Classical Notes

Violinist Daimee Ng is top music schoolgirl of the year

Six students took part in the final of a competition that has gone from strength to strength since its inception in 2001. The delighted winner said it had been ‘a fantastic night and a dream come true’

Daimee Ng: the 17-year-old violinist won the €5,000 top prize at the 2022 Top Security Frank Maher Classical Music Awards. Picture: Peter Houlihan

Violinist Daimee Ng, a 17-year-old sixth-year student at High School, Rathgar, Dublin has won the €5,000 top prize as Ireland’s leading secondary school music student of 2022.

The award is made annually at the Top Security Frank Matter Classical Music Awards held in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in Dublin. Six students took part in the final of a competition that has gone from strength since its inception in 2001 and which has ...