All Artists by Speciality

Here you find listings of all the artists appearing in our latest Programme, listed by Speciality. Click on the Archive link at the top right to look back at artists from previous years.

You can view all our scheduled artist alphabetically or by speciality.


Artists by Instrument/Speciality

Baroque Ensemble
Anna Besson

Anna Besson

Baroque Ensemble, Flute

A Cziffra Foundation Prizewinner, Anna Besson trained at the Paris Conservatoire and the Haute École de musique in Geneva. She...

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Brecon Baroque

Brecon Baroque

Baroque Ensemble

Rachel Podger [Baroque violin] Mélisande Corriveau [gamba/cello] Daniele Caminiti [lute] Marcin Świątkiewicz [harpsichord] Magnificent Brecon Baroque are masters of an...

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Kate Hearne

Kate Hearne

Baroque Cello, Baroque Ensemble, Recorder

Irish virtuoso recorder player and Baroque cellist, Kate Hearne, is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and...

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Reinoud Van Mechelen

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Baroque Ensemble, Conductors, Tenor

Graduating in 2012 from from Dina Grossberger’s class at the Conservatoire Royal, Brussels, in 2017 Reinoud Van Mechelen won the...

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Rachel Podger

Rachel Podger

Baroque violin

“Rachel Podger, the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin,” (The Times) has established herself as a leading interpreter of...

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a nocte temporis

a nocte temporis

Baroque Ensemble

Reinoud Van Mechelen [tenor, conductor] Anna Besson [flute] Joanna Huszcza [violin] Ronan Kerna [gamba] Loris Barrucand [harpsichord] The Latin phrase...

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Chamber Ensembles & Orchestras
Paddington Trio

Paddington Trio

Piano Trio

Tuulia Hero [violin], Patrick Moriarty [cello], Stephanie Tang [piano] “Their youth does not remotely detract from their excellence - these...

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Vanbrugh & Friends

Vanbrugh & Friends

Chamber Ensembles & Orchestras

Keith Pascoe, violin Marja Gaynor, violin Simon Aspell, viola Ed Creedon, viola Christopher Marwood, cello Maria O’Connor, cello The Vanbrugh...

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Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet

Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet

Chamber Ensembles & Orchestras, Recorder

Caroline Eidsten Dahl Katarina Widell Pernille Petersen Kate Hearne Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet are a group of prize-winning, virtuoso recorder players...

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Conductors
Reinoud Van Mechelen

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Baroque Ensemble, Conductors, Tenor

Graduating in 2012 from from Dina Grossberger’s class at the Conservatoire Royal, Brussels, in 2017 Reinoud Van Mechelen won the...

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Keyboards
Barry Douglas

Barry Douglas

Piano

Barry Douglas has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition,...

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Ryan McCullough

Ryan McCullough

Piano

Pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough has developed a rich musical life as soloist, vocal and instrumental collaborator, composer and arranger, and...

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Nathalia Milstein

Nathalia Milstein

Piano

Nathalia Milstein was born into a musical family in France and received her first piano lessons at the age of...

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Masterclass Programme Ensembles
Alma, Franz & Hector Kraggerud

Alma, Franz & Hector Kraggerud

Masterclass Programme Ensembles

Alma Kraggerud [violin], Franz Kraggerud [cello], Hector Kraggerud [piano]

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Magnolia Quartet

Magnolia Quartet

Masterclass Programme Ensembles

Photo and biography coming soon...

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Meliora Quartet

Meliora Quartet

Masterclass Programme Ensembles

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Olympia Quartet

Olympia Quartet

Masterclass Programme Ensembles

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Passeri Ensemble

Passeri Ensemble

Masterclass Programme Ensembles

Clodagh Sweeney [recorder], Sean Hurley [violin], Lizzie Troup [cello], Shauna Davies [harpsichord]

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Sonic Quartet

Sonic Quartet

Masterclass Programme Ensembles

Maxim Novojilov, Julia Antolec [violins], Shane Quinn [viola], Doireann Ní Aodáin [cello] The Sonic Quartet was formed in August 2023. The...

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Masterclass Programme Tutors
Christopher Marwood

Christopher Marwood

Cello, Masterclass Programme Tutors

Christopher Marwood graduated from Cambridge University in 1983 and went on to study at London’s Royal Academy of Music and...

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Alex Redington

Alex Redington

Masterclass Programme Tutors

Alex Redington is an internationally acclaimed violinist and teacher. He was the first violinist and a founder member of the...

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Presenters
Sean Rafferty

Sean Rafferty

Presenters

Born in Belfast, Rafferty was adopted as a child and grew up in Newcastle, County Down. His mother introduced him...

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Readers
Paula Meehan

Paula Meehan

Readers

Paula Meehan is among the best-known and most admired of contemporary Irish poets. Born in 1955 in Dublin where she still...

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String Quartets
Ardeo Quartet

Ardeo Quartet

String Quartets

Carole Petitdemange, Mi-sa Yang [violins], Yuko Hara [viola], Joëlle Martinez [cello] In Latin, Ardeo, means “I burn”. It is the name...

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Chiaroscuro Quartet

Chiaroscuro Quartet

String Quartets

Alina Ibragimova, Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux [violins], Emilie Hörnlund [viola], Claire Thirion [cello] Formed in 2005, dubbed “a trailblazer for the authentic...

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Doric Quartet

Doric Quartet

String Quartets

Maia Cabeza, Ying Xue [violins], Emma Wernig [viola], John Myerscough [cello] “Luminous beauty of sound…” - The Daily Telegraph, 11...

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Gealach Quartet

Gealach Quartet

String Quartets

Kseniia Yershova, violin Ellen O’Connell, violin Ilona Adams, viola Alina Obreja, cello The Gealach Quartet is working at MTU Cork...

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Marmen Quartet

Marmen Quartet

String Quartets

Johannes Marmen, Laia Valentin Braun [violins], Bryony Gibson-Cornish [viola], Sinéad O'Halloran [cello] With a growing reputation for the courage, vitality...

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Solas Quartet

Solas Quartet

String Quartets

Katherine Hunka, violin Marja Gaynor, violin Cian Ó Dúill, viola Aoife Nic Athlaoich, cello The Solas Quartet is a Cork-based...

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Tchalik Quartet

Tchalik Quartet

String Quartets

Louise Tchalik, Gabriel Tchalik [violin], Sarah Tchalik [viola], Marc Tchalik [cello]   The Paris-based Quatuor Tchalik is notable not least...

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Strings
Agnès Clément

Agnès Clément

Harp

Recently praised by the press as a "new international star" (Harp Column) whose "vigour of her tone and rich coloring...

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Brett Dean

Brett Dean

Composers, Viola

Brett Dean was born and studied in Australia before moving to Germany. He was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic...

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Kate Hearne

Kate Hearne

Baroque Cello, Baroque Ensemble, Recorder

Irish virtuoso recorder player and Baroque cellist, Kate Hearne, is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and...

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Mairéad Hickey

Mairéad Hickey

Violin

Celebrated Irish violinist Mairéad Hickey is acclaimed for her captivating expression, soaring tone and fearless virtuosity.  Her natural ability to communicate sincerely, with...

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Séamus Hickey

Séamus Hickey

Viola

Irish violist Séamus Hickey studies with Marjolein Dispa and Nobuko Imai at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and chamber music with...

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Alma Kraggerud

Alma Kraggerud

Violin

Alma began playing when she was five years old and performed as a soloist with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra when...

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Henning Kraggerud

Henning Kraggerud

Composers, Violin

Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud is Artistic Director of the Arctic Philharmonic. His teaching and educational writings show his multi-faceted approach...

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Christopher Marwood

Christopher Marwood

Cello, Masterclass Programme Tutors

Christopher Marwood graduated from Cambridge University in 1983 and went on to study at London’s Royal Academy of Music and...

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Nuala McKenna

Nuala McKenna

Cello

German-Irish cellist Nuala McKenna studied with Jean-Guihen Queyras, Ivan Monighetti and Conradin Brotbek. She was appointed solo cellist of the...

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Ella van Poucke

Ella van Poucke

Cello

Ella van Poucke, born in Amsterdam in 1994, is one of the leading cellists of her generation. Praised for her musical...

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Jeroen Reuling

Jeroen Reuling

Cello, Makers

Photo and biography coming soon...

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Emma Wernig

Emma Wernig

Viola

Hailed by The Strad magazine as, “A viola star in the making!”, Austrian/German violist, Emma Wernig, is an emerging young...

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Vocalists
Lotte Betts-Dean

Lotte Betts-Dean

Mezzo-Soprano

Lotte Betts-Dean is an Australian mezzo soprano based in the UK with a wide ranging repertoire and a passion for...

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Lucy Fitz Gibbon

Lucy Fitz Gibbon

Soprano

Noted for her “dazzling, virtuoso singing” (Boston Globe), soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon delights in the range of sonic possibility inherent...

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Reinoud Van Mechelen

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Baroque Ensemble, Conductors, Tenor

Graduating in 2012 from from Dina Grossberger’s class at the Conservatoire Royal, Brussels, in 2017 Reinoud Van Mechelen won the...

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Wind
Anna Besson

Anna Besson

Baroque Ensemble, Flute

A Cziffra Foundation Prizewinner, Anna Besson trained at the Paris Conservatoire and the Haute École de musique in Geneva. She...

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Kate Hearne

Kate Hearne

Baroque Cello, Baroque Ensemble, Recorder

Irish virtuoso recorder player and Baroque cellist, Kate Hearne, is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and...

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Pacific Quintet

Pacific Quintet

Wind Quintet

Aliya Vodovozova [flute], Fernando Zavala [oboe], Haeree Yoo [French horn], Liana Leßmann [clarinet], Kenichi Furuya [bassoon],   This will be...

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Aliya Vodovozova

Aliya Vodovozova

Flute

Flutist, Aliya Vodovozova is quickly making a name for herself as soloist, recording artist, chamber musician and as a member...

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Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet

Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet

Chamber Ensembles & Orchestras, Recorder

Caroline Eidsten Dahl Katarina Widell Pernille Petersen Kate Hearne Woodpeckers Recorder Quartet are a group of prize-winning, virtuoso recorder players...

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Arts Council - funding music
Crespo Foundation
Fáilte Ireland
Wild Atlantic Way
Cork County Council
Pure Cork
RTE Lyric FM
Creative Places West Cork Islands
Irish Examiner
Maritime Hotel
IMRO - Irish Music Rights Organisation