GAVAN RING

Kerry-born Irish tenor Dr Gavan Ring studied at the Schola Cantorum at St Finian’s College, Mullingar, before reading Education and Music at Dublin City University. Following his undergraduate studies, he pursued both a Master’s degree and a Doctorate at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, studying under Mary Brennan and later Robert Dean. He is an alumnus of the National Opera Studio, London. His ground-breaking doctoral research on Robert O’Dwyer’s Irish-language opera Eithne led to the work’s first performance in 107 years.

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Gavan was a member of the inaugural Cara O’Sullivan Associate Artist Programme at Cork Opera House. A multiple prizewinner, he has received awards at major international competitions including the

Wigmore Hall International Song Competition and the Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino.

He lectures in voice at Munster Technological University, Cork School of Music and is the Artistic Director of

Drogheda Classical Music

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Concert highlights include performances with the London Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms and the Lucerne Festival under Sir Simon Rattle; the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Royal Festival Hall under Sir Mark Elder; the Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Prinzregententheater under Keri-Lynn Wilson; the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Jac van Steen; the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under Lina González-Granados; and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under David Brophy.

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A distinguished recitalist, Gavan appears regularly on BBC Radio 3 and RTÉ Lyric FM and has performed at Wigmore Hall, the Oxford International Song Festival and the Ludlow English Song Festival, collaborating with pianists including Simon Lepper, Graham Johnson, Eugene Asti, Sholto Kynoch and Iain Burnside.

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Operatic highlights include leading roles at Cork Opera House, Garsington Opera, Glyndebourne, Irish National Opera, La Monnaie/De Munt, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Opera Holland Park, Opera North, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera and Wexford Festival Opera.

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His discography includes Barry: Alice’s Adventures Underground (Signum Classics, 2021); Larchet: The Complete Songs and Airs (Champs Hill, 2020); Rossini: Sigismondo (Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2019); O’Dwyer: Eithne (RTÉ Lyric FM, 2018); Gilbert and Sullivan: HMS Pinafore (Linn Records, 2016); Offenbach: Fantasio (Opera Rara, 2014); and Fleischmann: Orchestral Works (RTÉ Lyric FM, 2010).

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Gavan is generously supported by Howard Gatiss; the Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon; the Skellig Six 18 Distillery; Andrew and Lucy Penny; Dominic and Corina Buckwell; Hugh and Adah Sachs-Simpson; and Michael and Giancarla Alen-Buckley.