Donagh Collins

Donagh Collins (b. April 1974, Dublin) is a British cellist, former member and Trustee of the National Youth Orchestra Of Ireland, and chief executive at the classical artists management agency Askonas Holt since 2014. He studied piano and cello at the Royal Irish Academy Of Music, Dublin, and mechanical engineering at University College, Dublin, before settling in London in 1999. He represents many prominent artists at Askonas Holt, including mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and conductors Michael Tilson Thomas, Daniel Harding, Robin Ticciati, and Sir Simon Rattle.