Patrick Moriarty
Junior Fellow - Chamber Music
BMus, MMus
Email: [email protected]
Described by The Strad as having a “velvet tone” and by Thuner Tagblatt as “mastering his instrument with such apparent ease,” Cellist Patrick Moriarty is one of Ireland’s foremost musicians, widely sought after as a soloist and chamber musician. He began his studies at the Young European Strings School of Music in Dublin before moving to London, where he was awarded a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After his studies there, he was invited to return as a Chamber Music Fellow. He also pursued further studies at the European Chamber Music Academy, Netherlands String Quartet Academy, Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, and the Accademia Stauffer in Cremona.
Patrick is a founding member of the award-winning Paddington Trio, one of the most exciting ensembles of their generation. They have won first prize and special prizes in several prestigious international competitions, including the Parkhouse Award at Wigmore Hall, 70th Royal Over-Seas League International Competition, Schumann Kammermusikpreis Frankfurt, International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition in Weimar, Triomphe de L’Arts in Brussels, the Storioni Festival Concours, and the Schiermonnikoog Festival Prize in the Netherlands and were awarded “Ensemble of the Year” by Le Dimore Del Quartetto in Italy. They are Artists of the City Music Foundation, Kirckman Concert Society and Britten Pears Snape Maltings and are resident at ProQuartet – Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre in Paris. During the 2025/2026 season, the trio is performing extensively across Europe, North America, and Asia, as well as performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and complete cycle of Piano Trios.
Patrick has performed at venues and festivals such as Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, Kings Place, Royal Festival Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St John’s Smith Square, Bridgewater Hall, Merkin Hall in New York, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Davos Festival, Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, Musiikkitalo in Helsinki, Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, BBC Proms, Brighton Festival, Buxton Festival, IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Michigan, Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht, Schiermonnikoog Festival, Flanders Festival Ghent, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Grafenegg Festival, GAIA Chamber Music Festival, Festival de Musique Classique à Sion, and the Cervantino Festival in Mexico.
His recording work includes collaborations with The Abbey Road Studios Institute to record works by E.J. Moeran, as well as chamber works by Anders Hillborg and George Walker for BBC Radio 3. He has also recorded for other radio broadcasts such as RTÉ Lyric FM in Ireland, VPRO and NPO Radio 4 in the Netherlands, Klara in Belgium, SRF 2 Kultur in Switzerland, YLE in Finland, and has made several appearances on the BBC Radio 3 program ‘In Tune’. Passionate about contemporary music, Patrick has worked closely with composers such as Thomas Adès, Sam Perkin, Lotta Wennäkoski, Garth Knox, Roxanna Panufnik, and Anders Hillborg.
Throughout his studies, he has had the privilege of working closely with renowned musicians such as Alfred Brendel, Thomas Adès, Robert Levin, Eberhard Feltz, Dénes Várjon, Claudio Martínez Mehner, Steven Isserlis, Günter Pichler, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Adrian Brendel, Rolf Gothóni, Alina Ibragimova, Johannes Meissl, Nobuko Imai, Mihaela Martin, as well as distinguished string quartets including the Ébène, Danish, Takács, Doric, Danel, Ysaÿe, META4, Alban Berg, and Emerson Quartets.
In addition to performing, Patrick teaches cello and chamber music at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal College of Music and has given masterclasses in the UK, Ireland and Finland.
Reviews
“Music can take you anywhere, when played like this.” 5/5 stars — The Guardian
“Cellist Patrick Moriarty produced a gentle, velvet tone” — The Strad
“In places, there was true beauty but never as an end in itself; everything served a higher conception of the music” — Strings Attached
“The Irish cellist Patrick Moriarty was striking, mastering his instrument with such apparent ease” — Thuner Tagblatt
