Máire Carroll

HIDDEN PIANOS

Hidden Pianos is run by Artistic Director Máire Carroll and Associate Director Dewi Garmon Jones. Máire launched Hidden Pianos in 2018 with the aim of sharing classical and contemporary music in site-specific locations. Hidden Pianos is an intimate performance experience bringing the piano to exciting venues and has been featured on RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ Lyric FM, RTÉ Radio na Gaeltachta, BBC Wales, BBC Ulster, RTÉ Culture and The Irish Times.

The next Hidden Pianos will take place at the National Gallery of Ireland on December 1st, 2022.

Venues so far have included Dublin Port, Waterways Ireland, 14 Henrietta Street, the Lighthouse Cinema and MoLI. The recent Hidden Pianos commission from the National Gallery of Ireland was premiered in June 2022 and is inspired by Renaissance artist Lavinia Fontana.In 2020 Máire and Dewi were delighted to take part in a residency at the Banff Centre of the Arts, Canada for Hidden Pianos.

In 2018, Máire was the recipient of the Docklands Arts Fund Small Grants Award where she took the Hidden Pianos: Workshop to primary school students in the Dublin Docklands area.

The first single, CNAG, from the Hidden Pianos album was released in December 2020 on Spotify & iTunes with Radharc an Chuain, Lockdown & Oiche Mhaith a Sheain following later. Each track on the album is paired with an exclusive illustration or photograph which has been commissioned for the album. Click here to purchase the full digital album on Bandcamp.