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.

October 2025

11Lampeter Music Club, Arts Hall, Lampeter University
14Pachuca De Soto, Hidalgo Feria De San Francisco
15Mexico City, Auditorio Jaime Torres Bodet, National Museum of Anthropology
17Guanajuato Festival Internacional Cervantino, Templo de Marfil Marfil, Mexico
17Guanajuato Festival Internacional Cervantino, Templo de Marfil Marfil, Mexico
18Cuernavaca, Centro Cultural Teopanzolco, Mexico
19Atizapán Plaza, La Antigua Cultural Center, Mexico

August 2025

29eastPLUGGED, Ratingen

June 2025

28Lower Machen, St Michaels Church

May 2025

January 2025

23The Borough, Abergavenny / Y Fenni

November 2024

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

October 2024

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

September 2024

04Brewery Arts, Kendal

August 2024

05Sidmouth Folk Festival
06Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Pontypridd

July 2024

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

June 2024

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

May 2024

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

April 2024

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

March 2024

16Painswick Music Society

February 2024

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

December 2023

01St James Church, Other Voices, Dingle

November 2023

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

October 2023

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

September 2023

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

June 2023

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

March 2023

01RHA Dublin
17British Embassy, Paris

February 2023

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

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'