Cork teen Kevin Jansson set for world stage with help of special fund

A special fund has been set up to help an Irish teenage piano virtuoso realise his potential on the world stage.

Irish actress and theatre and opera director, Fiona Shaw, who is currently starring in the TV spy thriller Killing Eve on BBC; award-winning journalist Fergal Keane; and former Ireland rugby coach Declan Kidney are among the patrons of the Friends of Kevin Jansson Trust which aims to help gifted pianist, Kevin Jansson, 18, further his musical studies and development over the next five years.