"Camerata Ireland's dynamic conductor - and soloist in the concerto - Barry Douglas, a musician whose talent, vision and energy has imbued his orchestra with not just a drive for excellence but also self belief"
Sunday Business Post Review, 9 December 2007, Dick O'Riordan
(Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 / National Concert Hall 2007)

Since becoming Music Director and Founder of Camerata Ireland in 1999, Barry Douglas is establishing a worldwide reputation as a conductor - uniting his talents as soloist and chamber musician with his passionate and imaginative approach to music making.

With Camerata Ireland, Barry Douglas regularly tours Europe, the US and South America and this season he will give concerts in Dublin, Paris and London as part of the second year of their International Series. They will return to the US in March 08 for a month-long tour revisiting venues from their 2005 tour and adding new venues and audiences including key cities such as Boston. They have just completed recording all the Beethoven Concerti with the last disc (Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 and the Triple Concerto) being released this autumn.

His recent conducting successes include his debut with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra last season which resulted in an immediate reinvitation and he has just finished a week with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra which will lead to projects next season and beyond. He makes his debut with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at the Mostly Mozart Festival, London in Summer 2008 and with the I Pommerigi di Milano the following autumn.

As a pianist Barry Douglas continues to work internationally with all the major orchestras and conductors and highlights of recent seasons include concerts with Pittsburgh/Slatkin and Alsop; Netherlands Radio/Foster; BBC Symphony/Robertson; LSO/Tortelier amongst others as well as giving recitals in Europe, the US and Australia. Future seasons include weeks with the Dresden Philharmonic, RSB Berlin, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Houston Symphony and Cincinnati Symphony. Barry continues as a Sony/BMG artist and his recording of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos No.1 and 3 will be released in April 2008.