Conductor
Peter Joyce
Madama Butterfly, NormaBiography
Peter Joyce is a member of the Irish National Opera Studio and was assistant conductor in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Verdi’s Rigoletto and Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman for INO. After initial musical studies in Ireland, Peter went on to study conducting and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he graduated with honours in June 2024. Winner of both the First Prize and Orchestra Prize of the 2023 Feis Ceoil Conducting Competition, Peter has worked in symphonic, musical theatre, opera and choral settings including with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Sofia National Philharmonic Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Szolnok Symphony Orchestra, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, Max Brand Ensemble, Ensemble Ars Nova and the Webern Chamber Choir, performing in concert halls including the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, the Vienna Konzerthaus and the National Concert Hall Dublin. Peter is the founder and conductor of the Esker Festival Orchestra which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2023 with performances of Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony. As well as performing and conducting many world premieres by emerging composers, Peter’s own compositions have been performed by groups such as the Arditti Quartet, Platypus Ensemble and at festivals including Wien Modern. In 2020 he won the Feis Ceoil IMRO Composition Award and in 2025 was a finalist in the Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition.
October 2025