Inis Oírr is a British-Japanese violist and recorder player based in London. A keen chamber player and passionate educator, she works in the chamber department at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as Hans Keller Fellow with her award-winning quartet, Elmore Quartet alongside pursuing an Artist Diploma on the recorder at Guildhall under the tutelage of Ian Wilson.
Inis Oírr’s love for playing is undoubtedly fuelled by the chance to play with others; she regularly plays with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Touring Orchestra and unconducted pioneering string orchestra 12 Ensemble, whose album she features on entitled ‘Metamorphosis’. She was the last British violist of the European Union Youth Orchestra, an opportunity which took her to over 9 different countries and their concert venues, including Concertegebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin and Royal Opera House Muscat.
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Inis Oírr holds a Masters degree in viola performance, where she received the Award for Highest Recital Mark. Inis Oírr’s previous awards include the Santander Universities UK Award, the Sir John Barbirolli Award, the Regency Award and the Society of Recorders Players’ Walter Bergman Fund Award. In 2022, Inis Oírr was the first recipient of the Biddy Baxter and John Hosier Award to be a student from the Royal Academy of Music. Through this award, she was invited onto the Worshipful Company of Musicians' Yougn Artist Programme. She is ever grateful for the generous support received throughout her formative years and into her career.
Her success in competitions include Winner of ROSL Ensemble Prize 2026, Third Prize in the 2024 Premio Borciani International String Quartet Competition in, the Royal Academy of Music’s Wolfe Wolfinsohn Prize, Wind Duo Prize at the Open Recorder Days Amsterdam and Finalist of the Solo Category at the ORDA.
When not with an instrument in her hands, Inis Oírr replaces it with a camera and likes to take headshots for her fellow musicians!
