Macdara Ó Seireadáin is a native of Dublin and a First Class Honours graduate of both the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover and Royal Irish Academy of Music, where he studied with Johannes Peitz and John Finucane respectively.

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A multiple competition prizewinner, Macdara has performed as a featured soloist with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Uelzen Kammerorchester and others. In November 2019, after holding orchestral positions in Austria and Germany, Macdara joined the RTÉ Concert Orchestra as principal clarinet. He has performed with numerous orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Staatsoper Hannover, Philharmonsiches Orchester Kiel, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, and Camerata Ireland.

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As both a chamber and orchestral musician he has performed throughout Europe, the US, Canada, China, Chile, India and most recently completed a fourteen concert tour of Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, and Lithuania with pianist Gintaras Januševičius. In addition to this he is a member of the Dublin-based Ficino Ensemble with whom he has recorded two CDs.

 

A keen chamber musician, he has collaborated with John O'Conor, Ailish Tynan, Johannes Peitz, Sharon Kam, Finghin Collins, the Vanburgh, and the Apollon Musagete Quartet, and performed at numerous chamber music festivals including Great Music in Irish Houses, Fredener Musiktage, Kilkenny Arts Festival and Killaloe Chamber Music Festival. 

Most recently he headlined the annual International Clarinet Association Clarinettist 2024, with a performance celebrating Irelands connection with, and contribution to, the classical music traditions of France, Germany, and England.

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Alongside a busy performing career, Macdara lectures on performance psychology and coaches young musicians at both the Klaipeda Piano Masters academy in Lithuania and the “Feuerwerk Einbeck” academy in Germany and has coached musicians worldwide to orchestral audition and competition successes. Additionally, he hosts the music podcast "Harmonically Speaking".