WCCMF 2026 Programme Change

WCCMF 2026 Programme Change


  Friday 19 June 2026


José Gallardo withdraws from Festival on health grounds


West Cork Chamber Music Festival is delighted to welcome Amadeus Wiesensee to Bantry

WCCMF 2026 regrets to announce a programme change: José Gallardo has injured his back and will be unable to take part in the Festival. We wish him a speedy recovery.

 

We are most grateful to the young German pianist, Amadeus Wiesensee, for stepping in to partner Diana Tishchenko in two sets of violin sonatas and to join Tishchenko, Dana Zemtsov and Andreas Brantelid for the Vasks Piano Quartet.

 

Jérémie Moreau  has kindly agreed to join Mairéad Hickey, Reto Bieri and Andreas Brantelid for the late-night performance of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.

 

The programme changes will be as follows;

Event 10

Ravel Violin Sonata will replace Lyatoshynsky Violin Sonata

Event 17

Beethoven Violin Sonata 10 in G major Op.96 will replace Enescu Impressions of childhood

Amadeus Wiesensee

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