Meet the Artists 2023

Here you find listings of all the artists who appeared at our 2023 Festival. Click on the Archive link to look back at artists from previous years.
Murrough Connolly

Murrough Connolly

Composers

Murrough Connolly (b. 1997) is a composer and guitarist from Tralee, Co Kerry. Following a traumatic write injury during his…

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Cork County ETB School of Music Ensembles

Cork County ETB School of Music Ensembles

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Ariadne Daskalakis

Ariadne Daskalakis

Baroque violin

Violin soloist Ariadne Daskalakis is critically acclaimed for her expressive sound and her stylistic versatility. At home on the international…

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Donnacha Dennehy

Donnacha Dennehy

Composers

Called “thrilling” by the Guardian, and “arrestingly beautiful” by the New Yorker, Donnacha Dennehy’s music has featured in festivals and…

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Anna Devin

Anna Devin

Soprano

Irish soprano Anna Devin is widely admired for her “vocal control, artistry and musico-dramatic intelligence” (Opera News).  An alumna of…

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Ensemble Diderot

Ensemble Diderot

Baroque Ensemble

Johannes Pramsohler, Roldán Bernabé [violins] Gulrim Choï [cello] Philippe Grisvard [harpsichord] with Alexandre Baldo [viola] Jadran Duncumb [lute] François Leyrit…

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Timothy Doyle

Timothy Doyle

Composers

Timothy Doyle is a composer of chamber, orchestral and electronic music. Born in Dublin, he first studied music at the…

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Jadran Duncumb

Jadran Duncumb

Lute

Jadran Duncumb is of English and Croatian origins, although from the age of nine he grew up near Oslo in…

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Leonard Elschenbroich

Leonard Elschenbroich

Cello

Hailed by The New York Times as “a musician of great technical prowess, intellectual curiosity and expressive  depth”, cellist Leonard…

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Meet the Artists 2023

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