He debuted in the 1987 Proms, performing Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto along with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
His international career includes appearances at Spanish, Czech, Belgian, Finnish, French, Japanese and American festivals.
[citation needed] Throughout his career Tinney has cultivated chamber music, collaborating with the Borodin, Tokyo, Vanbrugh and Vogler String Quartets, as well as musicians such as Finghin Collins, John O'Conor, John Finucane, Carol McGonnell, Bernadette Greevy, Steven Isserlis and Catherine Leonard.
In 2007, he was awarded a Doctor of Music (honoris causa) degree by the National University of Ireland.
[3][4] His older sister Eithne Tinney is also a concert pianist, as well as an RTÉ producer, and a director of the Educational Building Society.