Meet the Artists

Here you find listings of all the artists appearing at our latest Festival. Click on the Archive link to look back at artists from previous years.
Esther Hoppe

Esther Hoppe

Violin

The Swiss violinist Esther Hoppe has built an international reputation as soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue. After studying in Basel,…

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Matthew Hunt

Matthew Hunt

Clarinet

One of Europe’s leading clarinettists, Matthew Hunt is a distinctive musician, renowned for the vocal quality of his playing and…

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Richard Ireland

Richard Ireland

Masterclass Programme Tutors

London-born into a musical family, Richard is one of the UK’s leading chamber musicians and has been a regular performer…

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Mathias Kjøller

Mathias Kjøller

Clarinet

Mathias Kjøller, clarinet.   Mathias Kjøller, born in 1985, began playing the clarinet at age 10. In 2004 he entered…

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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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Ensemble MidtVest

Ensemble MidtVest

Wind Quintet

Charlotte Norholt [flute], Peter Kirstein [oboe], Mathias Kjøller [clarinet], Yavor Petkov [bassoon], Neil Page [French horn] Ensemble MidtVest is a versatile…

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Nightingale Quartet

Nightingale Quartet

String Quartets

Gunvor Sihm, Josefine Dalsgaard [violins], Marie Louise Broholt Jensen [viola], Louisa Schwab [cello] “Provocative vitality, fragile romantic sensitivity and striking…

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OCMA Quartet

OCMA Quartet

Masterclass Programme Ensembles

Filippo Ghidoni, Filippo Pedrotti [violins], Clara Costa [viola], Stefano Beltrami [cello] The OCM Academy Quartet was founded in 2022 as…

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Camerata Øresund

Camerata Øresund

Baroque Ensemble

Peter Spissky [director, violin], Tinne Albrectsen, Arsema Asghodom, Alison Luthmers [violins], Rastko Roknic [viola], Hanna Loftsdóttir [cello], Joakim Peterson [bass],…

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Meet the Artists

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