Irish violinist Darragh Morgan is a renowned exponent of contemporary music. Darragh has appeared as a soloist at Aldeburgh Festival, Philips Collection Washington DC, Wiener Konzerthaus, Osterfestival Tirol, New Music Gathering USA and BBC Proms Chamber Music. His numerous concerto appearances with The Ulster Orchestra include the World Premiere of ‘Hymn of Dawn’ by Sir John Tavener which he also performed with Istanbul Symphony Orchestra. With National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, he has toured Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, recorded ‘Elastic Harmonic’ by Donnacha Dennehy for NMC Recordings and premiered Brian Irvine’s ‘A Mon Seul Desir’. With RTÉ Concert Orchestra and London Musici/Rambert Dance Company he has given over 40 performances of ‘Tabula Rasa’ by Arvo Pärt (including in the presence of the composer). Darragh gave the South African premiere of Barber’s Violin Concerto with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra. Other concerto appearances have included Kölner Kammerorchester and Johannesburg Philharmonic. He has collaborated closely with such distinguished musicians as Mary Dullea, Thomas Adès, Emmanuel Pahud, Joanna MacGregor, Julian Bliss, Nicholas Daniel, John Tilbury, Mícheál Ò Súilleabháin and Sacconi Quartet. 

Darragh is founder member of ‘the virtuosic Fidelio Trio’ (Sunday Times). They were shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards Ensemble Prize and have appeared at prestigious venues including Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room Southbank Centre, Casa da Musica Porto, National Sawdust New York, Morrison Artist Series San Francisco, Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh, National Centre for Performing Arts Mumbai, Beijing Modern Music Festival, Les Jardins Musicaux Switzerland and Cheltenham Festival. Their collaborations include with actor Adrian Dunbar, writer Alexander McCall-Smith and poet Sinead Morrissey.

Darragh has been invited as Leader of London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern, BCMG, Aurora Orchestra, Oxford Philharmonic, English Symphony Orchestra, Macau Orchestra, Les Siecles and is a current Director of European Union Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded over 75 chamber music and solo albums many of which have received Gramophone Album of the Year Award and the coveted Diapason D’or.

He has collaborated closely on world premiere performances with composers Alex Paxton, Rufus Isabel Elliot, Gavin Higgins, Tom Coult, Robin Haigh, Sam Perkin, inti figgis-vizueta, Arshia Samsaminia, Linda Buckley, David Fennessy, Anna Clyne, Ann Cleare, Tunde Jegede, Charlotte Bray, Robert Fokkens, Judith Weir, Tansy Davies and Howard Skempton.