Catrin Finch and Aoife Ni Bhriain

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A Mwldan Production

A spellbinding collaboration between two musical powerhouses.

Dublin native Aoife Ní Bhriain is one of Ireland's foremost traditional fiddle players and a classical violinist of international stature who commands both the classical world and her Irish traditional heritage. From across the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales, harpist Catrin Finch has also built an impressive classical career and ventured into uncharted musical territory, most notably through her award-winning international collaborations.

Finch and Ní Bhriain create a spellbinding musical dialogue where traditional and contemporary elements converge in a breathtaking celebration of musical synergy, taking listeners on a captivating journey on the wings of the bees across the Irish Sea, inspired by the cultures of their home countries.

Their debut album Double You hit #1 in the iTunes Classical Charts and the World Music Charts Europe, #2 in the Transglobal World Music Charts, and received nominations for 'Best Album' in the 6th RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards and 'Best European Album' in the Songlines Music Awards 2024.

November 2025

October 2025

11Lampeter Music Club, Arts Hall, Lampeter University

June 2025

28Lower Machen, St Michaels Church

May 2025

January 2025

23The Borough, Abergavenny / Y Fenni

November 2024

23The Seámus Ennis Arts Centre
22Quiet Lights Festival, Cork
21The Sugar Club, Dublin
20Ucheldre, Holyhead
19Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
08National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada
07Sunfest, Wolf Performance Hall, London Ontario, Canada

October 2024

28Up Close and Musical, Clerkenwell, London
18Gŵyl Mawr y Rhai Bychain, Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
11Camac Festival, Antibes, France
10Lyric, Carmarthen
05Tolmen Centre, Constantine, Cornwall
03Haymarket, Basingstoke
02Lakeside Arts, Nottingham

September 2024

04Brewery Arts, Kendal

August 2024

06Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Pontypridd
05Sidmouth Folk Festival

July 2024

31Fishguard Festival of Music / Gŵyl Gerdd Abergwaun
29Folk Holidays, Czech Republic
24Ryedale Festival, Yorkshire
22Musicfest, Aberystwyth
20Wonderfeel, The Netherlands
19South Downs Summer Music Festival, Alfriston
14The Llandeilio Music Festival
09Llangollen Fringe Festival
04Acapela Studio, Caerdydd / Cardiff
03Acapela Studio, Caerdydd / Cardiff

June 2024

28East Neuk Festival
16Leith Hill Place, Dorking - performance plus Q&A 2pm
16Leith Hill Place, Dorking - performance plus Q&A 7pm
15Leith Hill Place, Dorking - performance plus Q&A 7pm
01Petworth Festival June Edition

May 2024

21Donnington Priory, Newbury Spring Festival
17Trinity Centre, Ringwood, Avon Valley Concerts
11Pocklington Arts Centre
10Galeri, Caernarfon
06Mwldan, Aberteifi / Cardigan
05Bray Jazz Festival, County Wicklow, Iwerddon / Ireland

April 2024

21Folk Weekend: State of The Nations, King's Place London
20Dutch Harp Festival, Utrecht

March 2024

16Painswick Music Society

February 2024

16Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
15St George's Bristol

December 2023

01St James Church, Other Voices, Dingle

November 2023

17SJE Arts, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
16Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
13EFG London Jazz Festival, Union Chapel, London
10RWCMD, Caerdydd / Cardiff
08Irish Embassy, London
04Howard Assembly Room, Leeds

October 2023

29The Apex, Bury St Edmund
28Caversham, St Andrew's Church
27Pontio, Bangor
26Other Voices Cardigan / Lleisiau Eraill Aberteifi
21Tabernacle, Machynlleth
20National Centre for Early Music, York
07Decade of Centenaries, Dublin

September 2023

29North Wales International Music Festival, St Asaph
29North Wales International Music Festival, St Asaph Cathedral

June 2023

17Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
11Tradition Now, National Concert Hall, Dublin

March 2023

17British Embassy, Paris
01RHA Dublin

February 2023

27Acapela. Pentyrch, Caerdydd / Cardiff
26Wyeside Arts Centre, Llanfair Ym Muallt / Builth Wells
25Mwldan, Aberteifi / Cardigan
24Salisbury Cathedral School, Salisbury

Testimonials

David Kidman, FOLK LONDON

'profound empathy and innate synergy'

Robin Denselow, SONGLINES MAGAZINE

'playful virtuosos….brilliant',

Dave Haslam, RnR Magazine

'This is music of extraordinary inventiveness'

Nigel Williamson, UNCUT MAGAZINE

'...a sumptuous instrumental melange of virtuosic stringed magic'