This exciting new duo have recently recorded their debut album. In an evening of both traditional and classical music with a 'twist', this dynamic duo will entertain with dazzling fun and finesse.
Catrin Ana Finch is a Welsh harpist, arranger and composer. She was the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2000 to 2004 and is visiting professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Catrin has given recitals at venues throughout the world and has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras. She has also achieved chart success with her Number One rendition of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and has recorded for the world’s leading classical labels. Catrin’s boundless curiosity and adventurous spirit has led her into a parallel universe of musical success, most notably through her collaboration with kora virtuoso Seckou Keita with whom she won Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019.
Fiddle player Aoife Ni Bhriain combines the richness of a family heritage of traditional Irish music and a lifetime of classical music training. Born in Dublin to a family of musicians, she has established herself as one of the most versatile musicians of her generation. Her Irish traditional musical heritage joined with classical studies and Aoife began studying classical violin at an early age. After a concert debut at the age of 9 with the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, Aoife has gone on to perform as a soloist and record with numerous orchestras across Europe and Asia, winning multiple prizes for both Irish traditional music and classical music, including All Ireland titles, and has performed with musicians from all genres including Oscar winner Tim Robbins and his Band of Rogues, Declan O’Rourke, Kris Drever, Martin Hayes and Denis Cahill, Julie Fowlis and John Sheahan of Dubliners fame.
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Festival ticket prices per concert:
25-59 yr old £22
60+ £20
16-24 £16
under 16s free
Five-Ticket Festival Pass:
25-59 £100
60+ £90
16-24 £72