan. “It was a thrill to learn that the café in Salzburg where we happened to stop was where he came to have his coffee and cake with his mother.”