June 2013
The Irish Chamber Orchestra’s community initiative Sing Out with Strings celebrates its 5th birthday this year, in true party style at University Concert Hall, Limerick on 21 June @ 1pm. Over 300 children aged 4 – 14 years take to the stage at University Concert Hall with members of the Irish Chamber Orchestra and [...]
June 2013
The Irish Chamber Orchestra and Conductor Pekka Kuusisto will feature works from Veress, Pärt, Tüür and Britten in the Main Evening Concert at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry on 30 June 2013. Barnabás Kelemen on violin, Ioonas Ahonan on piano and Claire Booth Vocalist.
July 2013
Katherine Hunka directs the ICO’s Feet First Summer Tour which offers a kaleidoscopic range of music combining old with new sounds.
A visually stunning dance and performance treat sees dancer Colin Dunne direct the Irish Chamber Orchestra’s latest commission (by Kinsale-born composer, Linda Buckley), from his feet. Dunne is internationally renowned for his performances and choreography in Riverdance and Dancing on Dangerous Ground. He was nominated for a UK Critics Circle National Dance Award for performances at The Barbican in Fabulous Beast’s production of The Bull (2007). His first solo show Out of Time premiered in January 2008.