Barry Hannigan is known for his performances throughout the United States and in Europe. His New York debut was in Carnegie Recital Hall and his European debut was at the Edvard Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. He has appeared as guest artist at a host of American universities, such as UCLA, Yale, Cornell, and the Universities of Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, Arizona State, and Texas. He has also performed at festivals and for series such as Real Art Ways in Hartford, the Syracuse New Music Society, Wildflower Festival, and Roulette in New York City. He is on the roster of Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour. Dozens of his performances have been aired on National Public Radio affiliate stations across the U.S.

Hannigan is the recipient of many awards and prizes, including those from the Ford, Belin, Surdna, and Presser Foundations. For three years he toured Pennsylvania promoting works by living Pennsylvania composers, underwritten by grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He has also received a Solo Recitalist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, an award intended to recognize ³the nation¹s outstanding recitalists.²

Hannigan has recorded for Opus One, SEAMUS, SCI, and Radio Telefis Eireann in Dublin. He has performed in England, Ireland, Norway, and New Zealand. Hannigan is also active as concerto soloist: recent performances were Rachmaninoff¹s Paganini Variations with the Omaha Symphony and a chamber concerto written for him that he premiered with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.

Hannigan is professor of music at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA, where he has received the highest university award for ³inspirational teaching.² His students have earned graduate performance degrees in piano at schools such as Peabody, Eastman, and the New England Conservatory.

More information about Barry Hannigan can be found on the Bucknell University web site.

Recordings by Barry Hannigan