Free tickets for West Wicklow Music Festival
Incredible line-up of musicians from all over the world
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Free tickets are now available for the fifth West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival, which takes place, online, from May 20 to June 14.
Building on the success of previous festivals, the 2021 West Wicklow Festival boasts an incredible line-up of musicians from all over the world, with online concerts being held every Thursday and Monday for the duration of the festival.
The festival programme features 18 incredible artists over four weeks, including performances from the captivating Irish mezzo-soprano Rachel Kelly, internationally acclaimed Dutch violinist Rosanne Philippens with French pianist Julien Quentin, renowned French string quartet Quatuor Van Kuijk, the powerfully poetic UK based Sitkovetsky Trio, leading Turkish cellist Jamal Aliyev and English pianist Sam Armstrong, Gramophone Award winning Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe, rising Irish stars
The line-up for this year s West Wicklow Festival has been announced with dates taking place in May, while details of events due to take place in November will be announced in Autumn.
Fiachra Garvey, Founder and Artistic Director, grew up as a pianist and farmer in Ballyknockan, West Wicklow, on the glistening Blessington Lakes. The festival is now in its fifth year and featured artists for 2021 include Sean Shibe (guitar), Rosanne Philippens and Zoltán Fejérvári (violin and piano), Quatuor Van Kuijk, Jamal Aliyev and Sam Armstrong (cello and piano), Trio Sitkovetsky, Rachel Kelly (mezzo-soprano), Fiachra Garvey (piano), Phoebe White and Peter Regan (violin and piano). The programme will also feature a new commission by composer Linda Buckley.