The Galway Music Residency 10th Birthday Festival
Feb 27 2013 - Mar 01 2013
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The Galway Music Residency, in partnership with Music for Galway, presents its 10th Birthday Festival featuring The Galway Ensemble in Residence, ConTempo Quartet and some of the world's finest musicians. The 3 day event includes evening concerts - plus workshops and informal events during the day. Karen Power, one of Ireland's most exciting young talents in the world of contemporary composition, will have her newly commissioned work in honour of this milestone premiered on the first Festival night.
On 27 February, Isabelle O'Connell, piano and ConTempo perform some of the best piano quintets by Jane O'Leary, Mozart and Shostakovich. On 28 February see Dermott Dunne, accordion; Ariel Hernandez, guitar/voice; and ConTempo take you on a Latin American journey with a night of Spanish music and song by Astor Piazzolla, Carolos Gardel and original works by Ariel Hernandez.
On 1 March, the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet and ConTempo will play - two world renowned string quartets perform the best octets, sextets and quartets by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Britten.
Evening concerts take place at 8pm with lunchtime events with surprise guests beginning at 1pm.
The Galway Music Residency is a performance, education and community based programme based in Galway. It has, for 10 years been the home of Galway's first ensemble in residence – ConTempo Quartet – who still remain at the heart of the Residency.
The Galway Music Residency, in partnership with Music for Galway, presents its 10th Birthday Festival featuring The Galway Ensemble in Residence, ConTempo Quartet and some of the world's finest musicians. The 3 day event includes evening concerts - plus workshops and informal events during the day. Karen Power, one of Ireland's most exciting young talents in the world of contemporary composition, will have her newly commissioned work in honour of this milestone premiered on the first Festival night.
On 27 February, Isabelle O'Connell, piano and ConTempo perform some of the best piano quintets by Jane O'Leary, Mozart and Shostakovich. On 28 February see Dermott Dunne, accordion; Ariel Hernandez, guitar/voice; and ConTempo take you on a Latin American journey with a night of Spanish music and song by Astor Piazzolla, Carolos Gardel and original works by Ariel Hernandez.
On 1 March, the RTE Vanbrugh Quartet and ConTempo will play - two world renowned string quartets perform the best octets, sextets and quartets by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Britten.
Evening concerts take place at 8pm with lunchtime events with surprise guests beginning at 1pm.
The Galway Music Residency is a performance, education and community based programme based in Galway. It has, for 10 years been the home of Galway's first ensemble in residence – ConTempo Quartet – who still remain at the heart of the Residency.
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