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We hope that you have been able to enjoy the early concerts of the Virtual Chamber Music Festival. Don't forget you can revisit the concerts anytime.
Read MoreThe international nature of the Festival gave us the opportunity to gather together some of the cancelled Festival musicians in a selection of venues around Europe and USA. Programmes were thought up that took into account the isolation of the last three months and production companies were located to film and record the performances as lockdown regulations were relaxed over the last ten days.
Read MoreIn retrospect it may have been tempting fate to conclude our 24th Festival with Messiaen’s extraordinary quartet that announces the End of Time. Last summer’s Bantry performance featured violinist Henning Kraggerud who never fails to astonish with his musicianship, the brilliant young cellist Laura van der Heijden mature beyond her years, the remarkable Slovenian clarinettist Mate Bekavac and a favourite Bantry pianist Alexei Grynyuk.
Read MoreThis substitute for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival will feature a dozen specially filmed concerts featuring musicians from the cancelled Festival streaming on the Festival website from 26 June.
Read MoreWe are delighted to now announce our schedule of online writing workshops facilitated by writers Paul McVeigh, Cynan Jones, Claire Nelson, Rachel Andrews, Dave Lordan and E.R. Murray.
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