Sinead Hayes

The 2013/14 season saw Irish conductor Sinead Hayes make her Irish debut conducting concerts with both the RTE Concert Orchestra and RTE National Symphony Orchestra in performances broadcast live on Irish national radio. In June 2014 Sinead was one of three finalists in the Interaktion conducting workshop of the Kritisches Orchester, Berlin, whose members are drawn from the Berlin Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Gewandhaus Orchester and many others. Following this in July 2014, she was invited to work in a masterclass with the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester, Germany. In April 2014 she was awarded second prize and the orchestra vote in the London Classical Soloists (LCS) Conducting Competition. Sinead was awarded an artist bursary by Galway County Council in March 2014, enabling