Dr Máire Carroll is a pianist, composer, collaborator and teacher who has performed throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Venues include Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, St.Regis in Singapore, National Opera House in Tallinn, Liszt Academy in Budapest, the Princess Grace Library in Monaco, the Barbican, Royal Over-Seas League, St. John’s Smith Square in London and the National Concert Hall Dublin. As the first pianist in Ireland to be awarded the prestigious RDS Music Bursary, Máire maintains a diverse wide-ranging programme of solo and collaborative work, from baroque to twenty-first-century works. Her passion and creativity for new music helps to inform her interpretation of earlier periods. Máire has performed with several orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine and many others.

Her recently acclaimed album Máire Carroll:The Complete Piano Études of Philip Glass was released on Delphian Records in August 2024 and was chosen by The Scotsman as one of the top five classical music records of 2024, “..She does everything Glass asks for, then applies the expert pianist’s touch”. BBC Music Magazine describes the record as “..a testament to her achievement, in performances that also always stay true to the spirit of the composer” while International Piano Magazine states ‘the best playing on this well-engineered album serves Glass’s aesthetic with sincere and mastery integrity’. Her research and interest in piano études led to her Étude Extravaganza performances as part of the 2024 NCH Chamber Music Series. The recitals featured several premiere performances of piano études by female composers including Hélène de Montgeroult and Unsuk Chin.

Collaboration is at the core of Máire’s artistic output and exciting partnerships include an ongoing project of song and literature recitals at Blackwater Valley Opera Festival alongside actor Barry McGovern. In August 2024, Máire gave a complete performance of the Ros Tapestry Suite alongside pianist Finghin Collins at Kilkenny Arts Festival as well as a solo recital of the Philip Glass piano études. Máire was commissioned by the National Gallery of Ireland to compose Lavinia Fontana in celebration of their exhibition, Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rulebreaker in 2023.

Máire collaborates with composers at home and abroad. She is a winner of the BOI Begin Together Fund and will release Sudden Changes in 2025, an album of solo piano commissioned works, by composers David Coonan, Amanda Feery, Anna Murray, Sam Perkin and Nick Roth. Máire regularly performs and records with Ireland’s leading contemporary ensemble Crash Ensemble, and features on recordings including Metamold, CrashWorks, Wingform, Grey Area and CrashLands. She has worked with the London Sinfonietta and has performed at various festivals including Huddersfield Festival UK, Gaida Contemporary Festival Lithuania and the Homecoming Festival, Ohio and she was a former fellow at Bang on a Can festival, at Mass MoCa, USA.

Máire is the Artistic Director of Hidden Pianos, which she launched 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 Culture and The Irish Times. Venues have included Dublin Port, Waterways Ireland, 14 Henrietta Street, Lighthouse Cinema, MoLI and the National Gallery of Ireland. In 2020 Máire was delighted to take part in a residency at the Banff Centre of the Arts, Canada for Hidden Pianos.

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music London, for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, Máire studied on scholarship with Christopher Elton and was awarded the 2016 Franz Reizenstein Award for outstanding achievement. Máire completed her Doctoral studies at Trinity College Dublin and RIAM, where her area of research focused on twentieth- and twenty-first-century piano études. Her teachers include Hugh Tinney, Dr John O’Conor, Ray Keary and Gillian Smith.

A fierce advocate for music education, Máire currently coaches and accompanies third-level students at RIAM, where she has also worked as a piano teacher. Máire regularly coaches, records and performs alongside Ireland’s finest young musicians, preparing students for international and national competitions and festivals. A passionate teacher, Máire maintains a private teaching and accompaniment studio in Dublin where she nurtures the next generation of musicians.