Aoife Ni Bhriain
Catrin Finch + Aoife Ní Bhriain @ Leith Hill Place, Dorking (Natonal Trust)
Leith Hill Place
Leith Hill Rd
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Join world renowned artists Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain for a uniquely intimate concert & Q&A session as they present their acclaimed debut album 'Double You' in an evening of fabulous music at Leith Hill Place – A Mwldan Production.
Their debut album Double You hit Number 1 in the iTunes Classical Charts and the World Music Charts Europe, #2 in the Transglobal World Music Charts, and received a nomination for Best Album in the 6th RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards.
.‘spellbinding dexterity’ - 5* David Kidman, Folk London
‘playful virtuosos….brilliant’ - 5*, Robin Denselow, Songlines Magazine
‘Double You is quite clearly the sound of two musicians having the time of their lives.’ - 5*, Dave Haslam, RnR Magazine
'...a sumptuous instrumental melange of virtuosic stringed magic' - Nigel Williamson, UNCUT MAGAZINE
‘spellbinding’ - 5*, Jon Lusk, BBC Music Magazine
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Aoife Ni Bhriain Biography
Winner, RTÉ Best Folk Instrumentalist 2024
Born in Dublin, to a family of musicians, Aoife Ní Bhriain has established herself as one of the most versatile musicians of her generation. Thanks to her musical heritage combined with her classical studies she has collaborated and performed with musicians such as pianist Eliso Virsaladze, fiddle player Martin Hayes, Welsh harpist Catrin Finch, jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel and Oscar winning actor Tim Robbins.
She is a member of the avant garde string quintet Wooden Elephant as well as the Goodman Trio with whom she has explored the manuscripts of the music collected around Ireland in the1800’s by Canon James Goodman.
Winner of the Bonn Óir Sean Uí Riada in 2010, Aoife has also won seven All Ireland titles as well as prizes in international violin and chamber music competitions. Most recently Aoife has qualified for the semi finals of the International Bach Competiton 2022 in Leipzig and was awarded the Next Generation Award from the Arts Council of Ireland.
Aoife has a particular interest in solo violin works and curated a performance on the solo violin works of J.S. Bach and the improvisations of acclaimed Dublin fiddle player and soloist Tommie Potts.
She graduated with first class honours from the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Leipzig in 2018 and plays on a violin by J.B. Vuillaume on generous loan as well as a Jurgen Manthey violin purchased through the Music Network Music Capital Scheme.
Read MoreBorn in Dublin, to a family of musicians, Aoife Ní Bhriain has established herself as one of the most versatile musicians of her generation. Thanks to her musical heritage combined with her classical studies she has collaborated and performed with musicians such as pianist Eliso Virsaladze, fiddle player Martin Hayes, Welsh harpist Catrin Finch, jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel and Oscar winning actor Tim Robbins.
She is a member of the avant garde string quintet Wooden Elephant as well as the Goodman Trio with whom she has explored the manuscripts of the music collected around Ireland in the1800’s by Canon James Goodman.
Winner of the Bonn Óir Sean Uí Riada in 2010, Aoife has also won seven All Ireland titles as well as prizes in international violin and chamber music competitions. Most recently Aoife has qualified for the semi finals of the International Bach Competiton 2022 in Leipzig and was awarded the Next Generation Award from the Arts Council of Ireland.
Aoife has a particular interest in solo violin works and curated a performance on the solo violin works of J.S. Bach and the improvisations of acclaimed Dublin fiddle player and soloist Tommie Potts.
She graduated with first class honours from the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Leipzig in 2018 and plays on a violin by J.B. Vuillaume on generous loan as well as a Jurgen Manthey violin purchased through the Music Network Music Capital Scheme.
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