Eva Kavanagh – Soprano

Bursary Award Recipient 2024

At just 20 years old, Eva Kavanagh has already gained a significant number of achievements. Beginning with accolades like the RIAM High Achiever Award in 2024 and the title of ‘Carlow College of Music Student of the Year 2022’, Eva’s talent has shone brightly from the start of her vocal studies. Eva is currently studying vocal performance on the BMus at RIAM, under the tutelage of Kathleen Tynan and Dearbhla Collins. She was delighted to be awarded the Most Promising Performer at the 2023 RIAM Irene Sandford Award for Singers.

Eva has graced stages across Ireland, from performing as a special guest with The Celtic Tenors in April of 2023 to performing as a soloist at the St. Columbanus Festival in Bangor Abbey, Co. Down. Eva’s prowess as a vocalist has been recognised with wins at prestigious competitions like Feis Ceoil Dublin (Junior Vocal Recital, The Young Cup, Plunkett Greene Cup, Thomas Moore Cup, Marchant Cup), Feis Maitiu, Feis Sligigh, along with notable placements in others. Eva was a finalist in Feis Ceoil’s Gervase Elwes competition this year.  Eva was one of the finalists in this year’s Trench Award at the Birr Festival of Music. Eva was awarded the Canto Al Serchio Award.

Upon earning a scholarship in 2023 for the Daniel Ferro Program in Tuscany, Italy, Eva was enabled to have masterclasses with industry luminaries like Ira Siff (Metropolitan Opera, New York) and Mark Watson. Eva has been invited back to study at the Daniel Ferro Vocal Porgram on partial scholarship this summer for their 30th Anniversary. 

Other performance highlights include the Feis Ceoil Prizewinners Concert at the National Concert Hall 2023 and the role of Sadie Dowling in the world premier of Stephen McNeff’s Spirits Unsurrendered at Kilmainham Gaol in November 2023 for RIAM Opera. 

Join us at the Whyte Recital Hall on Saturday the 15th June to see Eva Kavanagh perform along with our other bursary award recipients. FREE ADMISSION.

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